drum roll please..............
5.8!
i was happy with my a1c before
but the pump has made life SO much easier.
but i will say i have gained some unwanted weight since starting my pump
-d
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Added by Denise Reyes on July 25, 2009 at 9:58pm —
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So ill be having a general check up tomorrow.
i took some labs last week-
the important ones being my TSH levels and my a1c.
nervous about anxious about the two.
being dx'd with both thyroid issues and t1
i treat them as if they were the same disease.
if i slack on the diabetes-
i slack on the thyroid as well.
not cool.
-d
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Added by Denise Reyes on July 19, 2009 at 12:59pm —
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Thank you for helping me make a fashion statement ;))))))
-d
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Added by Denise Reyes on July 3, 2009 at 9:20pm —
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okay-
so i've been super out of touch
thought id write a little update.
just to say
IM ALIVE :)
as some of you know-
ive finally made it to vegas :)
ive been here
for about a week now.
the pump is working okay.
i havent seen an endo
for a while now.
so im still only on
one basal rate
throughout the whole day.
i know most of you
think thats weird.
but it hasnt been
too bad really.
its almost..
about that time
for a new A1C;
im expecting a higher
number than my last one :(
i hope everyon…
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Added by Denise Reyes on June 18, 2009 at 5:52pm —
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Bing and Ling blogs will be all about my new animas ping pump :)
i have named my meter Bing and my pump is Ling, hehe
I connected yesterday during my pump training.
the session went great..!
my trainer was bright and shiny all morning-
and this really helped.
every time i would go to the right menu option
or answer a question correctly she would go into a mini-celebration.
kind of how you would praise a young child of two or three, haha.
YAY!! THATS RIGHT *CLAP CLAP CLAP
i thought…
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Added by Denise Reyes on May 2, 2009 at 7:30am —
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I thought I should write up about what I have been using on and off for the past couple of months.
I will be retiring this device in exchange for a pump :)
*this blog is dedicated to my favorite costumer service rep Brando ;)
I am just going to write up what I think about it - and some of what I know.
For full details you should refer to their
website.
This type of therapy can be convenient for those who use MDI.
The iPort Injection port can be compare…
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Added by Denise Reyes on April 29, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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So I finally have a date for my pump training!
it will be this friday at 0930- so glad i have the day off.
tomorrow I will have had my pump for three weeks.
I got a little inpatient waiting on the rep from Animas to finally set a date with me..!
So this is what I have to do before Friday-
1 | I take lantus- so I will take my last shot of it on wednesday night and spend all day thursday correcting highs with novolog (they said to check at least every two to three hours). I am defin…
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Added by Denise Reyes on April 28, 2009 at 7:44pm —
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so as some of you know or have read on my status app-
i hurt my back on saturday- due to an unfortunate sneezing accident.
no lie.
saturday was the last day i have worked out.
today is thursday and i only have TERRIBLE things to say about not being on an exercising routine!
depending on my work schedule and my hw load
i try to workout at least four times a week
and i try to go running at least five times a week
1.) i notice that i am A LOT more hungrier!
(which is like the main problem for eve…
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Added by Denise Reyes on April 23, 2009 at 11:50am —
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I have such a problem with my levels after breakfast;
I usually dont eat a lot.
But I seem to always be super high two hours after eating;
yesterday I was at 200 something!
and if I add maybe 1 or 2 units for the same meal another day
I will be way too low in a little over an hour.
anyone else have this problem
?
so its like- youre damned if dont, and your damned if you do..!
im hoping the pump will help make my mornings more bareable.
(still waiting for the rep to call me with a training…
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Added by Denise Reyes on April 17, 2009 at 7:10am —
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I'm not sure if discouraged is the right word for how I feel.
I went to go talk to my doc after I got my pump in
(I haven't connected yet)
My mom had asked her a question- can't remember what she asked
But my doc said that she does not expect anything to improve on the pump.
She did say my a1C of 6.2 was very good; but the pump wont make it any better.
All she said was it would make living with the D easier,
but it wouldn't improve my control.
I'm not exactly sure how I feel about the remark?…
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Added by Denise Reyes on April 14, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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this is me on a happy day!
(sorry im a little disheveled, i had just got done working out)
this last week, was at times quite grueling.
but i got LOTS of accomplished and even got my pump yesterday! yay!
Denise's ListMania 001. - Things Accomplished 04.05.09 to 04.09.09…
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Added by Denise Reyes on April 9, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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To continue my from my previous blog; here is what has happened since then.
Once i was able to give animas the new number to my doctors current hospital; they were able to correspond with her and get the necessary paperwork. BUT, and with my life-- there seems to always be a big fat but- i had lab work done in mar 09. when my nurse put in the request she accidentally put the date as mar 08. when i went to the lab, the lab man was nice enough to just let me take the requested labs without having…
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Added by Denise Reyes on April 5, 2009 at 3:28pm —
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I have been in touch with Animas and my endo non-stop it seems for the last couple weeks in regards to the arrival of my ping.
Initially, my new endo (which i saw on 19 march 09, for the first time) described obtaining a pump as a grueling process; so i was preparing myself mentally for the future hurdles.
Surprisingly, Animas made great time and handled more for me than i thought they would. My endo said it would probably take a month plus for a pump to actually become ready for me. I got a c…
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Added by Denise Reyes on April 2, 2009 at 8:16pm —
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I got my results back in reference to my a1c taken on 16 March 2009.
My last a1c was taken 19 December 2008, and I
really wasn't taking care of myself like I should have been- that a1c was 8.4. And now I am very happy to say in three months I have taken it back down to a 6.2
!! I know I don't have perfect diabetic health and my habits are for from perfect- but I do believe all the effort I put into my management really paid off :)
Acceptance is
key, once I was able t…
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Added by Denise Reyes on March 19, 2009 at 3:47pm —
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I've decided that i am ready to focus on tightening my glucose control and become a pumper :) being healthy and really maintaining myself with diabetes has become an important aspect in life for me. it wasnt before, but i think now ive really been able to accept it and be happy :) diabetes has changed my life, and i honestly think it is a
good change.
i have an appointment this thursday with a
"fellow
" endocrinologist. apparently at walter reed army medical center the endoc…
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Added by Denise Reyes on March 16, 2009 at 9:15pm —
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The title pretty much explains what I have been up to for the last week.
I have an appointment with my new specialist in about a week and a half and plan on discussing pump treatment! I have rejected the thought of pump system - finding the tubing process quite unappealing. I started using i-port injection ports about a month and a half ago. I was off to a rough start with them; my first box that came was defected and the "soft cannula" would bend upon insertion. Once i switched boxes and got m…
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Added by Denise Reyes on March 7, 2009 at 12:46pm —
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By memorable—I mean
funniest.
Mentioned before, I was diagnosed with diabetes on November 14, 2007. For that year’s thanksgiving my boyfriend, at the time, and I had planned for him to come visit. So the week before his arrival I was spending most days at the hospitals being pricked numerously for labs and reasons long forgotten. I had a few educational sessions with my nurse educator and my doctor, at the time. But being very new to T1DM, it was tons of information to digest.
Well on the…
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Added by Denise Reyes on February 23, 2009 at 10:01am —
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Stated from my previous blog, I would have never went in for a physical the day I was diagnosed if my new job did not require one.
The day after I was diagnosed I went into work to fill out leave slips-- since the doctors needed me to go to two different hospitals for supplies and educate me on them.
Well, after all that. I still needed to go into the office with my boss and fill out more leave slips because my doctors didn't know whether to treat my hyperthyroidism or the diabetes first and the…
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Added by Denise Reyes on February 17, 2009 at 6:49pm —
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Since I'm new to this site and everyone has their own history with diabetes-- I thought I'd take some time and write about mine.
Three or four months before the doctors found the diabetes, like most others, I was peeing almost every half hour—just like clock work; Obviously from consuming outrages amounts of water. I became so thirsty I that only water would quench my thirst (I always drank sodas, juices, and sweet teas). But that did not ring any bells for me as a symptom to a life changing pr…
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Added by Denise Reyes on February 5, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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