With all days of the week. ## With Glucose Target (65- 155) ## Total days calculated: 97

Date	% in Target	% in Low	% in High	# of Readings	Min	Mean	Max	Std. Dev.	25%	Median	75%	IQR	Est Std. Dev.
Wed, 9/1/2010	80 %	6 %	14 %	83	49	110	203	40	78	99	144	66	49
Thu, 9/2/2010	67 %	16 %	17 %	284	39	117	307	57	81	109	140	59	43
Fri, 9/3/2010	90 %	1 %	9 %	281	58	105	191	32	79	95	128	49	36
Sat, 9/4/2010	64 %	4 %	32 %	285	53	128	218	45	89	121	167	78	58
Sun, 9/5/2010	86 %	1 %	13 %	246	58	119	189	30	96	113	141	45	33
Mon, 9/6/2010	44 %	0 %	56 %	267	66	151	214	34	128	159	171	44	32
Tue, 9/7/2010	58 %	17 %	24 %	287	41	125	233	48	79	134	155	76	56
Wed, 9/8/2010	78 %	0 %	22 %	260	73	136	188	27	118	138	151	33	25
Thu, 9/9/2010	44 %	0 %	56 %	282	74	160	219	37	131	163	193	63	46
Fri, 9/10/2010	74 %	0 %	26 %	286	91	144	253	42	117	128	158	41	30
Sat, 9/11/2010	65 %	0 %	35 %	282	83	140	197	30	120	145	162	42	31
Sun, 9/12/2010	37 %	0 %	63 %	279	68	159	242	43	133	174	186	53	39
Mon, 9/13/2010	36 %	0 %	64 %	277	73	161	233	36	145	163	184	39	29
Tue, 9/14/2010	80 %	6 %	14 %	284	55	115	170	32	89	115	143	54	40
Wed, 9/15/2010	61 %	18 %	21 %	262	47	113	267	48	76	99	143	67	49
Thu, 9/16/2010	58 %	4 %	39 %	285	59	164	311	80	100	135	246	146	108
Fri, 9/17/2010	25 %	0 %	75 %	154	75	173	253	53	158	183	206	48	36
Sat, 9/18/2010	0 %	0 %	0 %	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sun, 9/19/2010	39 %	5 %	56 %	140	39	150	260	54	100	165	189	89	66
Mon, 9/20/2010	75 %	0 %	24 %	274	64	137	261	40	114	135	155	41	30
Tue, 9/21/2010	54 %	0 %	46 %	279	65	149	258	43	117	148	182	66	49
Wed, 9/22/2010	51 %	0 %	49 %	284	72	156	240	39	121	155	188	67	50
Thu, 9/23/2010	74 %	4 %	22 %	280	56	129	257	40	103	127	147	44	33
Fri, 9/24/2010	65 %	0 %	35 %	281	82	159	275	45	132	143	176	44	33
Sat, 9/25/2010	75 %	9 %	16 %	280	39	125	255	42	94	131	141	47	35
Sun, 9/26/2010	74 %	0 %	25 %	220	63	128	215	38	98	120	157	59	43
Mon, 9/27/2010	91 %	7 %	1 %	272	56	104	186	26	84	103	122	38	28
Tue, 9/28/2010	62 %	2 %	35 %	218	60	135	209	44	89	139	167	78	58
Wed, 9/29/2010	41 %	15 %	43 %	198	39	139	245	63	80	139	199	118	88
Thu, 9/30/2010	78 %	8 %	15 %	185	50	114	200	37	87	106	148	61	45
Fri, 10/1/2010	99 %	0 %	1 %	268	72	111	166	19	96	108	123	27	20
Sat, 10/2/2010	30 %	4 %	66 %	171	48	182	296	65	139	178	239	101	75
Sun, 10/3/2010	62 %	6 %	32 %	191	52	134	233	40	108	134	161	53	39
Mon, 10/4/2010	73 %	0 %	27 %	15	92	135	251	50	100	113	150	51	37
Tue, 10/5/2010	70 %	1 %	29 %	168	62	139	310	54	102	132	161	59	44
Wed, 10/6/2010	81 %	0 %	19 %	253	66	126	193	32	101	126	148	47	35
Thu, 10/7/2010	83 %	0 %	17 %	228	85	133	220	25	115	128	148	33	24
Fri, 10/8/2010	81 %	0 %	19 %	201	65	123	217	41	93	117	139	46	34
Sat, 10/9/2010	53 %	1 %	45 %	280	60	156	256	49	121	149	196	75	56
Sun, 10/10/2010	86 %	2 %	12 %	282	57	116	192	31	91	115	140	49	36
Mon, 10/11/2010	75 %	0 %	25 %	124	67	135	217	39	101	129	155	54	40
Tue, 10/12/2010	0 %	0 %	0 %	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wed, 10/13/2010	29 %	56 %	15 %	94	41	90	204	52	53	61	139	86	63
Thu, 10/14/2010	94 %	6 %	0 %	18	62	86	106	12	77	85	95	18	14
Fri, 10/15/2010	65 %	7 %	28 %	275	40	134	264	54	98	126	161	64	47
Sat, 10/16/2010	43 %	6 %	51 %	272	39	162	338	68	106	157	221	115	85
Sun, 10/17/2010	54 %	0 %	46 %	215	66	149	230	48	106	151	190	85	63
Mon, 10/18/2010	77 %	1 %	22 %	276	56	130	241	38	100	122	152	53	39
Tue, 10/19/2010	64 %	8 %	29 %	285	39	125	233	47	92	114	160	68	50
Wed, 10/20/2010	73 %	5 %	22 %	288	39	127	304	49	88	127	150	62	46
Thu, 10/21/2010	69 %	3 %	28 %	261	58	126	205	35	95	123	163	68	50
Fri, 10/22/2010	83 %	10 %	7 %	282	46	104	213	37	74	101	126	52	39
Sat, 10/23/2010	48 %	3 %	49 %	283	55	160	259	61	107	152	217	110	82
Sun, 10/24/2010	87 %	0 %	13 %	282	67	111	226	37	81	102	132	51	38
Mon, 10/25/2010	64 %	0 %	36 %	283	72	148	269	36	123	139	171	48	36
Tue, 10/26/2010	78 %	0 %	22 %	283	72	129	194	33	103	124	152	50	37
Wed, 10/27/2010	51 %	9 %	40 %	282	51	137	230	48	92	146	170	79	58
Thu, 10/28/2010	85 %	7 %	8 %	261	50	108	172	32	85	100	137	52	39
Fri, 10/29/2010	73 %	7 %	20 %	273	53	111	217	42	81	93	139	58	43
Sat, 10/30/2010	67 %	0 %	33 %	256	55	149	270	45	120	143	169	49	37
Sun, 10/31/2010	93 %	3 %	4 %	255	59	97	202	27	76	91	110	34	25
Mon, 11/1/2010	87 %	0 %	12 %	258	54	127	208	33	104	134	146	42	31
Tue, 11/2/2010	59 %	10 %	31 %	286	39	127	230	47	83	127	168	85	63
Wed, 11/3/2010	72 %	14 %	15 %	286	49	111	244	47	68	99	137	69	51
Thu, 11/4/2010	87 %	8 %	6 %	253	39	96	203	30	73	88	115	42	31
Fri, 11/5/2010	35 %	12 %	53 %	274	39	166	361	79	107	165	235	128	95
Sat, 11/6/2010	31 %	9 %	60 %	281	39	181	401	92	92	187	247	155	115
Sun, 11/7/2010	45 %	25 %	30 %	281	39	127	292	76	65	98	189	124	92
Mon, 11/8/2010	62 %	8 %	30 %	281	39	127	243	56	88	109	172	84	62
Tue, 11/9/2010	59 %	4 %	37 %	280	52	147	300	64	103	133	177	74	55
Wed, 11/10/2010	56 %	13 %	32 %	280	48	125	202	46	86	126	166	80	59
Thu, 11/11/2010	61 %	0 %	39 %	256	69	145	263	59	95	118	208	113	84
Fri, 11/12/2010	63 %	23 %	15 %	288	39	109	287	61	68	96	128	60	44
Sat, 11/13/2010	41 %	1 %	59 %	282	63	189	395	91	111	180	226	115	85
Sun, 11/14/2010	53 %	15 %	32 %	281	39	127	242	48	89	131	169	80	59
Mon, 11/15/2010	39 %	9 %	52 %	269	39	161	279	66	107	162	200	93	69
Tue, 11/16/2010	50 %	2 %	48 %	274	50	160	298	54	118	151	202	83	62
Wed, 11/17/2010	61 %	25 %	13 %	275	39	99	256	49	64	89	110	46	34
Thu, 11/18/2010	38 %	25 %	37 %	236	39	143	392	93	66	126	190	124	92
Fri, 11/19/2010	58 %	12 %	29 %	258	39	117	216	49	75	106	161	86	64
Sat, 11/20/2010	66 %	25 %	9 %	165	39	98	216	42	65	97	122	57	42
Sun, 11/21/2010	36 %	6 %	58 %	236	41	179	386	85	101	183	242	141	104
Mon, 11/22/2010	78 %	7 %	15 %	190	40	123	265	46	85	128	145	60	44
Tue, 11/23/2010	100 %	0 %	0 %	26	70	81	96	7	77	79	85	9	6
Wed, 11/24/2010	62 %	5 %	33 %	262	46	147	272	65	98	122	220	122	90
Thu, 11/25/2010	85 %	7 %	7 %	284	44	104	199	32	83	98	119	36	27
Fri, 11/26/2010	32 %	31 %	36 %	154	39	150	401	117	43	110	230	187	138
Sat, 11/27/2010	25 %	7 %	68 %	252	39	213	401	99	121	212	297	176	131
Sun, 11/28/2010	59 %	9 %	32 %	285	39	135	328	69	82	114	176	94	70
Mon, 11/29/2010	55 %	8 %	37 %	284	44	132	241	53	89	122	176	87	65
Tue, 11/30/2010	72 %	2 %	26 %	262	60	115	228	44	78	97	157	79	59
Wed, 12/1/2010	77 %	3 %	20 %	287	48	130	205	32	110	131	147	37	27
Thu, 12/2/2010	66 %	1 %	33 %	285	59	142	254	45	104	145	162	58	43
Fri, 12/3/2010	77 %	11 %	12 %	286	39	104	194	36	79	103	121	42	31
Sat, 12/4/2010	49 %	4 %	48 %	284	58	146	249	58	92	150	187	95	70
Sun, 12/5/2010	53 %	1 %	46 %	283	60	150	255	52	105	139	198	93	69
Mon, 12/6/2010	85 %	0 %	15 %	118	96	133	176	20	120	127	150	30	22

Just as Briefly

Internet is back but it's almost the sabbath.

I have been tested for celiac antibodies three times. Once at diagnosis- came back borderline. Once two and a half years ago- clear negative. Over the summer- came back negative.
I have a few ideas about how I could get fat malabsorption but they'll have to wait.

My doctor did get blood on the first time this week. It wasn't half bad. Results still aren't back.

I don't like the Delica. The multiclix remain in their first place position as my lancing devices.

I changed sensors this morning.

Briefly

My internet access at home is off and will hopefully be back by tomorrow night. The company said it would be installed Monday. BOO!

My endo spent about forty five minutes talking to me. I love that guy.
I weighed 99 lb with my various stuff on. Not good, not terrible. My endo asked me about my poop and said it sounds like fat malabsorption but that the testing for it is icky enough, and my weight is big enough, that we aren't going to do it yet.
He drew blood for an A1c, vit D, and metabolic profile, and took a urine sample for microalbumin. I thought I'd have the results by now, but I don't.

He gave me some samples of 4mm, 32G needles, when I asked for a prescription. He said he was given them but didn't even realize that they were special short ones. He said if I like these, he'd be happy to send in a prescription for them. So far... it does feel different injecting with them, but I almost feel like I'm missing a step because of the needle not going as deep. I think I like them but I'm not sure yet.

He also gave me a sample One Touch Delica, just because it was there. I haven't used it yet. I like my Multiclix a lot, but I'll try the Delica and see.

I uploaded my Dexcom data. In a month by month comparison, September had a 136 average with a 46 standard deviation, in range 64%, October had a 130 average with a 47 standard deviation in range 70%, and November had a 137 average with a 70 standard deviation in range only 55%. I was hypo 4% of the time in October and September, but 10% of the time in November.
Ugh November!

Blood Donation and Dextrose

I'm in the process of moving- yuck- and came across a book I saved from somebody's trash a while back and never read. So now I'm reading it. It's a children's book called Healers In Uniform, published in 1971, and one of the chapters is about blood transfusions. I was interested to learn that dextrose was one of two things originally added to blood to get it to be stable enough to be able to be transfused into another person up to four weeks later.
It makes me wonder about how high blood sugar might affect the stability of blood for transfusion, but I don't know.
I have type O+ blood. I once went to donate blood, but they said I was too nervous and turned me away! Shortly after that I lost weight, and am not heavy enough to donate blood in the United States, where the weight minimum to donate blood is 50 kg = 110 lb.
I am working on a table of blood donation requirements in different countries.

The November 2010 Facts

These are summaries and links to all thirty November 2010 facts and posts. Thank you to everybody who commented with encouragement and/or corrections, particularly Reyna and Wendy.

1Jackie Robinson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

2 More than thirty thousand pancreas transplants have been performed in the United States.

3One unit of insulin is 1/22 mg of crystaline insulin.

4Sonia Sotomayer was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

5 Insulin secretion inversely affects glucagon secretion.

6 Symptoms of high and low blood sugar are inconsistent.

7 Type 1A diabetes is autoimmune.

8 Math skills affect diabetes control.

9Fibers are carbohydrates that cannot be turned into sugars.

10Vitiligo and other autoimmune disorders are more common in type 1 diabetics and their families.

11The therapeutic index of insulin is close to 1.

12 Insulin was the first genetically engineered byproduct to be sold.

13Finland has the highest incidence and prevalence of type 1 diabetes worldwide.

14Many diabetics do not have access to insulin due to geography and economics.

15 Insulin is secreted from the normal pancreas in pulsatile form.

16 The only insulin for sale anywhere is for injection only.

17In conjunction with other factors, diabetes causes heart, kidney, nerve, breast, eye and other diseases.

18A combination of genes and environmental factors affect the development of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

19Leonard Thompson was the first diabetic whose life was prolonged by insulin injections.

20Early detection of diabetes saves lives.

21 The human body has many tools for preventing and treating hypoglycemia.

22Monitoring the appropriateness of an insulin dose is done through blood sugar testing, not insulin testing.

23 Humans are not the only animal that develops diabetes.

24 Although diabetes typically shortens the lifespan of people who have it, some people have lived over 75 years with type 1 diabetes.

25 The highest blood sugar on record is 5600 mg/dl.

26Anne Rice was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

27 Autoimmune diabetes is not the only type 1 diabetes.

28Occasional babies are born with diabetes.

29Type 1 diabetics may or may not be on diets.

30Household medical waste does not count as potentially infectious medical waste under Illinois law.