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There are three new Teco Diagnostics products now available at American Diabetes Wholesale. Teco Diagnostics provides high quality and reliable testing urinalysis strips. You can now test blood sugar levels, ketone levels, and many other substances with these strips.

ADW now carries the Teco URS-10 Multistix 10, Teco URS-1G Glucose Test Strips, and the Teco URS-2K Ketone-Glucose Test Strips.

All of these products offer quick, accurate results in under two minutes. We also have other urinalysis test strips available in our store.

This week ADW offers seven new gift baskets for people with diabetes.  These baskets are combinations of products including diabetic testing supplies, diabetic snacks, and foot & skin care.  Some of the baskets include the Baker’s Delight Basket, the Diabetic Care Basket, the Skin Rejuvenating Basket, and the Taste of Italty Basket.

Any one of the seven baskets in our store would make the ideal holiday gift.  Treat the diabetic in your life to something special!

Have you ever left your diabetes educator’s office thinking, “I just wish there was something I could do to show them how much I appreciate them?”  Well American Diabetes Wholesale has the answer to that question.  With ADW’s second annual Diabetes Educator of the Year contest, you can nominate your educator to become the 2008 Diabetes Educator of the Year award winner!

It is very easy to do.  In just 250 words or less, tell us why you feel that your educator deserves this award.  You can submit a nomination from August 7, 2008 - November 7, 2008.  Once all submissions are in, a panel of judges will then pick 5 finalists that will appear on our website for final voting.  After all voting is over, the winner will receive a 2 night / 3 day stay at the Boca Raton Resort and Club in Boca Raton, FL.

To read more about the contest and publications about last year’s award, please click the following link.

American Diabetes Wholesale’s 2nd Annual Diabetes Educator of the Year Contest.

My moving caused me to lose my infusion set injector.  So, luckily I could get another one from my job today, because I went through the night without my pump attached to me, but I had a Humalog pen that I used as a backup.  My sugar wasn’t that high when I woke up though, so it wasn’t that bad.  I don’t know what I did with the injector, I think I broke it in the midst of packing everything up.  I am almost completely done with the move in, but it seems everytime I move stuff out and I come back to get another load, I think somebody is coming into my apartment and adding more stuff because it is never ending.

Anyway, I spoke with my educator yesterday, and even after my insurance runs out, she is going to still do consultations with me and allow me to e-mail her my sugars and any pump adjustments that I need to make.  I am lucky to have a CDE that cares that much!

Football season is almost here!!!!  The birds play tomorrow night against the Patriots, and it’s good because it is the third pre-season game when the starters usually play a lot more throughout the game.  I am not happy with how the starters are playing right now, but I also am not upset, they are just playing average, but it’s time to step it up now!

Well, what a week it has been.  After coming back from a nice, but short vacation, it was time to get back to reality.  First, I received the keys to my new apartment and started to move in most of my stuff, got all the big stuff out of the way first.  This whole process of moving and getting the keys was very stressful, but didn’t have much affect on my sugar levels, which surprised me.  Then yesterday when I was doing a lot of moving, I was doing it pretty quickly because it looked like it was going to rain, so I was sweating and getting a good race of the heart.  My levels shot up though.  Different types of exercise make my levels do something different everytime, I can’t quite figure it out yet.

I will be going to Daytona Beach, FL for the weekend and I always have a habit of not testing while away.  It gets as bad as not even testing once in a 3 days period.  I told myself that I will test at least 4 times a day still, no excuses, even if it means carrying a little bag around with me every single place that I go, I don’t care!

Lastly, I have another A1C test coming up pretty soon, so stayed tuned for the next round of results.  I have to get the test done before my insurance runs out at the end of the month!  Still haven’t found a conclusion for this yet!

From Aug 6th – 9th the American Diabetes Wholesale along side with Dr Kim Mistiszyn & Marlene Koch attended the 2008 AADE annual conference in Washington DC. It was a great experience for me to learn more about the new technologies and advances that were displayed and discussed by all the companies who were exhibiting. Some of my favorites include the EatSmart Nutritional Scale, the new Medifridge II, and some of the new continuous glucose monitoring systems. This was the second year that we attended the AADE annual conference. It was a pleasure to have our Destination Diabetes Nutritional Advisor – Marlene Koch there to give- a-way several copies of her 375 Sensational Splenda Recipes book: Recipes Low in Sugar, Fat, and Calories

Over 3,000 healthcare professional dedicated to diabetes flew in from around the country to learn more about diabetes. ADW was warmly welcomed by many of them who stopped by our booth, it was great to see so many diabetes educators passionate to learn more about treating diabetes. I personally met with several hundred and discussed ways in which ADW can assist them in their efforts to help their patients manage diabetes.

We also launched our 2nd annual Diabetes Educator of the Year contest at the conference. This was a perfect place to introduce our contest to the healthcare professionals who work hard everyday fighting diabetes. If you feel your educator is deserving of this award please vote today!

So tonight is final positioning night for the bowling league.  We are in 4th place going into tonight and only 3 points behind first place.  We will be bowling the 3rd place team, so it will be difficult to win first because we will have to rely on the 1st and 2nd place teams on splitting the games, plus we have to win all 3 games tonight.  Also, today starts the new diet, and it started out on the right foot, I was up at 6:45 today and at the gym by 7.  New apartment, new diet, new me!

I weighed myself last night, after a week of eating nothing but fast food because I was moving all week and was just grabbing stuff on the go, I weighed 250 pounds!!!!  5 years ago I weight 200 pounds, just a year ago I was 205, I have gained 45 pounds in one year, not too good.  However, the good news is that it is excessive fat that I will probably be able to shed about 10 pounds in almost a week.

Well the insurance is almost up, September 1 is approaching fast.  I have to get my blood work done before that because I have the whole 9 yards being done this time, more then just A1C.  I am expecting a better A1C then last time, but I still don’t think it is going to be under 7.  With the new diet though, I feel confident that by November, it will be under 7.0 and hopefully under 6.5!

 Have an amazing week everybody!  I promise, I will post more than I did last week.

Maintenance is a top priority for anyone with diabetes. In this week’s newsletter, Marci Sloane, MS, RD, LD/N, CDE gives 12 simple steps to making the most out your diabetes maintenance routine. Limiting your carbohydrate intake at each meal, testing your blood glucose levels, and meeting with a doctor / health advisor regularly are just a few ways to optimize your regime. Read the entire article.

This week’s featured products will aide you in your goal of better maintaining your diabetes. The EatSmart Nutrition Scale is a great tool for helping you to manage your nutritional intake. It has nearly 1000 foods in its memory, making it a perfect addition for your kitchen. Keeping snacks handy is a great way to avoid drops. The ExtendCrisps Baked Snacks are both healthy and taste great. Use Blood Glucose Monitors regularly and test your A1c levels every 3 months to stay ahead of your diabetes.

Enjoy the succulent taste of freshly made Maple-Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake. This recipe has 228 calories and 34 g of carbohydrates per serving. Read the full recipe…

Is anybody out there familiar with the BCBS Conversion system?  I am insured under BCBS of PA until the end of this month, and BCBS FL will not accept me because I have the diabetes.  However, they said I can keep the same coverage that I have but just convert it to BCBS FL, however it is pricey, and nobody would give me a price.

Is anybody out there doing this or know anything about this?  Sorry this is such a short post, but I have a lot of phone calls and denials to go through.

I am back from vacation!!  It was way too short.  I didn’t go anywhere, but my family came down here for my graduation ceremony.  It wasn’t as bad as I first thought it was going to be.  The President of Florida Atlantic Univeristy is actually a very good speaker, great in fact.  Other then that, it was just a lot of relaxation at the pool and the beach.  It was good to have the family down for a little bit.

My brother, sister-in-law, my girlfriend and myself went to the Miami Seaquarium and it was a lot of fun.  Even though it was about 100 degrees outside, we had a great time with all of the shows and killer whale and dolphins.  Now today, it is back to realty and a lot of work to do.

Anyway, no bowling and blogging Monday today because we had to pre-bowl yesterday because my girlfriend’s family is visiting and they are all going down to Dave and Buster’s tonight.  I bowled the best series of my life yesterday.  The first game was a 148, then i followed that up with a 217 and a 216.  I was just in a zone yesterday, I used a different ball and didn’t listen to anybody’s suggestions on moving this way, or doing this, just went up and threw the ball and made my own adjustments.

I had a lot of fighting with the insurance companies… to be continued tomorrow!

Well I’ll get back to blogging this week, I promise.