Following up with what I posted last night about the e-mail response from US Senator Bill Nelson, I wanted to get feedback from the DOC about your success and failures of reaching out to your local reps.  I have some meetings coming up with local reps, and I don’t know exactly what I am going to do.  I told them before setting meetings, that I don’t have all the answers or all of the best ideas for, but just getting an opportunity to bring diabetes to somebody with some power is what is most important. On a local level there is not much that can be done.  I am meeting with the...

A few weeks ago I was inspired by a social media victory when a fellow DOC member had written a letter to their representative and eventually they were granted a meeting with him.  After that, I decided to send an e-mail to every single one of my reps.  Whether it was on a national level (to discuss FDA and the artificial pancreas) State reps, and even the most local reps.  I received quick responses from most of the local reps within 48-72 hours.  I did not hear anything back from the two Senators….until today.  And let’s just say, I wasn’t very happy with the...

I have not had an appointment with my endo in a really long time.  The last 3 appointments that I was supposed to have were either cancelled by myself or by the doctor because of scheduling conflicts.  I think that the last one that I had was in December.  That also means, that is the last time that I got my blood work done.  I had a script to get the blood work done for each of the appointments, but I never did it.  Now I have to have the office mail me another script because they are only good for 30 days.  Sometimes this gets annoying, but it’s all part of living with diabetes...

It’s been another long period in-between my blog posts, but man, it’s been worth it, ha.  As some of you may know, Amanda and I recently got a new puppy last weekend.  A 9 week old Cavalier King Charles that we named Ruby.  You can see her cute self below.  This dog has kept me busy like no other over the last week and a half.  The first few days it was just non-stop following her around the house.  She was just peeing and pooping everywhere and chewing anything and everything she can get her hands on.  After a while she has calmed down, plays by herself for periods of...