I don't know why I write here sometimes. My wife is the only one that reads it. And Drs really don't care about these details. Its not an effective venting ground. I guess its my little "Proof" that I knew what was going on in the event that my HA1C comes back high and the Dr wants to scold me.
Look.
This damn BG keeps blowing up the meter when I'm awake. My sinuses are faintly sore and my left eye is still hurting from a Pan retinal Photocoagulation procedure. In the morning I felt fine, but was pretty darn rushed and didn't check my BG. I gradually felt like crap and when I did check (~11am) it was 342mg/dL.
What is this shit? Seriously. This is completely ridiculous. I'm stressed and exhausted and I just want it to stop sucking. I worked so F&*KING hard to keep it under control and months and now this last month before I get my HA1c checked, it goes bonkers and I'll never know if my numbers actually got better. All the docs will see is crap the whole way through.
Well fuck you doctor. And fuck you diabetes. I'm eating my fucking lunch anyway.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Today... its the High road for me
Its been one of those nasty, unexplanable weeks. My BG has been bonkers. I'm skyrocketing overnight and dipping when I correct.... sometimes. Other times my corrections are just fine and the expected dose works well. Because of this fluctuation I can't really make changes to the three holy numbers of pumpers;
Basal
Bolus
Correction
Because SOMETIMES it works and SOMETIMES it doesn't.
Its the Seasons changing, its the tickle in my throat, its the extra stress at work, its depression, its anxiety, its the traveling, and its all amplified by the existence of each problem. Its a conundrum of diabetes that becomes a discouraging factor in everyday life and I personally feel that its something medical doctors quickly forget (or have never fully recognized).
Last night, I was 200 before dinner... probably because I was 279 before lunch, crashed at 60 after lunch and overate before dinner. Before bed 150. Morning..... 379!!!! INFURIATING!!!
Diabetics need consistent normal BG to be healthy. They need exercise and good food and plenty of sleep. Fudge up any of those factors and the wheel gets lopsided and problems start compiling. Didn't sleep well? Your BG could go high, making you sleepy and sluggish and not sleep well the next night. Not eating well? Missing meals? Then you're in the high and low game. Sick?.... the problems work off each other so the combinations are exhausting.
Solutions? Check often and correct often. Do your best to get good long sleep. Avoid caffeine and try to breath deeply at work. That is all you can do. And if a doctor trys to yell at you doing a time like this, tell him/her "F&*k off. This is really really hard for me and if you don't think I'm trying then you don't know anything." Words of encouragement are needed. Not words of blame.
I sympathize with you... that's all I want to hear.
Basal
Bolus
Correction
Because SOMETIMES it works and SOMETIMES it doesn't.
Its the Seasons changing, its the tickle in my throat, its the extra stress at work, its depression, its anxiety, its the traveling, and its all amplified by the existence of each problem. Its a conundrum of diabetes that becomes a discouraging factor in everyday life and I personally feel that its something medical doctors quickly forget (or have never fully recognized).
Last night, I was 200 before dinner... probably because I was 279 before lunch, crashed at 60 after lunch and overate before dinner. Before bed 150. Morning..... 379!!!! INFURIATING!!!
Diabetics need consistent normal BG to be healthy. They need exercise and good food and plenty of sleep. Fudge up any of those factors and the wheel gets lopsided and problems start compiling. Didn't sleep well? Your BG could go high, making you sleepy and sluggish and not sleep well the next night. Not eating well? Missing meals? Then you're in the high and low game. Sick?.... the problems work off each other so the combinations are exhausting.
Solutions? Check often and correct often. Do your best to get good long sleep. Avoid caffeine and try to breath deeply at work. That is all you can do. And if a doctor trys to yell at you doing a time like this, tell him/her "F&*k off. This is really really hard for me and if you don't think I'm trying then you don't know anything." Words of encouragement are needed. Not words of blame.
I sympathize with you... that's all I want to hear.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Morning Highs
So for the past week or so my BG goes nuts in the morning. I'll wake up a bit on the low side (70's) and by lunch its close to 300. Today I began at 95 and now at 11:30am, its at 244mg/dL.
I don't know why. I don't know if its not enough sleep, too much sleep, too much activity, or coffee... what I do know is that it is very irritating. I've been trying to get a grip on my fluctuating sugars, but it seems like the transition from Winter to Spring is being really tough for me. I guess in the winter I need more insulin and the Spring I need less. So the transitions between seasons are difficult to manage.
I just hope it settles down soon.
I don't know why. I don't know if its not enough sleep, too much sleep, too much activity, or coffee... what I do know is that it is very irritating. I've been trying to get a grip on my fluctuating sugars, but it seems like the transition from Winter to Spring is being really tough for me. I guess in the winter I need more insulin and the Spring I need less. So the transitions between seasons are difficult to manage.
I just hope it settles down soon.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Bloody hell
No, its not a reference to the UK. Its about infusion sites for insulin pump users. I should have learned my lesson the first time, but I repeated my mistake and paid for it... I thought I would share.
When I put on my new infusion set, I noticed a little blood in the catheter. No problem, I needed a morning Bolus and it went away instantly. However, in my personal case, I SHOULD have changed it right away. The site look progressively worse over days time and I took it out this morning (only 2 days in). Blood instantly started coming out. Bright red and quickly streaming down my side. I scrambled for a napkin to sop up the mess and as quickly as I could I covered the hole. I had to hold pressure on the wound for 2-3min before it clotted and stopped.
This is the second time this has happened within a year's time. It really freaked me out the first time. A steady stream of blood coming from a small hole in your stomach would do that I guess. What I'm left with is a very sore and bruised area about 1/2 inch (1cm) in diameter. I put Neosporin on it and went on with my life.
I just wanted to write it down because that blood in the catheter should have been a strong warming that the site was not good for me. I had crazy high BG readings for nearly 3 days and I'm very high this morning. I just HATE wasting all that insulin and having to take another shot to put on a new infusion set. But in the long run, I felt much worse when I kept it on and should have changed it right away. It just wasn't worth it.
Lesson learned.
When I put on my new infusion set, I noticed a little blood in the catheter. No problem, I needed a morning Bolus and it went away instantly. However, in my personal case, I SHOULD have changed it right away. The site look progressively worse over days time and I took it out this morning (only 2 days in). Blood instantly started coming out. Bright red and quickly streaming down my side. I scrambled for a napkin to sop up the mess and as quickly as I could I covered the hole. I had to hold pressure on the wound for 2-3min before it clotted and stopped.
This is the second time this has happened within a year's time. It really freaked me out the first time. A steady stream of blood coming from a small hole in your stomach would do that I guess. What I'm left with is a very sore and bruised area about 1/2 inch (1cm) in diameter. I put Neosporin on it and went on with my life.
I just wanted to write it down because that blood in the catheter should have been a strong warming that the site was not good for me. I had crazy high BG readings for nearly 3 days and I'm very high this morning. I just HATE wasting all that insulin and having to take another shot to put on a new infusion set. But in the long run, I felt much worse when I kept it on and should have changed it right away. It just wasn't worth it.
Lesson learned.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Dropping BG and Diarrhea, cha cha cha
For younger people, you might not know that the title is a throwback to an old MTV cartoon called, "Beavis and Butthead".
Anyways, I'm writing about a gross topic today. As the title suggests, I'm talking about diarrhea. This info here is completely anecdotal so please that all the suggestions here as a strictly individual case. Although, if you happen to pass by this page and have a similar story, I'd love to know.
Yesterday, I went very very low. Down to 39mg/dL. Before I had very good control I would sweat profusely and shake and get dizzy rapidly because I was starting at 200-300mg/dL and dropping to 40mg/dL. It was quite tramatic and scary and typically ended with a deep pain in my stomach followed by a single strong bout of diarrhea (nearly entirely water). Afterward, I would start to feel human again. The entire process from the start of crashing to final relief was about 30min-2h depending on severity but it always ended the same way.
These days I have much better control. I do still go low, however, the symptoms are not nearly as dramatic. Typically I'm starting at 100-160mg/dL and I'm slooooowly dropping to 50mg/dL or even 39mg/dL as was the case yesterday. And the major joy is that the harsh projectile diarrhea isn't a standard event! I'm happy about that, but sometimes I still get a more mild and delayed response.
Last night, after a nice and normal meal, I had a gentle but definite urge and finally a run with the runs. As mentioned, earlier n the day I dropped to 39mg/dL and didn't check my recovery until dinner-time. I was at 190mg/dL... not bad considering I drank a coke to help the recovery and didn't correct for it. Then, after dinner and my brown belt bout, I shot up to 280! I went to bed thinking this stress and internal issues with the muddy super-soaker had caused the jump. But again this morning I found that my BG was up to 300mg/dL.
SO I think back and I don't remember what happened after my bouts before. I was always high, but I also had always assumed it was the sugar I ate to stop from crashing. Maybe the resulting diarrhea is actually the source of the higher BG?
So now my current hypothesis is something like this...
The low low BG causes a natural reaction to encourage eating.
I eat to stop from crashing, but the ball is in motion to finish the deal with a bout of diarrhea.
Once the body has flushed, a new issue arises with the bodies response to evacuating that much water in one sitting, and so the BG rises.
If the urge continues or the feeling at least continues (and it does) so will the rise in BG.
Its a pretty awful circle if I'm right. I'll have to really apy close attention when this happens again, and I KNOW it will happen again.
Anyways, I'm writing about a gross topic today. As the title suggests, I'm talking about diarrhea. This info here is completely anecdotal so please that all the suggestions here as a strictly individual case. Although, if you happen to pass by this page and have a similar story, I'd love to know.
Yesterday, I went very very low. Down to 39mg/dL. Before I had very good control I would sweat profusely and shake and get dizzy rapidly because I was starting at 200-300mg/dL and dropping to 40mg/dL. It was quite tramatic and scary and typically ended with a deep pain in my stomach followed by a single strong bout of diarrhea (nearly entirely water). Afterward, I would start to feel human again. The entire process from the start of crashing to final relief was about 30min-2h depending on severity but it always ended the same way.
These days I have much better control. I do still go low, however, the symptoms are not nearly as dramatic. Typically I'm starting at 100-160mg/dL and I'm slooooowly dropping to 50mg/dL or even 39mg/dL as was the case yesterday. And the major joy is that the harsh projectile diarrhea isn't a standard event! I'm happy about that, but sometimes I still get a more mild and delayed response.
Last night, after a nice and normal meal, I had a gentle but definite urge and finally a run with the runs. As mentioned, earlier n the day I dropped to 39mg/dL and didn't check my recovery until dinner-time. I was at 190mg/dL... not bad considering I drank a coke to help the recovery and didn't correct for it. Then, after dinner and my brown belt bout, I shot up to 280! I went to bed thinking this stress and internal issues with the muddy super-soaker had caused the jump. But again this morning I found that my BG was up to 300mg/dL.
SO I think back and I don't remember what happened after my bouts before. I was always high, but I also had always assumed it was the sugar I ate to stop from crashing. Maybe the resulting diarrhea is actually the source of the higher BG?
So now my current hypothesis is something like this...
The low low BG causes a natural reaction to encourage eating.
I eat to stop from crashing, but the ball is in motion to finish the deal with a bout of diarrhea.
Once the body has flushed, a new issue arises with the bodies response to evacuating that much water in one sitting, and so the BG rises.
If the urge continues or the feeling at least continues (and it does) so will the rise in BG.
Its a pretty awful circle if I'm right. I'll have to really apy close attention when this happens again, and I KNOW it will happen again.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sick and Tired
I've been feeling worn down and sick for a little over a week. Moreover, I've been staying up late and having trouble staying asleep. I feel like when I'm sick and/or tired, I get unusually high BG readings. I don't think this is "in my mind" as a couple doctors have told me. And, in fact, being sick does make your BG rise. Being under stress can do the same and in some people, taking antibiotics also can make you go high (see comments http://www.tudiabetes.org/forum/topics/being-sick-high-blood-sugar)
Truth is, there's more things that can raise your BG than can lower it. The fact that a major treatment of illness (antibiotics) adds to the problem by raising your BG is really irritating to me. But sometimes its necessary and the only answer is MORE FREQUENT CHECKING. Plain and simple. MORE CHECKING followed by MORE CORRECTING.
I try to avoid making changes in my basal and correction and bolus ratios until I am feeling well again and not taking antibiotics because it can cause problems later. The better solution for myself is to correct for the highs and just check more often. The problem is that I've been slacking these past few days and my BG is going high without correction, which adds to my sick feeling and sleepless nights.
Throughout most of the winter I have this on and off again sick feeling which really messes with my health for several months. I don't know that warmer climates would help me throughout the year, but staying inside for 3-4 days in a row because of massive Balitmore blizzards has certainly kept me feeling awful.
Truth is, there's more things that can raise your BG than can lower it. The fact that a major treatment of illness (antibiotics) adds to the problem by raising your BG is really irritating to me. But sometimes its necessary and the only answer is MORE FREQUENT CHECKING. Plain and simple. MORE CHECKING followed by MORE CORRECTING.
I try to avoid making changes in my basal and correction and bolus ratios until I am feeling well again and not taking antibiotics because it can cause problems later. The better solution for myself is to correct for the highs and just check more often. The problem is that I've been slacking these past few days and my BG is going high without correction, which adds to my sick feeling and sleepless nights.
Throughout most of the winter I have this on and off again sick feeling which really messes with my health for several months. I don't know that warmer climates would help me throughout the year, but staying inside for 3-4 days in a row because of massive Balitmore blizzards has certainly kept me feeling awful.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Changing my set changes the effect
This happens every so often. I change my infusion set and my BG readings go high for no apparent reason. Sometimes for up to 1 day. What I do is to check more frequently and correct as needed. I used to change my basal, bolus, or correction depending on when I saw it and how I came to notice high BG, but by the time I changed it, the problem had already resolved and I ended up causing low BG crashes.
SOooo... what is it? Well, I've told my doctor this before and he believes my basal needed adjusting. See previous posts for the list of reasons why he is wrong. The nurse practitioner, however, listens and agrees that changing sites can cause this problem. Check out these other blogs
http://www.insulin-pumpers.org.uk/badsite/
http://www.diabetes-insulin-pump-therapy.com/high-blood-sugar.html
I really like the first one. So much useful info that I can't seem to find anywhere except from people's personal experience. Why would you get high BG from changing your site? LOTS of reasons...
First, they go down a checklist of performing a Pump Self-test; make sure your tubing isn't tangled or leaking; make sure you have correct basal and bolus levels, and describe the condition of your infusion site. Is it red? swollen? do you see blood in your infusion set line? did you prime it correctly or do you see air bubbles? These are important questions, but if the final answer is that the site hurts, its hard, its red, or isn't responding to correction... CHANGE THE SITE!!! I can't emphasize that enough. If its a continuing problem, you should change the site. For myself, its not hardened, it is irritated, but it goes away after a day. I pay a lot for supplies and throwing out 3ml of insulin, an infusion set and reservoir (I don't mess around with reusing reservoir because of sterility concerns). I know that most all times my BG will go back to normal within a day (sometimes less).
Last night my site hurt when I set it up. This morning my BG was high. It wasn't a surprise, just an average bad start to a good day. If you have questions, I actually found the MiniMed site helpful.
http://www.minimed.com/help/sitemanagement/index.html#a6
And there are also the National Institutes of Health and Center for Disease Control with useful sites too.
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/index.htm
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/partners-community-organization/index.aspx
And I really like this book called "Insulin Pumping"... here's the website founded by the authors.
http://www.diabetesnet.com/pibook.php
Everything is going well now.
SOooo... what is it? Well, I've told my doctor this before and he believes my basal needed adjusting. See previous posts for the list of reasons why he is wrong. The nurse practitioner, however, listens and agrees that changing sites can cause this problem. Check out these other blogs
http://www.insulin-pumpers.org.uk/badsite/
http://www.diabetes-insulin-pump-therapy.com/high-blood-sugar.html
I really like the first one. So much useful info that I can't seem to find anywhere except from people's personal experience. Why would you get high BG from changing your site? LOTS of reasons...
- The site is close to muscle or the infusion set slope is angled to steep and is close to muscle causing higher BG (absorption is hindered).
- The site becomes swollen or irritated or at worst, infected, which causes inflammation and hinders your insulin activity and absorption.
- The site has hardened fat tissue, which hinders absorption.
- Site isn't taken very well and your body reacts to it negatively for a number of immune response reasons, which leads to inflammation...
First, they go down a checklist of performing a Pump Self-test; make sure your tubing isn't tangled or leaking; make sure you have correct basal and bolus levels, and describe the condition of your infusion site. Is it red? swollen? do you see blood in your infusion set line? did you prime it correctly or do you see air bubbles? These are important questions, but if the final answer is that the site hurts, its hard, its red, or isn't responding to correction... CHANGE THE SITE!!! I can't emphasize that enough. If its a continuing problem, you should change the site. For myself, its not hardened, it is irritated, but it goes away after a day. I pay a lot for supplies and throwing out 3ml of insulin, an infusion set and reservoir (I don't mess around with reusing reservoir because of sterility concerns). I know that most all times my BG will go back to normal within a day (sometimes less).
Last night my site hurt when I set it up. This morning my BG was high. It wasn't a surprise, just an average bad start to a good day. If you have questions, I actually found the MiniMed site helpful.
http://www.minimed.com/help/sitemanagement/index.html#a6
And there are also the National Institutes of Health and Center for Disease Control with useful sites too.
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/index.htm
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/partners-community-organization/index.aspx
And I really like this book called "Insulin Pumping"... here's the website founded by the authors.
http://www.diabetesnet.com/pibook.php
Everything is going well now.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Mid-Day Downer
So I haven't been posting daily because... well.... that takes a bunch of time and putting all my numbers up hasn't been 'helping' a lot. But reviewing trends and giving tips to myself has.
For the past 3 days, I've been eating a sandwich, chips (weighed on a scale) and an apple for lunch. Each day I'm somewhere between 100-150mg/dL before eating. I keep dropping to a point where I almost crash and the nagging feeling of low BG is very distracting to my work. SO I'm trying the square bolus option, which seems to help out quite a bit. I've been doing 30min release.
Now today specifically, it dropped to 50mg/dL 1hr after eating/taking insulin. This concerns me because its a pretty accurate carb amount and I did a square bolus and started at 96mg/dL. Thank goodness there was 4-day old Birthday cake (which seems to never spoil... that can't be a healthy sign). I wonder if the increased sunlight/full-spectrum light bulbs at home (a new purchase) have actually had a positive effect already.
I'll keep monitoring and see.
For the past 3 days, I've been eating a sandwich, chips (weighed on a scale) and an apple for lunch. Each day I'm somewhere between 100-150mg/dL before eating. I keep dropping to a point where I almost crash and the nagging feeling of low BG is very distracting to my work. SO I'm trying the square bolus option, which seems to help out quite a bit. I've been doing 30min release.
Now today specifically, it dropped to 50mg/dL 1hr after eating/taking insulin. This concerns me because its a pretty accurate carb amount and I did a square bolus and started at 96mg/dL. Thank goodness there was 4-day old Birthday cake (which seems to never spoil... that can't be a healthy sign). I wonder if the increased sunlight/full-spectrum light bulbs at home (a new purchase) have actually had a positive effect already.
I'll keep monitoring and see.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Please go down
This is gonna be a long day...
10am 181
12pm 222
6pm 332
10pm 172
12am 119
So my numbers today would give my doctor a reason to say my basal is wrong (I'm not defending his suggestion I'm just explaining his initial reaction). I woke up high. I corrected and at lunch, I was STILL HIGH. I decided that I should take 2U extra to account for the 60mg/dL that I have been over. So what do you think happens? I crash real bad and fairly all of a sudden.
How does it feel when you crash? How do you know you're crashing?
Well, for me, crashing and 1-2hr after I eat feel very similar. A little anxious, fidgety and a little kind of tingle at my joints and stomach... kinda like I'm getting ready to run a race. But it goes away eventually. When I crash, it only gets worse. So I'm doing my work in the culture room and I start some really intense stuff when I feel 'normal'. Then I get involved in my work to a point where if I stop, a week's worth of material and time is trashed. I feel like I may crash, but can't really stop and then it hits hard. I barely finish before I really really start sweating and shaking.
And so I overkill and drink too much soda. I eat a couple granola bars to settle my stomach. And by 5pm I'm high as a kite on a windy day. Any doctor that says "Are you sure you were crashing that bad?" or "You shouldn't over do it" is a big fat A-hole. I'm at work. I'm trying to live. My actions before were rationale and the result was not expected. And obviously they don't know what it feels like. Seriously now... how many Type I diabetics out there have a Type I diabetic doctor? Huh? Anyone? How many doctors have woken up my sleep pouring with sweat and staggered to the fridge with blurred vision only to find the only sugar is your expired OJ? How many doctors know how the taste of Coca cola shanges when your BG is low and that sugary foods taste strange when your crashing, but you have to drink it anyway? How many of your doctors know what explosive diarrhea feels like an hour after a bad BG crash?
Truth is it scares the shit out of me and this time the crash was full-on before I treated it. I felt like crap for most of the day and it only got worse. Some freaking sympathy would go a long way. I corrected for the high BG and much later at home (we went to do taxes and grocery shopping) it was still a bit high. I ate, corrected and happily went to bed at 119mg/dL. So now we can see that clearly raising the basal is a very very dangerous idea for myself. Out of the past 5 days, count the number of reading that were near 120mg/dL. All of those times I would have been crashing. Simply put, I have a large day-to-day variation in my bolus needs and doctors have a hard time admitting that to my face. But I'm confident it my self-diagnosis.
I hope I stay lower these next days. I'm tired of feeling like crap.
10am 181
12pm 222
6pm 332
10pm 172
12am 119
So my numbers today would give my doctor a reason to say my basal is wrong (I'm not defending his suggestion I'm just explaining his initial reaction). I woke up high. I corrected and at lunch, I was STILL HIGH. I decided that I should take 2U extra to account for the 60mg/dL that I have been over. So what do you think happens? I crash real bad and fairly all of a sudden.
How does it feel when you crash? How do you know you're crashing?
Well, for me, crashing and 1-2hr after I eat feel very similar. A little anxious, fidgety and a little kind of tingle at my joints and stomach... kinda like I'm getting ready to run a race. But it goes away eventually. When I crash, it only gets worse. So I'm doing my work in the culture room and I start some really intense stuff when I feel 'normal'. Then I get involved in my work to a point where if I stop, a week's worth of material and time is trashed. I feel like I may crash, but can't really stop and then it hits hard. I barely finish before I really really start sweating and shaking.
And so I overkill and drink too much soda. I eat a couple granola bars to settle my stomach. And by 5pm I'm high as a kite on a windy day. Any doctor that says "Are you sure you were crashing that bad?" or "You shouldn't over do it" is a big fat A-hole. I'm at work. I'm trying to live. My actions before were rationale and the result was not expected. And obviously they don't know what it feels like. Seriously now... how many Type I diabetics out there have a Type I diabetic doctor? Huh? Anyone? How many doctors have woken up my sleep pouring with sweat and staggered to the fridge with blurred vision only to find the only sugar is your expired OJ? How many doctors know how the taste of Coca cola shanges when your BG is low and that sugary foods taste strange when your crashing, but you have to drink it anyway? How many of your doctors know what explosive diarrhea feels like an hour after a bad BG crash?
Truth is it scares the shit out of me and this time the crash was full-on before I treated it. I felt like crap for most of the day and it only got worse. Some freaking sympathy would go a long way. I corrected for the high BG and much later at home (we went to do taxes and grocery shopping) it was still a bit high. I ate, corrected and happily went to bed at 119mg/dL. So now we can see that clearly raising the basal is a very very dangerous idea for myself. Out of the past 5 days, count the number of reading that were near 120mg/dL. All of those times I would have been crashing. Simply put, I have a large day-to-day variation in my bolus needs and doctors have a hard time admitting that to my face. But I'm confident it my self-diagnosis.
I hope I stay lower these next days. I'm tired of feeling like crap.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Bipbimbap overload
Trying to stay down today... not very successful.
11am 146
11am 146
5pm 207
8pm 213
11:30pm 274
I woke up fine and we had Tom yum soup for lunch which my wife made rice noodles for. There's something about high carb noodles when we cook them... They release a lot of gluten and carbs in the water during the boil so sometimes the count isn't completely accurate. I really only have this problem with Asian noodles and not American packaged noodles. I crashed a bit and ate chocolate and an apple and tried to patiently wait it out. I snacked on nuts while I waited to feel better.
By the late afternoon at the coffee shop, the BG only got up to ~200, which I was happy with (I felt like it was much higher). But it kept going up. I had corrected and still 3hrs later it was basically the same. Then we ate Bipbimbap and bean soup and it skyrocketed again.
I don't know what's going on, but sometimes this happens to me on a day to day basis. Like today was terrible and kinda unexpected. I feel a bit bloated, and my lips and tongue really feel like I have very very high BG (like I feel at 500mg/dL). I'm also feeling really tired. But tomorrow I could be fine and even go a bit on the low side. This is the kind of variation where sometimes I just don't even bother to try and figure it out. I'm hoping this bog will help to get at this kind of problem.
8pm 213
11:30pm 274
I woke up fine and we had Tom yum soup for lunch which my wife made rice noodles for. There's something about high carb noodles when we cook them... They release a lot of gluten and carbs in the water during the boil so sometimes the count isn't completely accurate. I really only have this problem with Asian noodles and not American packaged noodles. I crashed a bit and ate chocolate and an apple and tried to patiently wait it out. I snacked on nuts while I waited to feel better.
By the late afternoon at the coffee shop, the BG only got up to ~200, which I was happy with (I felt like it was much higher). But it kept going up. I had corrected and still 3hrs later it was basically the same. Then we ate Bipbimbap and bean soup and it skyrocketed again.
I don't know what's going on, but sometimes this happens to me on a day to day basis. Like today was terrible and kinda unexpected. I feel a bit bloated, and my lips and tongue really feel like I have very very high BG (like I feel at 500mg/dL). I'm also feeling really tired. But tomorrow I could be fine and even go a bit on the low side. This is the kind of variation where sometimes I just don't even bother to try and figure it out. I'm hoping this bog will help to get at this kind of problem.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Saturday Morning Sleep in
11am 111
6p 286
1am 129
On weekends, I sleep late and don't check as often. Today we were supposed to go check out the dealership, but if snowed something awful so we went to Donna's for lunch instead. I had a Roast Beef sandwich, which was AWESOME!!! Then we went to the Walter's Art Museum. I didn't check between lunch and dinner because we were in the museum for obvious reasons. At home I expected a high reading. Why?
Fresh deli lunch meats can have preservatives such as spices and sugar and I can never gauge that correctly, especially when I eat a large Italian sub... Mmmmm mmmmm mmmm.
End of the day, I'm doing great.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Dealing with Happy Hour
So let me just list my BG for the day first.
9am 129
1pm 198
4pm 158
9pm 428
1am 131
So here's how my day went. Great start, proof that I'm obviously not having a basal problem. I started Amoxicillin for a nagging cold, which may have been the whole root of my out of control problem. Lunch was soup and some rice and a banana, very calculated.
SO I'm seeing that I really do get a small rise in BG. I don't know if its because I'm not eating breakfast (I'm very doubtful when it comes to dietitian's hand waving), but it does rise in the morning by ~40-60mg/dL.
When dealing with an event that I KNOW I will get high BG at, I always check immediately before and if its a long event, I'll check in the middle. I SHOULD have checked before 9pm, but mom called and I talked her through her first insulin shot as a type 2 diabetic. I know that's pretty ironic. BTW her doctor is way worse than any doctor I've ever seen... seriously.
SO it was the Stout beers (4-5) and chips that sent me soaring, but you can seen that by the time I went ot bed it was doing really well.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Busy with Westerns
Today, I'll be running around with western blot in the lab. I woke at 105mg/dL (9am) and had lunch with a 166mg/dL (1:30pm). I've been told repeatedly by doctors and dietitians that if you don't eat breakfast, your body will release some extra glucose. For clarification....
I DON'T EAT BREAKFAST!
Never have, never will. So I wish the medical profession would just leave me alone.
That being said, I usually don't find this to be very accurate. I've had my lunch sugars go in both directions and stay the same. Its like rolling dice. Usually it goes up by about 20mg/dL. I don't have a very energy requiring job. Mainly walking back and forth between rooms and concentrating on expts, so that generally doesn't account for any change in BG. So I'm happy with these numbers.
Its 5pm now and I'm at 77mg/dL... a bit lower than I'd like to be. I don't know why though. I didn't do anything spectacular.... AHHHHHH!!!! I know.
Whenever I have high carb meals, which I consider to be anything over 75g carb, I tend to lose control either high or low. Typically my sugars go much higher than expected but sometimes lower. Today was a 115g carb lunch.
Another possibility is that with the sun staying out a bit longer, the changing of season to spring could be causing the bolus ration to go from 1:8 to the lower 1:10. I'm not changing the ratio today, but its something to note.
I DON'T EAT BREAKFAST!
Never have, never will. So I wish the medical profession would just leave me alone.
That being said, I usually don't find this to be very accurate. I've had my lunch sugars go in both directions and stay the same. Its like rolling dice. Usually it goes up by about 20mg/dL. I don't have a very energy requiring job. Mainly walking back and forth between rooms and concentrating on expts, so that generally doesn't account for any change in BG. So I'm happy with these numbers.
Its 5pm now and I'm at 77mg/dL... a bit lower than I'd like to be. I don't know why though. I didn't do anything spectacular.... AHHHHHH!!!! I know.
Whenever I have high carb meals, which I consider to be anything over 75g carb, I tend to lose control either high or low. Typically my sugars go much higher than expected but sometimes lower. Today was a 115g carb lunch.
Another possibility is that with the sun staying out a bit longer, the changing of season to spring could be causing the bolus ration to go from 1:8 to the lower 1:10. I'm not changing the ratio today, but its something to note.
Basal is Fine!
Maybe I'll post my doctor's comments on here at some point... maybe right now actually. Early this January I was concerned about my lack of control and wrote to my doc, Dr Saudek. During the winter months I tend to have difficulty keeping my sugars in control. Usually I had many others problems, including Holiday parties, depression, apathy, or poor medication. But this year, most all of that was eliminated and I STILL had great problems keeping my sugar levels controlled.
"Hello, I'm becoming more and more concerned about my insulin usage.
Briefly, my HA1C is ~8.9 and I have been having problems keeping my BG under control during winter months. When I met with Dr. Saudek onJan11th, he made a couple suggestions. First, I increased the correction ratio from 1:50 to 1:30. Second, I increased my carb ratio from 1:15 to 1:10.
Since then, I still see high BG levels, even when I have increased my carb ration to 1:8. For several mornings, I started at ~180 and without correcting; I am at ~160-170 by lunch time. This lets me know that my basal of 1U/hr is about right. After lunch of a very specific carb amt and a correction I still end the day at 5-6pm with a BG of180-190. This tells me that the correction or carb ratio is off. Other nights I start high at about 190 and take the correction at 1:30.After 2.5h without eating I am at 120. This tells me that my carb ratio is probably wrong. So I increased it to 1:8. I STILL have a BGof ~180 before dinner when I had a lunch BG of 100 at lunch.
Before I increase it further to 1:5.... I worry that this is getting crazy with the insulin dose. Is this normal? According to other people, this is the dose for a 250lbs inactive man. I am a 170lbs fit man. I don't exercise a lot, but I'm far from a vegetable. Aside from Max Bolusing when I eat more than 100g of carb at a meal, what should I be worrying about? Is this normal? I really need some help figuring this out.
Thank you for your time and help. If needed I can send a spreadsheet of BG readings on Monday from my work PC."
He actually got back to me quite fast and said that my spreadsheet would be quite helpful.
"Dennis I don't have chart but Sounds like basal is too low esp over night you should not have fbs [fasting blood sugar] over 120-130 Do send your spread sheet"
OK... so I send him the sheet with a message and he responds, again very quickly, with his response within the message to each question I pose.
"Dr Saudek, I attached the graph of the past couple weeks. NO PATTERNS EVIDENT IN THE GRAPH. MAINLY A LOT OF VARIABILITY. I wanted to assure you that the mornings I woke at 180 were due to me not checking before bed and waking high. THIS IS TOO HIGH A WAKE-UP FBS... SUGGESTS THAT YOU DO NEED A SIGNIFICANT "DAWN RATE" TO BEGIN WITH. NANCY CAN WORK ON THIS WITH YOU, AS MUCH AS 50% INCREASE IN BASAL RATE FROM 4 A.M. TO 8 A.M. Typically my post dinner readings are high, and if I correct, I wake at either normal (~100) or low BG (at ~4am). SO THE GOAL IS TO GIVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT BEFORE DINNER, SO YOU ARE NOT HIGH AT BEDTIME. Thank you for taking the time to look at my records. Several of my lows aren't recorded and I will try to take those measurements before eating.
PLEASE DO BE IN TOUCH WITH NANCYELLEN. CDS”
So its like he's not listening. Its like he doesn't understand what I'm saying. My basal is fine. Again, I went to bed at 166 and woke at 105! If I increased my basal by 50% in the 4-8am, that would be 60mg/dL drop. I'd be at 35mg/dL this morning. Greeeeaaaatttt advice doc. Hypoglycemic coma is a great way to stop BG irregularity.
Look, I'm a scientist with a PhD in biochemistry. I know what’s going on metabolically and I know how to set up an expt. But sometimes I need help with approaching the question or deciphering the data. And sometimes I'm just tired and frustrated and I've been a poor diabetic, so I don’t like the data, but at least I understand it. But in this case, I had been a very very good diabetic and I was suffering. I've had inconsistent results and repeatedly told Dr Saudek that my correction and basal seem just fine. But instead of offering help on how to adjust the basal or answer my primary question... IS THIS OK FOR MY HEALTH TO HAVE SO MUCH INSULIN?... he parroted back "To much variability and increase the basal."
Ridiculous. The man might as well read from a cereal box because his advise is not sound or insightful. I'm at Johns Hopkins where they apparently keep the tenured doctors in clinics no matter how bad their advice can be. In a very roundabout way, Dr Saudek basically said the dreaded, "You need to check your blood sugar and take your insulin," which is insanely irritating, pointless, and futile. That statement never helps.
In short, my basal is fine. I have a BG and 5hours later, without food or a lot of exercise, it’s the same or close to it. If I go to bed at 120mg/dL and haven’t taken insulin within the past 4-5hrs, I wake up at ~120mg/dL. To me, that shows a good basal.
Always question your doctors suggestions. ALWAYS! You have the right to ask and remember, they are human and tend to make mistakes. Asking questions forces them to defend their response and possibly correct themselves before you leave the office. At worst, you leave with a better understanding of your problem and the purposed treatment.
"Hello, I'm becoming more and more concerned about my insulin usage.
Briefly, my HA1C is ~8.9 and I have been having problems keeping my BG under control during winter months. When I met with Dr. Saudek onJan11th, he made a couple suggestions. First, I increased the correction ratio from 1:50 to 1:30. Second, I increased my carb ratio from 1:15 to 1:10.
Since then, I still see high BG levels, even when I have increased my carb ration to 1:8. For several mornings, I started at ~180 and without correcting; I am at ~160-170 by lunch time. This lets me know that my basal of 1U/hr is about right. After lunch of a very specific carb amt and a correction I still end the day at 5-6pm with a BG of180-190. This tells me that the correction or carb ratio is off. Other nights I start high at about 190 and take the correction at 1:30.After 2.5h without eating I am at 120. This tells me that my carb ratio is probably wrong. So I increased it to 1:8. I STILL have a BGof ~180 before dinner when I had a lunch BG of 100 at lunch.
Before I increase it further to 1:5.... I worry that this is getting crazy with the insulin dose. Is this normal? According to other people, this is the dose for a 250lbs inactive man. I am a 170lbs fit man. I don't exercise a lot, but I'm far from a vegetable. Aside from Max Bolusing when I eat more than 100g of carb at a meal, what should I be worrying about? Is this normal? I really need some help figuring this out.
Thank you for your time and help. If needed I can send a spreadsheet of BG readings on Monday from my work PC."
He actually got back to me quite fast and said that my spreadsheet would be quite helpful.
"Dennis I don't have chart but Sounds like basal is too low esp over night you should not have fbs [fasting blood sugar] over 120-130 Do send your spread sheet"
OK... so I send him the sheet with a message and he responds, again very quickly, with his response within the message to each question I pose.
"Dr Saudek, I attached the graph of the past couple weeks. NO PATTERNS EVIDENT IN THE GRAPH. MAINLY A LOT OF VARIABILITY. I wanted to assure you that the mornings I woke at 180 were due to me not checking before bed and waking high. THIS IS TOO HIGH A WAKE-UP FBS... SUGGESTS THAT YOU DO NEED A SIGNIFICANT "DAWN RATE" TO BEGIN WITH. NANCY CAN WORK ON THIS WITH YOU, AS MUCH AS 50% INCREASE IN BASAL RATE FROM 4 A.M. TO 8 A.M. Typically my post dinner readings are high, and if I correct, I wake at either normal (~100) or low BG (at ~4am). SO THE GOAL IS TO GIVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT BEFORE DINNER, SO YOU ARE NOT HIGH AT BEDTIME. Thank you for taking the time to look at my records. Several of my lows aren't recorded and I will try to take those measurements before eating.
PLEASE DO BE IN TOUCH WITH NANCYELLEN. CDS”
So its like he's not listening. Its like he doesn't understand what I'm saying. My basal is fine. Again, I went to bed at 166 and woke at 105! If I increased my basal by 50% in the 4-8am, that would be 60mg/dL drop. I'd be at 35mg/dL this morning. Greeeeaaaatttt advice doc. Hypoglycemic coma is a great way to stop BG irregularity.
Look, I'm a scientist with a PhD in biochemistry. I know what’s going on metabolically and I know how to set up an expt. But sometimes I need help with approaching the question or deciphering the data. And sometimes I'm just tired and frustrated and I've been a poor diabetic, so I don’t like the data, but at least I understand it. But in this case, I had been a very very good diabetic and I was suffering. I've had inconsistent results and repeatedly told Dr Saudek that my correction and basal seem just fine. But instead of offering help on how to adjust the basal or answer my primary question... IS THIS OK FOR MY HEALTH TO HAVE SO MUCH INSULIN?... he parroted back "To much variability and increase the basal."
Ridiculous. The man might as well read from a cereal box because his advise is not sound or insightful. I'm at Johns Hopkins where they apparently keep the tenured doctors in clinics no matter how bad their advice can be. In a very roundabout way, Dr Saudek basically said the dreaded, "You need to check your blood sugar and take your insulin," which is insanely irritating, pointless, and futile. That statement never helps.
In short, my basal is fine. I have a BG and 5hours later, without food or a lot of exercise, it’s the same or close to it. If I go to bed at 120mg/dL and haven’t taken insulin within the past 4-5hrs, I wake up at ~120mg/dL. To me, that shows a good basal.
Always question your doctors suggestions. ALWAYS! You have the right to ask and remember, they are human and tend to make mistakes. Asking questions forces them to defend their response and possibly correct themselves before you leave the office. At worst, you leave with a better understanding of your problem and the purposed treatment.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wed Jan 27, 2010 - New Spot
I was getting tired of a dozen dots on the front of stomach and last night I tried my back ride side.
Last night, 3hr post dinner, I was very high (288) and corrected before bed. This morning I was still high (235). My feeling is that there is less fat on the back side and for whatever else reason, adsorption is not the same. Unfortunately, I just filled it last night, so I don't want to throw out 3mL of insulin.
I'll ride this one out. and monitor throughout today.
By lunchtime (~1pm) it was 166. Not too bad! But I knew later I would be going to a JHPDA Happy Hour. The Happy Hour started around 5pm, and I tried to only drink Michalob Ultra and not eat chips (instead I ate cheese, veggies, and the toppings on the pizza). It was a very successful Happy Hour and lasted for a long while. I got home around 9pm.
BG 9pm... 331. Honestly, considering my day, that's not as ridiculous as I thought it would be. I corrected and ate some Ramyum for dinner. Going to bed soon. At ~11:45pm I'm at 166, so I guess today my bolus is working.
Last night, 3hr post dinner, I was very high (288) and corrected before bed. This morning I was still high (235). My feeling is that there is less fat on the back side and for whatever else reason, adsorption is not the same. Unfortunately, I just filled it last night, so I don't want to throw out 3mL of insulin.
I'll ride this one out. and monitor throughout today.
By lunchtime (~1pm) it was 166. Not too bad! But I knew later I would be going to a JHPDA Happy Hour. The Happy Hour started around 5pm, and I tried to only drink Michalob Ultra and not eat chips (instead I ate cheese, veggies, and the toppings on the pizza). It was a very successful Happy Hour and lasted for a long while. I got home around 9pm.
BG 9pm... 331. Honestly, considering my day, that's not as ridiculous as I thought it would be. I corrected and ate some Ramyum for dinner. Going to bed soon. At ~11:45pm I'm at 166, so I guess today my bolus is working.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Planted PR in Town Hall
While going through all the phone calls and trying to find answers and numbers online, I've come across two video clips from news channels. Both point out that huge Republican Party, Oil-Conglomerates, and multi-millionaire far right conservatives are funding these "Town Hall Storms" that essentially shout out the competition on Healthcare Reform.
Some groups actually bus people around so they can barracade the Town Hall, chase the Congressmen from and to their cars and yell during the meeting. The GOP's stance... these are just run of the mill average Americans voicing their opinion.
Wisconsin Mom or GOP Plant
Plot to Kill Old People
EDITS:
Great new story. Old people don't want government run healthcare. Old people are on Medicare.... which is government run healthcare. However, they think Medicare is OK. They don't want to change it. They don't want government run healthcare like Obama is suggesting....
WAIT? WHAT? (Halfway down, Rep. Gene Green D-Tex)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/opinion/07krugman.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
Some groups actually bus people around so they can barracade the Town Hall, chase the Congressmen from and to their cars and yell during the meeting. The GOP's stance... these are just run of the mill average Americans voicing their opinion.
Wisconsin Mom or GOP Plant
Plot to Kill Old People
EDITS:
Great new story. Old people don't want government run healthcare. Old people are on Medicare.... which is government run healthcare. However, they think Medicare is OK. They don't want to change it. They don't want government run healthcare like Obama is suggesting....
WAIT? WHAT? (Halfway down, Rep. Gene Green D-Tex)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/opinion/07krugman.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Finding Healthcare for a Diabetic
I'm a Type I Diabetic (insulin-dependent). For ~14yrs I have given myself insulin injections daily to meet my insulin needs. Throughout these years I have encountered some of the most inane physicians and incredibly few credible doctors. In Wisconsin I met with an great Endocrinologist (Dr. Paul Reber) that told me I was on an archaic regiment. Later - after Dr. Reber had left my clinic - I struggled and had to frequently change my Lantus dosage and timing. Now, after five years of trying to get insurance to help pay for an insulin pump AND to cover a percentage of supplies to USE the pump, I have succeeded. My control is AWESOME! The first 3 months and my HA1C dropped 3.5points.
In truth, the quality Healthcare is what I depend on to keep my quality of life high. I am also well educated in biology of life systems (a Biochemist PhD and now PostDoc at Johns Hopkins Radiation Oncology). I know exactly what is out there and what can really be fundamentally good for my health. Unfortunately, health is another one of the areas where the rich get better "things". Good health has a price and rarely does it depend on 'knowing' whats best. It depends on if you can AFFORD what's best.
That insulin pump... that exact company and model... has been available for a little over 15yrs. I JUST GOT IT. My HA1C has always been high for the past 14yrs(Medtronic Paradigm). My sugars fluctuate daily and throughout the night. With mis-education and out-of-date therapy I was trapped in a circular decline in health and generally being treated as a problem and not a victim. Being able to precisely control injections and the frequency of injections would certainly have helped improve my health and in fact - IT DID IMPROVE MY HEALTH!!! I simply couldn't afford it until now. So my government and country let me rot in my own disease, which I did not cause, because I didn't have the money that others did. Money - unlike my mother's motto - really could buy happiness and it was exactly the kind of happiness I wanted.
So sitting here, I wondered what would happen to me without any insurance at all. Up to this point I complain like a war veteran. Speaking honestly, I have a very cushy stress-free life compared to most. I have job in a nice building, a beautiful wife, a clean and furnished apartment with food and water. And on top of it, I have Healthcare and Dentalcare. I am sitting on a gold toilet and pooping silver... what could I complain about?
Well.... what if I lost my job?
What if my next job didn't have Health Insurance?
What if I die and my job doesn't have Life Insurance?
So I went to find some answers. Just as a precaution. The story with Healthcare in the USA is stereotyped atrocities riddled with horror cases. Is it true or just hype? After watching "Sicko" and listening to the GOP rant about government control, who knew? I wanted to see what an educated, motivated, and technically savvy person could find online and on the phone. I went online first and then to the phones. What I found (our rather didn't find) was actually WORSE than I thought. The maze of confusion and ill-given direction was mystifying and boggling. What's worse was that everyone wanted to know my info (which I refused) and once I said diabetes, they really didn't care... "Oh........... you have diabetes.............. well then...... it really doesn't matter because you'll be declined."
I decided to write this down and to try and find some answers so that others might benefit. For myself, I hope to always have company provided Heath Insurance until I go on Medicare/Medicaide. But the future isn't destined. It just happens.
So follow as I post what I found and what you do if you find yourself without Healthcare. And while you read... consider how you could help relieve the stress by supporting the efforts to have a Public Option available to people who have a tough time finding Health Insurance. So many politicians are against that change because of the vast monies involved. And truly.... maybe we all would do the same! I mean really, the reason I'm pissed is because I can't afford what I need. If I could afford it, maybe I wouldn't care either?
I hope you do care. And I hope you follow, comment, and share your feelings.
In truth, the quality Healthcare is what I depend on to keep my quality of life high. I am also well educated in biology of life systems (a Biochemist PhD and now PostDoc at Johns Hopkins Radiation Oncology). I know exactly what is out there and what can really be fundamentally good for my health. Unfortunately, health is another one of the areas where the rich get better "things". Good health has a price and rarely does it depend on 'knowing' whats best. It depends on if you can AFFORD what's best.
That insulin pump... that exact company and model... has been available for a little over 15yrs. I JUST GOT IT. My HA1C has always been high for the past 14yrs(Medtronic Paradigm). My sugars fluctuate daily and throughout the night. With mis-education and out-of-date therapy I was trapped in a circular decline in health and generally being treated as a problem and not a victim. Being able to precisely control injections and the frequency of injections would certainly have helped improve my health and in fact - IT DID IMPROVE MY HEALTH!!! I simply couldn't afford it until now. So my government and country let me rot in my own disease, which I did not cause, because I didn't have the money that others did. Money - unlike my mother's motto - really could buy happiness and it was exactly the kind of happiness I wanted.
So sitting here, I wondered what would happen to me without any insurance at all. Up to this point I complain like a war veteran. Speaking honestly, I have a very cushy stress-free life compared to most. I have job in a nice building, a beautiful wife, a clean and furnished apartment with food and water. And on top of it, I have Healthcare and Dentalcare. I am sitting on a gold toilet and pooping silver... what could I complain about?
Well.... what if I lost my job?
What if my next job didn't have Health Insurance?
What if I die and my job doesn't have Life Insurance?
So I went to find some answers. Just as a precaution. The story with Healthcare in the USA is stereotyped atrocities riddled with horror cases. Is it true or just hype? After watching "Sicko" and listening to the GOP rant about government control, who knew? I wanted to see what an educated, motivated, and technically savvy person could find online and on the phone. I went online first and then to the phones. What I found (our rather didn't find) was actually WORSE than I thought. The maze of confusion and ill-given direction was mystifying and boggling. What's worse was that everyone wanted to know my info (which I refused) and once I said diabetes, they really didn't care... "Oh........... you have diabetes.............. well then...... it really doesn't matter because you'll be declined."
I decided to write this down and to try and find some answers so that others might benefit. For myself, I hope to always have company provided Heath Insurance until I go on Medicare/Medicaide. But the future isn't destined. It just happens.
So follow as I post what I found and what you do if you find yourself without Healthcare. And while you read... consider how you could help relieve the stress by supporting the efforts to have a Public Option available to people who have a tough time finding Health Insurance. So many politicians are against that change because of the vast monies involved. And truly.... maybe we all would do the same! I mean really, the reason I'm pissed is because I can't afford what I need. If I could afford it, maybe I wouldn't care either?
I hope you do care. And I hope you follow, comment, and share your feelings.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Follow the French
Ok... this is just too good to be true. This is the reason God made the French. There is a simplicity to their mindset, but not their minds, that allows complicated infrastructures and bulking tax laws while at the same time having concise perfectly worded answers to oppositions and conflicts.
Enter Executives that treat their workers like crap.
In the USA, we've taken pain-staking measures to prevent mistreatment by forming Unions, laws prohibiting overworking, minimum wages, workers compensation and the such. Decades of political battles and lengthy discussion have coalesced into a representable image of fair and equal blue collar policy.
Now the French... ahhhh, the simple life. They strike, protest, and take the Exec hostage until they agree to listen. Done. The most recent case is the French 3M Executive whom is currently being held hostage to negotiate better serverance packages.
I'm writing because this is both a mild shock and fast acceptance. I had no idea the French have been doing this on several occasions in the past, and at the same time I could completely visualize the entire event carried out by the French. Car-parts company Exec last year, Sony Exec 2 weeks ago, the 3M Exec yesterday.... I think Americans should take notes and that AIG Execs should really watch their backs. I worry that the Americans though, would take it too far and people WOULD get hurt, like what happened in India.
Sony Exec Released
3M Exec Held Hostage
The best part is the Police have decided not to interfere. FANTASTIC! For me, I can understand the front that it is a dangerous situation with broad impacts that the police do not want to make worse by going into the buildings armed. But really what I think is going on is that the Execs are overpaid, are never injured, and the French working population doesn't put up with ANY shit whatsoever without a fight. And the Police agree! So, until someone gets hurt, they're staying the hell out of it.
God how I miss France sometimes.
Enter Executives that treat their workers like crap.
In the USA, we've taken pain-staking measures to prevent mistreatment by forming Unions, laws prohibiting overworking, minimum wages, workers compensation and the such. Decades of political battles and lengthy discussion have coalesced into a representable image of fair and equal blue collar policy.
Now the French... ahhhh, the simple life. They strike, protest, and take the Exec hostage until they agree to listen. Done. The most recent case is the French 3M Executive whom is currently being held hostage to negotiate better serverance packages.
I'm writing because this is both a mild shock and fast acceptance. I had no idea the French have been doing this on several occasions in the past, and at the same time I could completely visualize the entire event carried out by the French. Car-parts company Exec last year, Sony Exec 2 weeks ago, the 3M Exec yesterday.... I think Americans should take notes and that AIG Execs should really watch their backs. I worry that the Americans though, would take it too far and people WOULD get hurt, like what happened in India.
Sony Exec Released
3M Exec Held Hostage
The best part is the Police have decided not to interfere. FANTASTIC! For me, I can understand the front that it is a dangerous situation with broad impacts that the police do not want to make worse by going into the buildings armed. But really what I think is going on is that the Execs are overpaid, are never injured, and the French working population doesn't put up with ANY shit whatsoever without a fight. And the Police agree! So, until someone gets hurt, they're staying the hell out of it.
God how I miss France sometimes.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Bob Beck Protocol Scares Patients into Paying!
Another unknown member on the list of "Snake-oil" Salesmen. Dr. Bob Beck (Physics Doctorate from Univ Southern Cali).
His claim to fame is the "Bob Beck Protocol" which has four easy steps to curing one's body of most forms of Cancer, the HIV virus, and many other notable aliments. First and foremost, the major principle behind this famous protocol is that "electrifying the blood" neutralizes the the virus particles by preventing them from adhering to the T-cell surface. This allows the expulsion of virus particles through the normal course of bodily excrement. No details needed at this point.
The second stage involves magnets. Pulsed magnetic fields are applied to "draw out" pathogens tucked away in regions with less circulation that aren't affected by the blood electrification. This added stage ensure the patient will completely rid the body of pathogens.
Ionic/colloidal silver is the third branch in the protocol. Colloidal silver is made using 99.99% pure silver wires, distilled water and an electrical circuit. Its a very simple process that you can do at home with the right equipment. The Colloidal silver was supposedly a great replacement for antibiotics in the past and has been used anecdotally since the 1930's. This would maintain your general health and prevent future infections.
The last step is fairly critical... during the expulsion process, the body will become over-ridden with the dying and dead pathogenic material. The previous three steps are so efficient that your body may not be able to keep up with kill counts! To aid in the destruction, the Beck Protocol has "Freshly Ozonated Water" which, like the silver, is easy to make at home with the right equipment. The Ozone in the water will accelerate the destruction of foreign materials and clench a healthy finish to the Bob Beck Protocol.
With these four steps, most-if not all-aliments, including HIV and Cancer can be cured from the comfort of your home for a small investment in equipment. So simple, its amazing the entire medical field isn't taking the hint.... Hahahahahahah.....
Now some downfalls of Dr. Bob Beck. I read through a biography of Dr. Bob, which written by Jane Stilwell, and I couldn't help but notice how outrageous his claims are. I particularly liked his "boosting IQ" by taking Glutamine (a common amino acid, which btw has many benefits but it won't raise your IQ) and his invention of the first camera flash unit (actual inventor is Dr. H.E. Edgerton of MIT whom died in 1990).
I state strongly that all of Bob Beck's work involving the study of disease has been unfounded, undocumented, and unvalidated in every aspect. Documentation is anecdotal at best and false at its worse. He makes use of "wives tales" such as the silver suspension, which was used in the early 1900's, but was also followed by medical studies to show the effects. The results showed that silver suspension have no beneficial effects and cannot be used as an antibiotic. In actuality, high doses of silver can result in illness (Argyria). My next comment concerns ozone. Ozone is a free radical and assuming you can create "ozonated" water DO NOT DRINK IT! Ozone interacting with normal tissue is damaging and a great deal of work has shown that ground level ozone is an increasing danger in our cities. The effects of ozone on healthy individuals is well documented, reproducible, validated by a plethora of scientific fields. Its bad for you! ALWAYS!
The blood work... completely unfounded. There are no publications of this technique to work against any pathogen in any peer-review science journal. Check out this guys response (Dr. Frascino).
Please... don't be fooled. This is posted to counteract some of the misinformed people which have been tricked by the hundreds of sites claiming fame to the "Bob Beck Protocol".
His claim to fame is the "Bob Beck Protocol" which has four easy steps to curing one's body of most forms of Cancer, the HIV virus, and many other notable aliments. First and foremost, the major principle behind this famous protocol is that "electrifying the blood" neutralizes the the virus particles by preventing them from adhering to the T-cell surface. This allows the expulsion of virus particles through the normal course of bodily excrement. No details needed at this point.
The second stage involves magnets. Pulsed magnetic fields are applied to "draw out" pathogens tucked away in regions with less circulation that aren't affected by the blood electrification. This added stage ensure the patient will completely rid the body of pathogens.
Ionic/colloidal silver is the third branch in the protocol. Colloidal silver is made using 99.99% pure silver wires, distilled water and an electrical circuit. Its a very simple process that you can do at home with the right equipment. The Colloidal silver was supposedly a great replacement for antibiotics in the past and has been used anecdotally since the 1930's. This would maintain your general health and prevent future infections.
The last step is fairly critical... during the expulsion process, the body will become over-ridden with the dying and dead pathogenic material. The previous three steps are so efficient that your body may not be able to keep up with kill counts! To aid in the destruction, the Beck Protocol has "Freshly Ozonated Water" which, like the silver, is easy to make at home with the right equipment. The Ozone in the water will accelerate the destruction of foreign materials and clench a healthy finish to the Bob Beck Protocol.
With these four steps, most-if not all-aliments, including HIV and Cancer can be cured from the comfort of your home for a small investment in equipment. So simple, its amazing the entire medical field isn't taking the hint.... Hahahahahahah.....
Now some downfalls of Dr. Bob Beck. I read through a biography of Dr. Bob, which written by Jane Stilwell, and I couldn't help but notice how outrageous his claims are. I particularly liked his "boosting IQ" by taking Glutamine (a common amino acid, which btw has many benefits but it won't raise your IQ) and his invention of the first camera flash unit (actual inventor is Dr. H.E. Edgerton of MIT whom died in 1990).
I state strongly that all of Bob Beck's work involving the study of disease has been unfounded, undocumented, and unvalidated in every aspect. Documentation is anecdotal at best and false at its worse. He makes use of "wives tales" such as the silver suspension, which was used in the early 1900's, but was also followed by medical studies to show the effects. The results showed that silver suspension have no beneficial effects and cannot be used as an antibiotic. In actuality, high doses of silver can result in illness (Argyria). My next comment concerns ozone. Ozone is a free radical and assuming you can create "ozonated" water DO NOT DRINK IT! Ozone interacting with normal tissue is damaging and a great deal of work has shown that ground level ozone is an increasing danger in our cities. The effects of ozone on healthy individuals is well documented, reproducible, validated by a plethora of scientific fields. Its bad for you! ALWAYS!
The blood work... completely unfounded. There are no publications of this technique to work against any pathogen in any peer-review science journal. Check out this guys response (Dr. Frascino).
Please... don't be fooled. This is posted to counteract some of the misinformed people which have been tricked by the hundreds of sites claiming fame to the "Bob Beck Protocol".
Friday, March 6, 2009
Lisa Hannigan caught my attention
Thanks to an LA friend, I was introduced to a fabulous singer/song writer named Lisa Hannigan. She used to sing with Damien Rice, but has since started her solo career which seems to be doing very well. The video posted here is my favorite, but there are others. I listened to the album version of "I don't know" and then this one in the Live video.... the live version simply dwarfs the album version. I'm hoping she releases a "LIVE" collection at some point.
I think I would group Lisa Hannigan with Regina Spektor and Feist. I just find that the words and thoughts from these artists register to me. I'm trying to find the words to describe Lisa's album "Sea Sew", but I can't figure out how... I'VE GOT IT!
I don't need to define it... Sea Sew is available to listen to on her website. Available to buy on iTunes. Check out the videos and the music.
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