Well, my blood sugars are a little better today than they were yesterday.  I think it was my infusion site that had messed everything up.  When I took it our and switched to a different spot, the area was tough and hard, so that could explain why the insulin wasn’t working too well.  I only had it in that spot for about 2 days though and didn’t really use too much insulin.  Well, onto other things.

I am awaiting to hear back from my doctor on my Vitamin D lab work.  It wasn’t ready by the time I had my visit on Friday.  I will have to call back after lunch because they are all enjoying their lunches at this time, which I am about to also.  Coaching starts on Monday night, and I am not prepared at all.  I also just found out that my assistant coach is going to be on vacation next week, so I will be by myself, but he comes back the week that I am gone, so that is good.

I can’t believe that it is almost August already, crazy.   My girlfriend said, I can’t believe summer is almost over, because she starts her student teaching in August so she can graduate in December, and I said, “Babe, I haven’t had a summer vacation in about 4 years, so get over it!”  Those times were the best.  I didn’t mind the end of summer because that meant football practice was starting and I would start to see kids I haven’t seen since school ended in the spring.  Ahh those were days….not just younger, but also not diabetic.  I wonder how my life would have been different if I did have diabetes?  Would I still have contiued to play football?  Would I have gone to college to play quarterback?  Could I have been the first Jay Cutler (well not ability wise).

And oh yea, this means one more thing….. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FOOTBALL!!!!

I had recently iquired about helping out coaching a little league football team, 12-13 year olds.  I was told that I would be the assistant head coach.  Well I just received an e-mail today stating that the head coach had to back out and now I am being offered to take the head coaching position.  Now I don’t know what to do.  Head coaches have to be able to provide more time and dedication and with my job that is very difficult.  Also, I have never been a head coach before, I have helped out with quarterbacks and wide receivers about 6 years ago but that’s it.

This is actually the first time that I will be doing anything football related since being diagnosed with diabetes.  I also see it as a great education experience.  Not only for myself, but for all the kids that are on the team.  I hope they go back to mom and dad and say, “Why does coach Chris carry a gatorade with him and these sugar thingy’s around the field?  Why does he take a needle and stick himself?”

Well, I am not sure what to do.  I think I should do it because I have always wanted to get into coaching and who knows what doors this could eventually open for me.  Next thing you know the Eagles will have to get rid of Andy Reid, and I can step right in.  Hey, life is no fun if you’re not dreaming, right?

Have a great day everybody!

Today is a disappointing day, because I had expected to be celebrating a trip to the Super Bowl, however that is not happening.  It was a season filled with ups and downs, and mainly ups towards the end of the season.  I know all of the Philadelphia papers today are going to be tearing Donovan and Andy apart, but I will not do so because Donovan kept the team in the game.  But this is not a sports blog, so that is all I will speak about today.  However, now it’s time to GO Magic, Panthers, and Michigan State!

I had a pretty high sugar yesterday because my insulin was leaking and I didn’t even know it.  Starting to get accustomed to this.  I lose a lot of insulin because of this happeneing, but luckily I spot it very quickly.  I took out my infusion set last night and just used my pen to fix the high and then put in a new infusion set.  When I woke up this morning, I was still a little high, but not as bad as I was when the insulin was leaking.

I didn’t break my diet as bad yesterday as I did the last 2 weekends of football, so my weight is still off and didn’t really gain anything over the weekend.  I don’t know if I will work out tonight because there is a Panthers game, and if I don’t work out on Monday’s, then it seems the whole week is shot.  If I am really dedicated to this diet, I will work out after the game.

Well you all have a great day!

What a weird weekend this was.  The worst part was the tie game between the Eagles and the Bengals.  This game drove me crazy, and was also one of the ugliest I have ever seen.  I remembered the last tie that took place because my dad is a huge Pittsburg Steelers fan and we were watching the game.  Also, on Saturday, I some how ended up at the local sports bar to watch the UFC fight.  This is where my blood sugars got all crazy.  My sugar went up really high when I was eating chips and salsa, but then they just dropped like crazy and went down to about 55.

I had a lot of chips in front of me, but they disappeared pretty quickly once I saw the number 55 on the meter.  I also had a really low experience yesterday that just came out of nowhere.  I was in the middle of cleaning up my house when it happened, so I had no problem stopping what I was doing, test and then take the time to eat some Skittles to get my sugars back where they needed to be.  The only part I hated about the Skittles is that I am trying to lose weight, so when I eat them or drink some OJ, it has like 150 calories, 15 minutes in the gym just to recover from a low.

Today’s weigh in is 238.  I didn’t reach my goal, but this week’s dieting is going to be a lot more intense.  I didn’t hit the gym as much as I wanted to last week.  I played tennis 3 nights, but I wanted to go to the gym right after playing tennis, but I never made it.

One final thought, my roommate was making fun of me because of the Eagles tying and being in last place, and then I stopped for a second, and said…. hey, we’re still the World Series Champs though.  So I wanted to take a little time today to recognize and not forget the the Chase Utley led Philadelphia Phillies, World Series Champs, Philiadelphia Phillies that is.

Well, it wasn’t such a good weekend for the Eagles, but what are you going to do?  I don’t want to talk too much about it.  However, my blood sugar levels were perfect throughout the entire game which surprised the heck out of me.  Today is the start of a strict, strict, diet to lose about 10 pounds before Thanksgiving rolls around.

I plan on cutting my calorie intake down to about 1,000, and burning about 200-300 per day from exercise.  Right now, I am intaking nearly 2,000 a day and that’s not working out so well.  The only part that is making me eat so much is the snacking at night that I am taking in almost 400-500 calories after dinner…. not a good idea when you are trying to lose weight.  If I cut out that snacking, I can lose 5-6 pounds a month just by that!

Today’s weight… the highest I have ever been is 242.  Every Monday I will put up a new weight and give a new goal, and we’ll see if I can meet it. My goal for next week is 237.  5 pounds in one week may sound like a lot, but it is just so much excessive fat that it will come right off with 1-2 games of tennis.

Also, A1C time is approaching fast.  I don’t remember exactly when the last one was, so I have to check up on it and see.

Hopefully this weekend is going to be a relaxed filled one.  I do not have any plans directly, however something always pops up and it gets hectic.  I plan on going to the driving range sometime this weekend, hopefully Saturday and then actually going golfing sometime on Sunday, but who knows, probably won’t get around to either one of them.  Sunday night is a big night because it is the Eagles – Giants game which is definitely going to mess with my blood sugar levels.

Sunday is also going to be a day that I am going out for pizza for dinner for my girlfriend’s grandfather’s birthday, so that right there also always screws with my blood sugar.  So that should be a fun night filled with testing my levels constantly.  Another thing this weekend is that I think my girlfriend is going to start on her photo album of our cruise, she always makes some awesome scrapbooking things…. hmmm maybe a business idea.  Send us your pics and she will scrapbook them for you!  Any buyers?  Well, I should probably ask her first huh?

Well you all have a great, safe weekend, and come back Monday to see how my sugars were throughout the game…. if you care…….later!

For the first time since I have been diabetic, the Phillies are in the NLCS. So, now that I have to be worried about my Eagles, since Westbrook has a few broken ribs, I now have to get nervous over the Phillies too. Plus hockey season is starting up. Sorry Philly fans, I am not a Flyers fan, I have been taken over by the local squad, the Florida Panthers. They have a home opener this weekend, but I can’t go because I have to watch the LSU Tigers romp the Florida Gators. That should be a great game.

Anyway, on to the diabetes. My sugars have been pretty good again today, 1 high but thats it. Also, good news, my certificate of credible coverage came in the mail yesterday, so now I have everything that I would need in order to get coverage again, hopefully. We will see, and I will keep you all updated on that.

Gotta Run!

Over the weekend I had a hard time bringing down a big time high.  I had a sub for lunch and took the correct amount of insulin.  I was drinking light lemonade, which was supposed to have only 2 g of sugar per 8 oz.  I had probably 2 cups of it, so only 16 oz.  After I got home, I tested about 2 hours later, and my blood sugar was 425!!  I have no idea how it went up that high.  The only thing that I can think of is that the lemonade I was drinking, was not light and really spiked the sugar levels.  I corrected, and corrected, and corrected.  It took me almost 6 hours to finally get my sugars back down under 200, then when I woke up in the morning, over 300 again!

It was a rough weekend with the sugars.  This morning it was pretty high too.  They should be good and stable this week, because I made some changes to my basal rates, and eating a lot more healthier.  I will also be hitting the gym full blown this week too.  I slowly worked myself back, and now I am back in a little better shape.  Still can’t run as far as I used to be able to, but I am working on it. 

Also, the fact that my Eagles lost this weekend, did not help much either!  Virginia Tech did win, but that doesn’t overpower the birds loss.  And not to mention the OAR concert changed locations the night before, and I didn’t get the e-mail update until it was too late.

What a long weekend I have coming up!  Tomorrow I have to go somewhere all day for work, a nice little seminar.  Then Friday night there is an OAR concert at Mizner Park in Boca, so you know I’ll be there (Crazy Game of Poker!).  Saturday then is football day of course, then Saturday night is the big fight.  Sunday, of course at 1 is the Eagles game, a lot of stuff to do so little time to do it.

The good thing in all of this is that I am now testing my blood sugar between all of this stuff.  I have a case small enough now that can fit my meter, lancing device, and strips in my back pocket like a wallet, so it is not a hassle to carry around anymore.  I even take it fishing with me!  I always get inspired to do stuff like this when I see something on tv, this time it was an ESPN interview with Jay Cutler about his T1 diabetes on Sunday.  This time I am going to follow through and stay consistent with it!

I just purchased my tickets to go back home for Thanksgiving.  I haven’t been home since Christmas, that is the longest I have been away from my family!  But in times like this, you gotta do what you gotta do to keep a steady job right?  Well you all have a great day and have a great weekend also!

What a great week of sports for me!  First, Va Tech beat UNC 20-17 (2nd straight week by beating a team 20-17)  Then the Eagles beat the Steelers yesterday also.  That was a great game and also it was screwing with my blood sugars for sure.  It went down pretty low, around 50-60 and then I just ate some more food and everything was back to normal.  The Phillies also took a bigger lead on the Mets, so we should be a lock for the N.L. East penant.

Also, on Saturday was the Brad Paisley concert.  That was a long day, and it was very, very hot.  When it starts to get too hott, and I start to sweat  a lot, my infusion set usually falls off because it loses it’s stickiness.  And guess what happened on Saturday, it fell off!  I had to go about 3-4 hours without my infusion set, so when I got home after the concert, my blood sugar was 358.  It was fixed right away as soon as I was home however.  But I will definitely not forget my insulin pen when I go to another concert ever again.