Originally Posted by apollo322 Killed it with Rocky yesterday. Started with 45 minutes / 2.6 mile hike in the morning and ended with 4.3 miles in 82 minutes at night. I thoug I tired the little fella out but then he got home and ran around the yard 45 minutes of raquetball this morning followed by 45 minutes of hiking with rocky this afternoon. Just not feeling the weightlifting this week, blew it off again
When I was little, I would lay in bed at night and worry about the monster who lived under the bed. Back then, in my dark and magical room it was a very real problem. Back then, everything was magic and the hard boundaries of reality were fluid with creative imagination. I would lay in bed and wait for it "to get me"...a nervous anticipation of the moment when it would come and claim me and drag me under the bed. Tonight, right now, I feel like that little girl again. Losing ...
Originally Posted by Hooterville With Tim and Clint at 93 this morning. Patricia, I agree with you. Angie has been super inspirational. Hers is an example of why I think it's so great when people with less than perfect numbers post on this thread. Sometimes this thread looks like a great blood glucose club but for me, that is not its purpose. I always think seeing the struggle is important. How long did Angie post as a "pre-D" with numbers I know she wanted to improve on? She just dutifully came ...
Originally Posted by Bountyman A few weeks ago I received a promo from Becton, Dickinson and Company, the company I get my pen needles from. The promo was for a free Bayer Contour USB Next glucometer. For the last 2 years I've been using the current Bayer Contour USB meter so I was very curious as to how it would perform. My main concern was consistency. This meter now tests the blood sample 7 times before it reports the results. The first thing I did was read the strip bottle to see if the strips contained the ...
So its my first time writing a blog. I think this will be really good for me though. As some of you know a lot has happened in the past 6 months. I had quadruple bypass and I am now a little over 5 months out and feeling good. I will finally be starting my cardiac rehab which should be interesting and fun at the same time. Will be good to get back into a normal exercise routine. I wasn't doing well with my diabetes these past few months but I think I got it through my thick head that I need to take ...