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Kid Conversations: A Cool Dog Dancing & The Guy @ Bible Camp Has An Insulin Pump!



So I was sitting on the beach in my chair and near the water last weekend, trying to give myself a little time before I was forced by a band of wild six year olds to go back into the ocean.
My friend's twins (who shall be referred to in the rest of the story as Twin Pink & Twin Blue) and their friend Nick were hovering around me because I was showing them the above video on my iPhone.
Of course they were LOLing like crazy and they even started to sing the song - quite loudly might I add.
And there's more than a good chance that your's truly might have been singing said song equally as loudly, but that's another post entirely.
Then Nick saw my insulin pump clipped to my swimsuit and our conversation really got interesting.

Nick: Hey, I've seen that before!! The guy at Bible Camp had one, except his was clipped to his pants!

Me: No way!

Nick: Yeah, it's cool. His had that same tube thing - Except his kept beeping & he kept checking it when he was reading about Noah & the Ark.

Me: That makes sense, this thing tends get a little ansy during floods/stampedes.

Twin Pink: There's medicine in it because her belly's broken - And it smells funny.

Twin Blue: Her belly doesn't make 'insin' (and for the record, we hadn't talked about insulin in months, so I was BIG TIME impressed with the "in-sin" reference,) like ours does. The 'insin' in her pump turns her food into energy so that she can grow and be strong and have energy.

Nick: Really? Cool. Can I smell the medicine?

Me: Thanks, I think it's pretty cool - And yes, you can smell it. Then I twirled the insulin reservoir from its resting place and let him smell it.

Nick: THAT STINKS.

Me: Yeah, I know. I think it smells like band-aids and fear.

Nick: It does smell like band-aids! But I don't really know what fear smells like..... Kel, can we watch the Dancing dog video on your iphone again?

Twin Blue: And then can we go in the water?

Twin Pink: After she removes her pump and puts in her cooler. You know she doesn't take that in the ocean! Oh, did I mention that Twin Pink has Diva like tendencies!

Me: Sure, one more time with "the cool dancing dog" before we hit the ocean!

And that's just what we did - And a fantastical time was had by all.

And for the record, I'm still singing this song - And there's more a good chance that you are too!

I Got A Bad Case Of The Mondays

I Got A Bad Case Of The Mondays

Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday and you're not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you, "Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays? Office Space

Mondays are the potholes in the road of life.” Tom Wilson

This is not the post I planned for today, but since this Monday in particular is leaving me damn close to pulling out my hair and screaming like a crazy woman, I thought I’d bitch, I mean post about it and see if anyone else can relate.

I’m playing catch up today and as I mentioned in the above paragraph, it really is turning out to be a type of Monday that leaves me pining for Friday and wishing I were a better version of myself.

1st I woke up around 3 with a low. One of those lows that leaves you shaking and sweaty and in such a state that you feel you must eat anything and everything to make the low go away. A low where you don't even test because your afraid your going to pass out.

2nd, I woke up this morning late, and with a blood sugar of well over 300 (damn close to 400) because in my low blood sugar haze I over treated (OK, maybe I knew I was over treating) with my crack of choice, peanut butter and jam on a spoon. DAMN YOU PB&J ON A SPOON FOR LEADING ME TO THE DARK SIDE!

3rd, Paperwork is makes me nuts and I hate it, hence the reason I’m always buried in it.

4th, Speaking of paperwork, I lost two RXs for my blood work & shoulder MRI that I’ve been carrying around in my wallet for the past two months and now can't find to save my life.

I have an Endo appointment next week. I also have an Ortho appointment scheduled for Wednesday and the MRI Pre-certification runs out on July 29th. Spent my lunch and most of this afternoon calling various offices to fax said RXs to proper offices and trying to schedule said MRI. Sounded so pathetic as I pled my stupidity to make the RX/MRI requests to happen ASAP.

5th, Today I realized that I was officially down to the last bottle of insulin in the fridge- which I thought it was new. When I opened the box I realized it had been opened by me right before one of my trips. Most likely I opened it before I went to Florida, (which would make it usable) but I might have opened it before I went to Vegas- and if that’s the case, it’s expired. New reservoir is now filled and the waiting game of "will it work?" begins. Is the insulin skunky, or will it work? And why the hell didn’t I make the bottle with the date I opened it like I always do?

Did I mention the fact that I thought I was working out of the house today only to realize at 2:20 this afternoon that I completely missed a scheduled work appointment this morning. I NEVER MISS SCHEDULED OFFICE WORK TIME -EVER. Thank God we were able to reschedule and the client was more than understanding

Yeah, I gotta bad case of the Mondays - BIG TIIME.

Enough about me, I'm sick to death of me. How’s your Monday treating you?

Stop smoking safely?

Stop smoking safely?
Many people want to stop smoking, and the conventional drug companies have not been slow in marketing their drugs. Chantix is one of them, released in 2006 by Pfizer, with the usual reports that it was a "wonder-drug"!

But like most of Big Pharma wonder drugs, it has proven to be a disaster. Nausea, vomiting, sleep disturbance, constipation, flatulence, and hard stool were first to appear; then 'vivid dreams' and suicidal behaviour. Now it is associated with acts of violence, and other psychiatric disturbances, and the FDA has now banned the drug for pilots, and truck drivers.

http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/07/chantix-and-violence-what-patients-have-in-common/

And all this in order to stop smoking!

There are easier ways, and many traditional medical therapies, including homeopathy, offer safe and effective treatments.

For a homeopath near you click here.