Entries from May 2008

May 31, 2008

The morning high-low

Up until about a month ago I had big problem controlling my post-breakfast and pre-lunch blood glucose. I would take 18 units of Levemir and 6 units of Novolog, wait 15 minutes, and then eat breakfast. Breakfast for me is a rotation of whole wheat toast, egg beaters, Morning Star meatless breakfast patty, [...]

May 26, 2008

Know your A1c from your BG reading.

Fellow blogger and person with diabetes, Jenny, has developed a web widget that converts average blood glucose reading to A1Cc. Go check it out now.
I had some spare time this morning and turned my A1c/Avg converter into a widget you can put on your own blog or web pages. It will convert A1c to [...]

May 1, 2008

I am Khurt of Borg

She called me in from the waiting room. We entered the exam room and we sat down. She started explaining how to use the device, a Dexcom 7 continuous glucose meter (CGMS). She explained that it consisted of three parts, a sensor, a transmitter and a receiver. The sensor would be [...]