December 2021

November 2021 

 My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday and just before eating my evening meal.

My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. 

My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan. Kathie is  type 2 as well and we both are testing on Monday and Thursday. 

day date  AM    PM

Wed    1  116   156
Thu    2  113   115    
Fri    3  128   188    
Sat    4  114    94      m   
Sun    5  117   111    
Mon    6  103   111    
Tue    7  103   255  Late Afternoon 155*   
Wed    8  126   131    
Thu    9  137   114        vomito ergo sum    
Fri   10  129   157  Late afternoon 121   m 
Sat   11  117   214    
Sun   12  108   123    
Mon   13  124    98    
Tue   14  110   164    
Wed   15  105   186    
Thu   16  120   109    
Fri   17  119   169    
Sat   18  108   166    
Sun   19  126   123    
Mon   20  100   121      m 
Tue   21  105   127    
Wed   22  120   172  pre-dinner  160    
Thu   23  126   145
Fri   24  120   193
Sat   25  134   188    
Sun   26  138   152    
Mon   27  117   102  pre-dinner 110    
Tue   28  117   179  pre-dinner 127   M    
Wed   29  109   160  pre-dinner 139  
Thu   30  128   115    
Fri   31  129   243S pre-dinner 147** M   

^* This is what happens when you go to a great restaurant and east a rich and delicious dinner (with chocolate cake and vinillia ice creamme). AM 117  4 pm 127  PM 179

"vomito ergo sum"   I ate something that disagreed with me and ended up vomiting around 2:03 am.

^**  I wonder if I should have a bottle of insulin and the needle for days when the bg is way to high,

^S I suppose this score would have been much lower if I had taken my fucking pills. However, I was busy cooking and simply never thought of those pills. SHIT!

letter to VA regarding insulin availability

I  am a type 2 diabetic but not on insulin. 

Does the VA have insulin and syringes available?

R/

  Michael Bell

letter to FDA regarding insulin price

My Father and youngest Brother were type 1 diabetics. I do not recall them complaining about the prices.

I am curious how the prices of the various insulin formulations and syringes have changed from 1980 to now. 

Do you have tables or charts providing this information?

Sincerely,

Michel W. Bell

I wrote the FDA with little hope of actually getting  reply. Regardless, I plan on checking my incoming email daily for any replies for the remainder of November. I am going to write the VA and ADA (American Diabetic Association) as well.

November 2021

November 2021 

 My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday and just before eating my evening meal.

My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. 

My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan. Kathie is  type 2 as well and we both are testing on Monday and Thursday. 

day date  AM    PM

Mon    1  116   111   
Tue    2  106   167   
Wed    3  143   115   
Thu    4  117   123     M
Fri    5  123   145   
Sat    6  134   143   
Sun    7  127   146   
Mon    8  125   122   
Tue    9   85    95   
Wed   10   88    97  
Thu   11   85    95   
Fri   12   96   178  4:01 PM  150   
Sat   13   90   127   
Sun   14  105   115   
Mon   15  106   115   
Tue   16  119   111   
Wed   17  103   142   
Thu   18  110    93     m  
Fri   19  106   129   
Sat   20  125   177   
Sun   21  145   199   
Mon   22  129   105   
Tue   23  111   160   
Wed   24  114   108   
Thu   25  118   132*   
Fri   26  116   198   
Sat   27  124   241   
Sun   28  126   124   
Mon   29  109   126     m   
Tue   30  118   149   
 
 

^* I forgot to take my evening pills until after checking my evening blood sugar. It will be interesting to see how " low it can go" by AM testing time.