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!

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.

Lack of diabetes knowledge, thats what I want to talk about today.  There are a lot of people that don’t know what diabetes is, they heard of it, but don’t know what it means.  With there being more people with diabetes then just about any other disease, you would think people would have more knowledge about it, unfortunately they don’t.  For instance, when speaking to somebody yesterday i said I was diabetic and they replied back with, “Oh, I’m sorry to hear.”  So I replied back like any normal diabetic would, “Sorry?  Sorry for what?  Theres nothing to be sorry about, I can manage my diabetes, it doesn’t control my life.”

Also, I went to an ADA kick-off breakfast this morning and I always leave these type of events, extremely motivated to start testing more often.  Which also makes me think about the hard work these people do to spread awareness, and the ignorance of people who just don’t care.  I am coming up on my next A1C test, I have to get it done before my insurance runs out.  Is there anybody out there who has to pay for this testing out of pocket, how much does it run usually?

Also, I would like some feedback from my…. very few readers.  I come in every morning and have about 20-30 comments, but they are all spam.  I would like to have some more interesting material that people would want to comment on and make my blog a little better.  I am still some what new to the blogging, well I’ve been around for a year now.

Finally, it’s coming around the end of the subscription of one of my magazines and I want to start getting some more diabetes related ones, any suggestions from any of you?

First, thank you for those that left me messages in regards to my insurance issues. I guess I am in for a long fight to try to survive. I guess all I really need is to have them cover doctors visits because luckily I have access to supplies, theres a reason this company’s logo is on my blog, they are keeping me alive! I have some other things that I need to take care of that are more immediate then the insurance, so I will keep you all updated when I get back that battle.

On a better note, we kicked butt last night in the bowling league. We took all 7 points. We were bowling against the team that I hated the most so I was so glad that we took all 7. We were in dead last 2 weeks ago, and we said we were going to make the greatest come back on bowling league history, and we have moved up 13 spots in 2 weeks to 11th place.

My parents will be coming down here for my graduation in about 2 1/2 weeks. So, I will have the whole week off of work and be able to spend some good time with mom, dad, brother, and sister-in-law. I still haven’t really said that too much, even though they have been married since November. I don’t really get a chance to talk to either one of them since I live in Florida now and they are still in PA. I talked to one of my best friends from high school the other day, and I said I will keep in touch more often because I really do miss talking to all the guys and the rest of my family. I need to dedicate one day to call all of them.

Well, I need to get back to work for a little.

This is week 6 of the Miller Lite Fun league, and so far it has been no far at all, being whooped every week.  This weekend was a crazy one.  Witnessed two fights on Friday at the bar we were at by the beach waiting for the fireworks.  The fireworks sparked by people on the patio bar were better then real fireworks.  Two different fights right next to us broke out and and security came and had to break things up.  It was great.  Drunk kids, I tell ya, dress ‘em up but ya can’t take them out!

Anyway, my parents will be coming down here in less than a month, along with my brother and his wife.  They will be coming down for my graduation.  I can’t wait to just get that over with, if it was up to me I wouldn’t even walk, I am just doing it for my mom.  I need to make sure I have some skittles or some other candy with me to make sure that I don’t get a really bad low in the middle of the ceremony.  That would not be good.

My morning sugars are still really out of whack and it is really starting to scare me.  I can’t get these down for anything, and it is becoming a bad situation.  I am happy when I wake up with a blood sugar between 200-300!  This is ridiculous, but I have tried so many different things.

Any suggestions, please help!

So Friday I ventured off to Orlando with my girlfriend for her birthday (yes we found silver heels!)  First thing of the night was going to Downtown Disney and visiting Cirque Du Soleil.  If you have not witnessed this event live, you MUST!  It was the most incredible, shocking, speechless thing on earth.  I want to go back again already.  At times there is so much going on that you don’t know what to look at.  But overall, it was magical.

After that, we headed over to Pleasure Island because my girlfriend would be 21 in 15 minutes, so we stand in line to get into a club and at 11:54 exactly they say “I’m sorry but you have to wait 6 minutes”  I was furiated because I timed the line wrong and figured it would be midnight by the time we got up there.  So we went back in line and made it right at midnight.  We had a lot of fun in the “Motions” nightclub, and then headed over to the “BET Soundstage” for about 15 minutes.  I was pretty disappointed in the fact it only stayed open until 2 a.m., I would have figured at least 4.

Saturday morning came and we spent all day (10:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.) at Magic Kingdom.  We were able to accomplish every single ride and attraction to see.  We watched the fireworks, which are just magical and worth the price of a ticket by themselves.  They give you a little button that says “Today is my birthday” and when I went in March with my aunt, they gave her free water, ice cream, and etc. at every place we went, my girlfriend did not get a single thing free i was mad.  Well, she did get happy birthday sang to her at the Noodle Station (in Tomorrowland) and they gave her a little dessert!

One of the things that made my day had nothing to do with Magic Kingdom.  We asked a gentleman to take our picture and he did and as I was walking away I heard him say, “Hey, are you diabetic?”  And I turned around and proudly said, “Yes, I am for almost 5 years now.”  He pointed to his daughter, about 7-8 years old, and says, “she is too, she’s had it since she was 8, show him her pump honey”  She showed me her pump, same one I had.  Then came the cutest thing I ever heard in my life (I can’t believe I just said cute), she looked at me and said, “My last number was 104, what was yours?”  I responded with, “I haven’t tested for a few hours, but it was 180″, and the best advice I ever had followed, “Well, thats a little high, you should probably test again!”

Like I said, a magical experience!

Usually when I am pissed or in a bad mood my sugar goes really high, but today it has been running a little low which isn’t a bad thing.  But what put me in this mood is.  I went to my car to go to work, it decided not to start.  Finally after about 30 minutes it started up, and I come to find out that my head gasket is blown!

This isn’t an easy fix for anybody who doesn’t know about cars, and it’s not very cheap either.  Especially when you want to buy a new car within the next 6 months anyway.  Like I need something else affecting my blood sugar levels!  Stress, stress, stress, you gotta love it.!

Well, just another day in the life of a diabetic!

Well since I can never remember to watch the DLife show on Sunday’s, I just set my DVR and watch it whenever I remember to.  So, last night I watched this week’s most recent episode and is it just me or is everybody else inspired and ready to go grab a bike and start riding?  It amazes me that Team Type 1 can manage their sugar levels that damn well with the intense workouts they have.  I exercise for 15 minutes and my blood sugars go high.  After I get done running my sugar is usually 30-50 points higher.

I was really motivated and have been testing my sugar a lot more often, I know it’s only been about 12 hours since I watched it, but I have tested almost 10 times so far since then.  The race starts tomorrow and I am going to be staying tuned to see how well they are doing.  I hope they take first place again!

I have been wanting to go riding for a while, but I don’t live in the best neighborhood to do it, and I can’t throw the bikes in the back of my car to go to a bike path.  So that is why I was going to by an exercise bike until I couldn’t find one for a reasonable price.  Anybody have one to donate?!!??!!??  No, but I really am going to buy one soon, I think I am going to wait until I move because I will have a third bedroom for my office / weight room.

The skies are looking scary down here in south Florida!

Ouch!  My infusion set is hurting me today, but I do not have an extra one with me at work.  I usually try to keep one extra one every where that I would ever be in need of one, but then again that means I would need to remember to carry around the inserter everywhere I go too, which is not going to happen with my memory.  Anyway, everytime I have taken a bolus today, only twice, it has hurt like hell!

I have had it in for 3 days, but generally I go up to 5 with it.  I know this isn’t a great idea, but I haven’t had anything bad happen from it yet, so I guess I won’t learn my lesson until something bad happens.  Tennis was great last night, I had an amazing workout.  It gets better and better every week.  My girlfriend has also gotten a lot better of the past couple weeks, because I can’t take it easy anymore, I really have to play hard, which gives me a better work out also.

Well, the next thing to add to my list of never ending crazy tasks to do is start looking for a new house.  I am deciding I do not want to live in an apartment anymore, I want a house.  I know I may not be able to buy a house because I am lucky enough to live in pretty much the worst real estate market in the country, Palm Beach County, FL.  But then again, I have several advantages, but I can save that for a new blog I may be starting, probably not though, I won’t ever get around to it.

All of this craziness is just another day in the Life of a Diabetic