Katiebird's Garden & Wildcraft

Ever had a skunky beer?  Disgusting right and just doesn't do the job...  Same goes with insulin.  I used an older vial I had lying around and all day after I had a new site in and a full cartridge of the skunklin, I was not in range and the dosing wasn't working as usual.  So, I sucked it up and pulled it out and put in a new one of fresh meds and today I'm golden so far.  What a waste of a red dot on my belly. 

Well it's been a while...but I finally received my Animas Ping Pump 4 days ago and I love it!  I will list my loves right now: 1.  My bg stays around the same number for 2-3 hours, amazing! 2.  I like my pink insets and pink skin decor. 3.  It seems that I respond better to the doses than when using MDIs. 4.  I have had a bad cold and haven't experienced the consistant highs that usually go along with that.  I've only had to up my doses a couple times due to stubborn numbers.  5.  I DO NOT MISS SHOTS! My fiance finds it sorta funny how I love my new toy.  I haven't seen my bill for it yet, but we'll deal with that when it comes, as for sure I'm not going back to shots any time soon.  Background:  I go to the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet Clinic in MN.  I appreciate the fun, well-informed ladies that work there and the great thing is that many of them are diabetics, so they can share real-life inf...

I was supposed to hear from Animas regarding my insurance coverage for the Animas Ping insulin pump yesterday, but no contact yet!  I'm getting very impatient and probably will call them today.  I ran about a mile & 1/2 last night and did lots o' cardio, but then had 2 big glasses of wine, so sorta ruined that effort. As I have no followers yet, I'll keep this short.  

Hi, my name is Kate! I want a blog!  This should be fun... I saw on a couple bloggers' sites that it is D-blog Day (Diabetic blog sites day) and thought it's a good day to join the blogging masses.  I haven't decided the official format for this one, but I'll figure it out soon.   I'm in the midst of checking out an Animas Ping Insulin pump , going to get married next summer, and hopefully start a family soon after that!  There's a lot of things going on, so I am going to be a social-butterfly vicariously through a blog. These first notes will be of course full of practicing links and such, so I can figure out how this all works!