Yay, this was the first Team-D practice run I’ve been able to join, and we have a great turnout and group for this year.
Today’s run was held in conjunction with ADA’s big Step Out to Fight Diabetes event, being held in over 200 cities.
So our run today was held at the same location, Rawhide, the old west touristo spot that had moved from Scottsdale a few years ago down to Wild Horse Pass, the Gila Indian community resort area south of Phoenix. Still looks the same!
We were subjected to about 12 rounds of the “Rawhide” song blaring out of the loud speakers at the entrance. Most agreed continued presence to this stream of music might have a going postal effect. But we had places to run, people to meet, etc.
I started off the run at a good pace, but about 1/2 a mile in my insulin pump starts beeping and telling me it has no power, although the battery level is at 3/4. I’ve had a bout of these, and the remedy is some variant of removing the battery, cussing, and putting it back in. So I lost a few steps. The route was lovely, the path around the resort, and out the Interpretive Nature Trail, back, and another short loop.
With the string of 4 hour sleep nights lately I felt myself dragging, plus my mp3 player had run out of juice even before I started. I was appreciative when Jose offered to run the last loop and we chatted, as otherwise, I might have fell prey to the excuse train and walked.
With that, its likely now another 5 or 6 weeks til I can do another Team D run, but I am on track (I hope).
name: Alan Levine
Hey, Alan,
What kind of pump do you have? My Paradigm will simply refuse to work if you insert a battery that’s already been used. So removing and re-inserting a battery as you described will result in alarms.
Jerry
Mine’s a 722. The alarm came first, and it has happened before. Popping it in and out seems to free the alarms.