Surely something good happened to you today
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^^ Disco Lama 
Good thing today: tomorrow is a public holiday, my boss and my team mate both take Friday off and afterwards go on a 1-week vacation. I'll be on a vacation the week after that so that I'll have peace and quiet for a whole 18 days. YAY!!!
That's the opportunity to sample the last site of the season all on my own next wednesday.
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Good thing today: tomorrow is a public holiday, my boss and my team mate both take Friday off and afterwards go on a 1-week vacation. I'll be on a vacation the week after that so that I'll have peace and quiet for a whole 18 days. YAY!!!
That's the opportunity to sample the last site of the season all on my own next wednesday.
- No nagging: "You might fall in and drown! You mustn't do it alone but must take someone with you. And do wear your swimming vest!" (huh?? the water is barely 3 feet deep and crystal clear. I see where I step and there's no stronger current than in a bath tub when you pull the plug. Children go swimming there, for goodness' sake!)
- Nobody who (admittedly silently but made plain by body language) objects to me listening to English audiobooks in the car. (I might get to listen to the new Lady Hardcastle murder mystery =) )
- No time pressure (I start work at 6, my team mate at 8:30. On hot days an early start is so much better)
(sorry, youtube embedding doesn't work with that one, hence the hyperlink)
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^^ Disco Lama
Good thing today: tomorrow is a public holiday, my boss and my team mate both take Friday off and afterwards go on a 1-week vacation. I'll be on a vacation the week after that so that I'll have peace and quiet for a whole 18 days. YAY!!!
That's the opportunity to sample the last site of the season all on my own next wednesday.
Here's a vid of a hike to my sampling site. It is at time index 1:10 in the background and at the very end of the video. Lovely, isn't it?
- No nagging: "You might fall in and drown! You mustn't do it alone but must take someone with you. And do wear your swimming vest!" (huh?? the water is barely 3 feet deep and crystal clear. I see where I step and there's no stronger current than in a bath tub when you pull the plug. Children go swimming there, for goodness' sake!)
- Nobody who (admittedly silently but made plain by body language) objects to me listening to English audiobooks in the car. (I might get to listen to the new Lady Hardcastle murder mystery =) )
- No time pressure (I start work at 6, my team mate at 8:30. On hot days an early start is so much better)
So pretty - love the cave!
We were in Bamberg - husband was stationed in the Army there. His family is from HallStatt in Austria- his parents came to visit us there and went to see it. We went to the Garmisch Partenkirchen & Berchtesgaden - it was beautiful!
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at twelve, and as a kid I really didn't have too much trouble managing it. As a young adult, it started to get more difficult, both because of the way diabetes naturally changes over time and because of adult life. In my late twenties I completely lost control, started rationing my insulin because it was too expensive, which eventually led to anorexia and diabulimia. I was too scared for a long time to see an endocrinologist even after I could afford it, because in my experience all they ever did when you had poor "control" was berate you.
When I was 29, after ending up in the hospital because of the combo of eating disorder/uncontrolled T1D, I knew I needed to try and do something and made an appointment with a new endo (Dr. M). Dr. M. was unlike any other endo I'd ever seen. He never made me feel bad about having poor control -- and it was bad, my A1C was 14 when I fist saw him. He approached my problems as obstacles he'd help me tackle rather than as moral failings. He got my A1C down to 11, then 9, then we went on the pump and got it down to 8 and even once 7.8. Not great but amazing for me. Still, for years I've just felt like no matter how diligent I am, not matter how hard I worked, I'd never be able to have good control.
Then, these new insulins came out, a new long acting called Tresiba that is actually stable, and a new short acting called Fiasp that works within 5 minutes and only stays in your system for an hour or two. Dr. M., my CDE, and I decided to take a break from the pump and give them a try. I cannot fucking believe the results. After three months my A1C is down to 6.7 and I have to put about half the time and effort into managing my diabetes. What's more, with the T1D under control, the eating disorders are getting better: I knew rationally that they are as much a physiological illness as a psychological one, but it is amazing how much the physiology really influences what we think (often wrongly) of as behaviors we have control over.
Anyway, sorry this was so long, but basically my good thing that happened today was my first appointment seeing Dr. M. after going off the pump. For 6 years he's been trying to help me, and we finally found the right combo. He kept telling me how proud he was of me over and over, and giving me hugs. On top of it all, no matter how supportive he was, I could never get over the idea that not being able to manage my diabetes was my fault. A character flaw. I exercised and dieted to the point of disease, controlling every ounce of food and insulin that went into my body. Now I can really see and believe that, as my doctor said, we just hadn't found the right treatment.
tl;dr: America's healthcare system is fucked, chronic illness is hard, but breakthroughs can happen long after you've given up if you keep trying and have a medical team that fight for you.
When I was 29, after ending up in the hospital because of the combo of eating disorder/uncontrolled T1D, I knew I needed to try and do something and made an appointment with a new endo (Dr. M). Dr. M. was unlike any other endo I'd ever seen. He never made me feel bad about having poor control -- and it was bad, my A1C was 14 when I fist saw him. He approached my problems as obstacles he'd help me tackle rather than as moral failings. He got my A1C down to 11, then 9, then we went on the pump and got it down to 8 and even once 7.8. Not great but amazing for me. Still, for years I've just felt like no matter how diligent I am, not matter how hard I worked, I'd never be able to have good control.
Then, these new insulins came out, a new long acting called Tresiba that is actually stable, and a new short acting called Fiasp that works within 5 minutes and only stays in your system for an hour or two. Dr. M., my CDE, and I decided to take a break from the pump and give them a try. I cannot fucking believe the results. After three months my A1C is down to 6.7 and I have to put about half the time and effort into managing my diabetes. What's more, with the T1D under control, the eating disorders are getting better: I knew rationally that they are as much a physiological illness as a psychological one, but it is amazing how much the physiology really influences what we think (often wrongly) of as behaviors we have control over.
Anyway, sorry this was so long, but basically my good thing that happened today was my first appointment seeing Dr. M. after going off the pump. For 6 years he's been trying to help me, and we finally found the right combo. He kept telling me how proud he was of me over and over, and giving me hugs. On top of it all, no matter how supportive he was, I could never get over the idea that not being able to manage my diabetes was my fault. A character flaw. I exercised and dieted to the point of disease, controlling every ounce of food and insulin that went into my body. Now I can really see and believe that, as my doctor said, we just hadn't found the right treatment.
tl;dr: America's healthcare system is fucked, chronic illness is hard, but breakthroughs can happen long after you've given up if you keep trying and have a medical team that fight for you.
Weather was ok today, rather rainy, but I managed to get up to the closest Poké Stop (Pokémon Go), and get some items, gifts, a 2km egg and a Snorlax (it's in the middle of a Snorlax event, and this is the second one I've gotten so far in it).
I got a clean bill of health from my doctor!!!
That would equate to a large bill and several prescriptions here in the US.
Actually, it's covered by my health insurance. They've computed that if people get checked regularly then they won't get sick as often and a sick person cost them a great deal of money. So even to them, it's worth it.
For those that have and can afford insurance, sure. Some people here can't even afford to see doctors even with insurance.
But yes, preventive care is extremely important.
And congrats on your clean bill of health!
For those that have and can afford insurance, sure. Some people here can't even afford to see doctors even with insurance.
But yes, preventive care is extremely important.
And congrats on your clean bill of health!
Thank you. I appreciate that.
I started to finally unpack my last moving crates (after 7 years...) and found my old university sweater =) I'm not sure it still fits, though. And by now the uni has a new logo which propably makes my sweater a valuable antique
Hallstatt is cool! If you get a chance to go there, make sure to visit the salt mine. They have the World's longest slide there and a beautiful subterranean lake.
My diabetes assistant recommends to substract about 3-4 kilos and then calculate the BMI as if you were a male. The result is halfways realistic for a muscular woman.
Congrats! I got a card x-rayed twice by US customs and my photos were wiped out. A restore-software could salvage all but 2 and from those it made a jigsaw puzzle, combining a line from each pic alternately. The result looks a bit like an ultra-modern quilt
The cave is just a tunnel that cuts through a loop of the river. It was used for timber rafting. There's a dipper nesting in it and when using the tunnel you risk being flown over. The little chap is always in a hurry
Hallstatt is cool! If you get a chance to go there, make sure to visit the salt mine. They have the World's longest slide there and a beautiful subterranean lake.
Congratulations at your awesome doc and the excellent HbA1c =)
My diabetes assistant recommends to substract about 3-4 kilos and then calculate the BMI as if you were a male. The result is halfways realistic for a muscular woman.
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Turned off the furnace today!!
It was still getting cool enough some night to come on... but, c’mon, it’s JUNE tomorrow...
It was still getting cool enough some night to come on... but, c’mon, it’s JUNE tomorrow...
^and here it is. 6 hours old and rather fresh atm (11°C).
My house management turned the furnace off, too, on Tuesday or Wednesday. Usually, we get a few very cold days in late June which are nicknamed "sheep's cold" because they occur around the time sheep are getting shorn. I bet this year they'll be delayed a fortnight because in the 2nd July week we'll have a huge international Danube sampling with 13 countries participating: http://www.danubesurvey.org/jds4/
It's too god a chance for Murphy's Law to pass
My house management turned the furnace off, too, on Tuesday or Wednesday. Usually, we get a few very cold days in late June which are nicknamed "sheep's cold" because they occur around the time sheep are getting shorn. I bet this year they'll be delayed a fortnight because in the 2nd July week we'll have a huge international Danube sampling with 13 countries participating: http://www.danubesurvey.org/jds4/
It's too god a chance for Murphy's Law to pass
