New OmniPod PDM is here!
Yay! The new PDM for my OmniPod arrived yesterday! Actually, I got a lot of new cool stuff including: a Camelback so I can stay hydrated during long runs/bike rides/beer pong tournaments. A kiddie pool which I am going to fill with ice and beverages this weekend to facilitate said beer pong tournament at my [...]
Pump Shopping…no, I don’t mean shoes….
Several readers have recently asked me how I like the OmniPod, and I it’s also a question I get frequently when I do any educational public speaking in the diabetes community. It’s a relatively new device, so it makes sense that people would have a lot of questions about it.
Personally, I love the OmniPod – [...]
Weight a minute - that’s not fair!
Weight and diabetes - they go together like pumps and infusion sets. In fact, whenever you see a story in the news about diabetes, its almost a guarantee that weight will be mentioned too. Part of that rests on the fact that the vast majority of people with diabetes have Type 2, which is closely [...]
Working out the workout thing.
If you ever want the chance to feel like a little kid again, splashing through puddles of mud will do the trick. I would know, because yesterday I competed in a 10K Mud Run with a group of friends here in San Diego. It was a challenging course - 10 kilometers of mud pits, tunnel crawls, [...]
The numbers game is ruining my day.
How’s your day going? Have you had to make a lot of decisions today? I’m going to let you in on mine right now, because I currently being bartered for slave labor between technology and my good-for-nothin beta cells. Enjoy the inner dialogue:
6:17am bloodsugar is 180. Hhhmm, that’s a little high, must’ve eaten more than [...]
Get over it, bro.
I am at a meeting in Chicago for work right now. Week-long meetings, especially in a place with chilly weather, are always tough on diabetes. There’s tons of heavy buffet food, cocktails and late night nights, and little time to squeeze in some exercise. Between the lack of sleep, high stress levels from being “on” [...]
