Not exactly exercise...

This was a rough weekend to say the least. I was scheduled to ride the bike for three hours yesterday (but didn’t). Instead I had an endurance event of a different sort, almost like a duathlon only there was no running or cycling. The wife and I drove the car for about 6 hours and then saw a total of 18 houses over a two day period. (yes,a big woo-hoo indeed) To say that I’m going to start the week a wee bit tired is an understatement. I actually got to the hotel tonight and started examining the room as if I was going to purchase it. I’d write more, but I’m absolutely exhausted – so good night.

Oh yes, most of the Triabetes team are out in Santa Barbara right now at the Diabetes Triathlon Training camp – I wanted to go but I couldn’t spend my first week in my new job in California on a bike. But there are a few others this year – I’m hoping to go to one of them.

So-Long

Don't beleive the picture, I didn’t think today was going to be this hard...

Today was my last day at my old office job; I’m moving out of the corporate office into a sales position in New York – something I’ve wanted for I don’t know how long. It’s been a long time coming. I’ve wanted to be in the field for a long time, but with not wanting to leave the company where I worked (A COMPANY I LOVE) and also needing a job that would fit for my wife’s choice of employment really made things difficult – it had to be the right situation. Which meant it was a long wait.

But it finally came. A sales job in New York that will give me a chance to work with both patients with diabetes and their clinicians face to face, and I can’t tell you who thrilled I am about that. It’s bringing me one step closer to be a diabetes advocate who can go out and exemplify what it means to have diabetes and be successful in the open. I was doing all of these things already of course (but this gives me the chance to interact with people face to ace, and I believe I can have a greater impact then I previously did.)

But it also meant I was going to have to leave some people who have grown dear to me. I’ve been at my current position for over five years, and only a few of us are still there that have been there since the beginning. Many of us have diabetes (We had a section of cubicles we used to call ‘blood sugar row’) and many of us have been through highs and lows together, both in life and in diabetes. After five years, they’re not co-workers, they’re family.

We had a party with a lot of yummy food of course (I’m still training for an ironman) and a lot of well wishes, but it was really very hard. I can only liken it to my college graduation – excited to be moving on but very sad to see it go. Over the years I’ve seen others leave our tight-knit group, and many would leave good bye e-mails. When the time came I couldn’t do it – it was just too emotional.

My grandmother hated it whenever the grandkids said good-bye. She said that good-bye is too final – she preferred so-long because it implies that you’ll see them again. I don’t think anyone noticed at work that day, but I told everyone s- long before I left. You never really say good bye to family.

Navigator Approved!!!

Well, the day has finally arrived.

Abbott's Navigator, a continous glucose monitor (or CGM for short) has finally been approved by the US Food and Drug Association. The Navigator had been approved around the same time last year (give or take a month) and we all thought it would only be a few weeks before it was approved, but again, that was around the same time last year (give or take a month). BUT THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!!!

One of these days I'll have to do a comparison on these for you. I wear the Dexcom right now and trialed the Navigator. There's another one on the market from Mini Med Gaurdian Real Tiem System, but I have not worn it.

You can check out the Navigator new here.

Team Type 1 news...

I just got word from one of the diabetic forums that Team Type 1, a professional racing team that includes individuals with diabetes on both their professional and developmental teams just scored their first win. Check it out here and scroll down to 'Team Type 1 scores in Taiwan.'

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Yea, a little bit sore….

Yesterday’s medicine ball workout really threw me out. I had woken up this morning with the idea of running about 13 miles for an hour and a half, but struggled through 10 in an hour and fifteen minutes and called it quits – I was oh, so sore. It had started raining about halfway through and I didn’t want to get a repeat of the flu. Had an Almond Crunch PureFit bar along with breakfast; I figured if I was going to be in agony I may as well have something that tastes good. Let’s hope that the soreness works itself out.