http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw Daily Life of a Diabetic Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:13:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weekend marks the beginning of the Eagles football season.  Along with that comes blood sugars that range all over the place during the games.  They shoot up and down and left and right.  When it's a close game, it is even worse.  A new season comes with a new ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/09/05/and-football-season-begins/ After the rough 3-day weekend (Virginia Tech lost), I had to get back into the swing of things today at work and get busy doing what I do.  However, I had to take a little time to make a phone call to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/09/02/a-little-better-response-from-insurance-company-today/ A short 3 day weekend is approaching.  So much to do, but not enough time to do it.  The extra day off of work should help a little bit, but there just never seems to be enough time to get things done.  I got the A1C work done yesterday, still ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/08/29/a-short-3-day-weekend-and-va-tech-hokies/ So far with the new, some what of a diet, my blood sugar levels have been pretty normal.  I had a bad high last night throughout the night, which I get those from time to time.  I know it is not acceptable, but I just don't know what else I ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/08/27/a1c-test-tomorrowno-insurance-t-minus-4-days/ 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 ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/08/25/last-night-of-bowling-first-day-of-diet/ 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 ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/08/21/lost-insertion-device-while-moving/ 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 ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/08/15/crazy-diabetic-week/ 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 ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/08/13/bcbs-conversionanother-insurance-saga/ 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 ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/08/11/vacation-2008-is-over-already/ What a weekend!  I spent all day yesterday cleaning up the apartment because my family is coming to visit this Friday.  Thank goodness its Bowling and Blogging Monday!  Friday night I went out to dinner with my girlfriend and then did nothing at all.  Same thing Saturday, what a fun, ... http://diabeticblogs.net/chrisadw/2008/07/28/bowling-and-blogging-monday-7/