Nads's Announcements

Wanted: A1C !

Nads — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:17:16 GMT

I went to the endo on Monday. I was soooooo disappointed when she pulled out the results for my bloodwork from last week. No, it wasn't because my A1C was bad, but rather it was missing! They forgot to do that one while I was at the lab!!! I'm at the stage where they do a whole bunch of different tests on me from the same blood sample. Grrr... anyway, so my doc gave me a new lab requisition and I went straight from her office to the lab for the A1C test. I should be able to get the result tomorrow or next week. I used to dread hearing that number, but this is only my 2nd A1C since I started with the pump, so I am very curious... and nervous!

Got my basals right!

Nads — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:59:26 GMT

After eight months of trying, I think I've finally got my basal rates (for an average day) just right! If all goes well, I should almost always be within my target range for BGs!!! Funny how some things get us T1Ds all excited and those "regular" people just can't partake in this joy... Poor them, it's so sad...

Walk for the Cure

Nads — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:51:42 GMT

In my area, the local JDRF organizes four separate walks. I am pleased to be part of the Logistics Committee this year, so greatly involved in organizing all four events. Yesterday, we held the second walk, which is also the highest attended of the four. It was great! Last year at this one, there were about 600 participants. This year, over a thousand! So far, for these two events, we reached, and surpassed, our fundraising goal! Hopefully the same will happen for the next two as well!

Anemia!

Nads — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:14:15 GMT

Hi everyone!

Hey, congratulation to me... just found out that on top of everything else, I have anemia!!! How happy am I?!?!? ... and when am I going to crack???... OK, so keep a smile on my face... everything can be dealt with, right?

Carpal Tunnel

Nads — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:35:38 GMT

I was recently booked in for surgery on June 5th for Carpal Tunnel in my right arm. Although this will mean a bit of time off work (and limited use of the computer... egads!), it seems to me like it will be a walk in the park compared to living with Type 1 diabetes! How ironic that some "other" people view any kind of minor surgery as a major catastrophe! I guess diabetes does somewhat put things into better perspective!

My pump's name is...

Nads — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:14:11 GMT

... Chello! Whoo-hoo!!! I never thought that I would give this inanimate object a name, but there you go! The meaning? Chelsea was my beloved canine friend up until about 5 years ago ("Chel") and we all still get BS lows every once in a while ("lo"). Plus, although I am not necessarily a classical music fanatic (cello), I do love most genres of music!

So' I am pleased to introduce the world to.......... Chello!!!