Bionic Mollie, and the Presidential Campaign :]

Sorry it’s been so long everyone, but this is the first time I have had a chance to sit down and blog!!  Even writing this, I almost typed “site” instead of “sit!” Any way, I have everything diabetes on my brain right now, so here goes!  

Before leaving the house this morning, I received a phone call and I was approved for the Omnipod! My insurance is covering it and I am so happy! I don’t know what it is, but when I am wearing the Omnipod, I have better control, and I’m just so excited for the Omnipod boxes to be coming in the mail now!!! :] Yay!! :]

So much has been happening in my life, that it’s making it difficult for me to find time to blog! But, never fear, in one way or another, I’ll be here! :]  For the record, my endocrinologist even says that I’m busy.  Which reminds me, I had an endocrinologist appointment today. Let’s just say I have a goal of bringing my a1c down, exercising more, changing my poker lancets more often, carb-counting, keeping a diabetic logbook and actually tracking my blood sugars, boluses, and food, plus I’m going to be tweaking my basal rates again. Translated, this means, I’m in good shape, but not in great shape, and I want to do whatever I must do for better control. 

Since my insulin pump ’s reservoir was low when I woke up this morning, I stuck an Omnipod on my stomach before leaving, bolused for breakfast, and went on with my day, and as usual, I had late morning highs, (one of those problems I’m addressing) 

Tonight, I put in a Minimed Continuous Glucose Sensor and am now wearing an empty Minimed pump.  Yes, it’s beaming wirelessly to my CGM that is stuck on my stomach! (This feels so weird) I’ve got a half hour left on the “2 hour start” for the sensors, in 3 days I can upload the information to my doctor and together, we will tweak my basal rates and adjust any necessary insulin to carb ratios, which for those of you, like me, didn’t know, in the Omnipod, are called the “IC Ratios.” :] See? We can learn something new everyday

As of right now, I feel so plugged in, attached, and connected to medical devices.
“Don’t forget the PDM” i thought to myself leaving my room this morning.

My mom sat in the kitchen saying, “I can’t wait for the implantable pumps and sensors, so you don’t have to constantly inserting, detaching, inserting, detaching….” And I agree, that will be wonderful. 

Obviously, I know that having these devices are in my best interest, and I do appreciate the doctors and researchers who made these devices possible, and it really does help me and my diabetes in so many ways.   But i can’t get away from feeling like the bionic diabetic.

Sometimes I wonder how it was that Barack Obama was so easily able to raise more than 456 million dollars in one year. I can’t help but think if its so easy for Senator Obama to raise this much money in one year, why can’t the celebrities and politicians who are helping to elect Senator Obama to the most powerful office in the world, and the Senator give a little more of their time and money back to the people, who support to see ther movies, go to their concerts, and send their last $5 into a campaign? Why we can’t raise those same amounts to cure diseases, like diabetes? Do you think 456 million dollars could cure diabetes? Or maybe Cancer? Or Heart Disease? Do you think that since so many celebrities are helping Senator Obama raise so much money to get elected, that Senator Obama might be willing to attend fundraisers on behalf of diabetics, or other diseases, especially since earlier this evening, in the last Presidential Debate, Senator Obama said he wanted to increase funding for preventable diseases, like diabetes…someone should tell him that Type 1 Diabetes is not curable, and Type 2 Diabetes is manageable, but also hereditary.
Interesting thought. Maybe someone will ask Senator Obama if after the election, he can spare a little time to raise those same amounts of money to cure diseases? 

By the way, I’m not angry, I’m sad. I’m amazed that so many people can give so much to elect a man to office when that man could have accepted Federal Funding (public funding/matching funds) leaving hundreds of millions of dollars that could have been donated to charities…the people he says he wants to help. This is meant to be bipartisan, I think both parties can do more, but in this case, Senator McCain accepted federal funds, and Senator Obama changed his mind so that he could out-spend Sen. McCain at least 3 to 1. To me, that’s overkill, but I am not his campaign manager.  Oh well, food for thought.