Second week of training, first run of the week. 30 minutes. Done. I was feeling sluggish out of the gate, also facing a series of appointments and meetings that were spaces at two hour intervals, each an hour long, so in between, there was scant time to focus beyond the email sweeping that is my [...]
Posted September 8, 2009 @ 5:25 pm • No Comments »

cc licensed flickr photo shared by swissrolli With a week of successful training under my ….. well I don’t wear a belt while running, so there goes the metaphor. But I am feeling ready to put the running shoes on for the next 20 weeks of training leading up to the January 17, 2010 PF [...]
Posted September 7, 2009 @ 11:11 pm • 1 Comment »

cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Found this interesting book on Amazon (I was buying a gift for a friend’s birthday, she is diabetic, and the description of the book caught my attention. www.amazon.com/Born-Again-Diabetic-handbook-diabetes-cont… I liked it so much I got one for me too. I’ve been diabetic now 39 years this coming October [...]
Posted September 5, 2009 @ 12:34 pm • No Comments »

I don’t want to jump to any conclusions after a new running program that consists of 2 runs so far, but I am happy with better lower average blood glucose levels. My 30 day average (which was about what it was the last 2 months at least) was 166, and in the last 14 days, [...]
Posted January 5, 2009 @ 8:26 pm • No Comments »

It’s been almost a year since the last time I ran, the last running being crossing the finish line for the 2009 Phoenix Rock and Roll Marathon. I still hate running. But I need to start; as much as I did not like running (and must admit it is not horrible, I just don’t reach [...]
Posted December 27, 2008 @ 8:55 am • 2 Comments »

While waiting for my shin splints to heal, I am not running, but am sure getting plenty of run-around from my health insurance. I started my insulin pump 8 months ago, getting approval and coverage shortlly before I left me previous job. It has not taken long to understand and use the pump efffectively. However, [...]
Posted November 30, 2006 @ 12:22 pm • 2 Comments »

Back in February of this year I put in the papers with my employer’s insurance to get approval for my insulin pump. It was only a few weeks before my job changed that it came through. At first I hesitated, wondering if it was “right” to get a pump from my old plan, until someone [...]
Posted August 7, 2006 @ 10:15 pm • 3 Comments »

It’s been about two months since I started using an insulin pump (Medtronic Minimed), which followed 35 years of insulin injection routines. Overall, I am very satisfied with the pump, though, as always in diabetes care, there’s always room for improvement in self-management. My biggest hurdles are the estimating the carb counts; previously, I pretty [...]
Posted July 25, 2006 @ 7:47 am • 2 Comments »

Not Walking in Memphis… and I sure as heck have lapsed on Running in Phoenix, but today my shoes hit the pavement in Cleveland. I am here all week as my organization is running their annual conference. I was pooped from the travel yesterday, the time change, but it is time to stop making excuses [...]
Posted June 4, 2006 @ 3:23 pm • No Comments »

New Tech Device Originally uploaded by cogdogblog. After 35+ year of traditiional insulin via syringes, I am moving into the age of an insulin pump. This little pager size device (Medtronic Paradigm 722) is a powerful litle computer, and comes with a thick ownsers manual. All of the changes are a bit overwhelming. Okay, I [...]
Posted May 18, 2006 @ 8:05 am • No Comments »