The Life of a Diabetic » Uncategorized http://thelifeofadiabetic.com Living Normally With Diabetes Tue, 01 May 2012 17:58:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I’ll Be On DSMA Live Tonight http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/ill-be-on-dsma-live-tonight/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/ill-be-on-dsma-live-tonight/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:00:45 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=1314 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> So today’s post is short and quick.  I will be the guest on DSMA Live tonight.  I am honored that I was asked to be a guest on this awesome show.

Please go to http://dsmalive.com/2011/08/23/dsma-live-with-chris-stoker-on-8252011/ and click on the Live Feed link at 9:00 PM EST.

Hope you all can listen.

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]]> http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/ill-be-on-dsma-live-tonight/feed/ 0 Dan Kane the VP Marketing of Roche at Summit http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/dan-kane-the-vp-marketing-of-roche-at-summit/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/dan-kane-the-vp-marketing-of-roche-at-summit/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:20:12 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=1177
  • Schedule of Roche Social Media Summit Posts Some of you may have been aware that last week...
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    As some of you know, one aspect of my consulting business is social media management, and getting companies to understand the meaning of Social ROI and that it isn’t about a bottom line number.  Dan Kane seemed to get this fact, or at least sounded like he understood it.  Dan used his speaking time to relate this summit to a first date and a new relationship.  When you first Don't Try and Kiss Me Dan Kanemeet somebody, you don’t just ask for a kiss right away, you slowly build somewhat of a relationship and let the kiss happen naturally.  I believe that I tweeted during the actual #dsummit itself, “flashbacks of the birds and bees conversation my father gave to me as a child”, or something of that affect.

    One quote that stood out to me the most was when said, “In order for us to be a better company, we have to know you better.”  At that exact moment I said, “This guy gets it”.  Dan Kane understood the fact that Social ROI is not measured the same way as most ROI is.  Social ROI is all about engagement.  Responding and reacting to the DOC, sharing DOC stories, and not just pushing your own information and your own agenda.

    I was impressed with Dan Kane and what he had to say.  He made me feel like he really meant what he was saying and trust is key in the beginning of a relationship, especially when a kiss is needed!

    Up next tomorrow is about the Dr. Polonsky speech.  I think that I may disagree with a lot of people on this term.  He seems like a great guy, but for me, his speech almost put me to sleep, and I will explain more tomorrow.

     

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    ]]>     http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/dan-kane-the-vp-marketing-of-roche-at-summit/feed/ 4     Re-Design In Process http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/re-design-in-process/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/re-design-in-process/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:52:15 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=1034 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I am in the process of re-designing the site.

    Hang with me.  If you see things that are messed up and don’t look right, please let me know so I can make sure that I get it all working properly.

    I wanted to make the design a lot more simple and easy.

    Have a good one.

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    ]]>     http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/re-design-in-process/feed/ 0     Blind Bolusing : Don’t Try This at Home http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/blind-bolusing-dont-try-this-at-home/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/blind-bolusing-dont-try-this-at-home/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:29:41 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=1022 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Wow, what a spectacular Sunday Morning.  I am not able to sleep past 9 a.m. ever.  My body has just become so trained, that I can’t sleep in past then.  When I was just a few years younger, I was still able to sleep in late on the weekends, and then re-adjust my sleeping schedule back for the work week, not anymore.  I feel like I am just wasting the day away.  Plus, I live on a golf course now, so I don’t get to enjoy this view during the week because of how late I get home every night.  Sitting out here writing a blog is one of the most amazing things that I get to do on the weekends.  Enough of this side story, let’s get into what I really want to blog about today.

    Since I moved, almost a month ago, I still don’t have all my things unpacked and situated.  Which means that I don’t know where all of my meters are.  I have my main one that I keep in my work bag, which comes home with me and that is the one that I try to use 99% of the time.  However, that was left in the car overnight, so last night I had no meter to test.  At about 11 p.m. I had to use the bathroom, then again at 12:30, and then again around 1:30.  Hmm, sounds like my blood sugar is high to me. Since I couldn’t test, I took about 10 units of insulin (to you that may be a lot, but to me it’s not, my sensitivity level is 1 unit of inuslin per 11 “points” my bg is).  After this, I continued to still wake up every hour or so to use the bathroom, so I took 10 more units again.  I do not recommend doing this at all!.  Finally, around 5-6 am this morning I took 10 more units.  That was a total of 30 units over a 6-7 hour period.  When I woke up this morning, my bg was 275.  So even after all of that extra insulin, my bg was still high!

    That means that today, I will find all of my meters and make sure that there is one right next to my bed so I don’t ever have to deal with a situation like this ever again.  I know the consequences of this.  What if my sugar wasn’t really high and I just had to use the bathroom, and I took 30 units over 6 hours and my bg crashed horrifically?

    This will be the last time I do that.  Time to go look at Sunday morning ads.

    Have a great Sunday everybody.

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    ]]>     http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/blind-bolusing-dont-try-this-at-home/feed/ 0     I’m Back People! http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/im-back-people/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/im-back-people/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:57:29 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=987 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Guess what everybody!  After a month off of no -blogging and maybe 1 or 2 tweets, I am back.  I took time off from all my blogs and all my twitter accounts.  I was feeling so overwhelmed with a lot of things and life was really getting to me.  So I just took away a lot of things that were taking up my time and just relaxed and gave my body and mind some time off.

    There were a lot of new and fun things that went on during this time and I will try and catch you up on all of them.

    Have a happy new year.

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    ]]>     http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/im-back-people/feed/ 0     Diabetes in December http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/diabetes-in-december/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/diabetes-in-december/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:05:04 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=982 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Another month has come and gone and now we are in the finally month of the year. Are you serious??!!?? It seems like just yesterday that I was writing a post outlining my goals for 2010. Well I can tell you one thing now, I did not reach those goals. The year is not over so I still have a month to try and accomplish some of them, but I defimitely wont be meeting them all. One of my main goals of the year was losing weight and I have not done a good job at that. I have been spinning at home, but after just two days of doing it, my ass hurts so bad from the seat, so I have to buy something comfortable or else I can’t make it more than 5 minutes on the bike.

    I had to get blood work done this morning for my doctors appointment on Friday. This is the big test of the year where I get pretty much everything tested, so that means lots of blood. I know that the results are not going to be good, but all I can do is try and make them better next time. I’ve already cut back on my insulin intake which means that I am eating less.

    So here is to another month and the ending of a year. Stay strong in December and carry it through to the new year.

    Take care everyone

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    ]]>     http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/diabetes-in-december/feed/ 0     Home Sweet Home http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/home-sweet-home/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/home-sweet-home/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:34:03 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=968 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Home Sweet…. Second Home? I just got back home last night from my real home of Pennsylvania.  I am exhausted and tired and there is so much to get done today that I just don’t think that I will get it all done.  It is great to go on vacation and see family members and all that fun stuff, but when you come back, the first day sucks because of the to-do list.  I usually fly back on a Sunday, but this time I decided to do the Saturday flight thing so I can have all day today to get everything done that I have to do.

    One thing that I have to do is make a list of all the supplies that I have left and which ones I have to re-order now and which ones I can wait until the new year when my deductible restarts again.  So, with that, have a great Sunday and a great week this week.  Finish off November strong.

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    ]]>     http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/home-sweet-home/feed/ 0     Thanksgiving http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/thanksgiving/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/thanksgiving/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:50:48 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=952 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Wow. Let’s first start with me by saying Happy Thanksgiving. I am back up north for the holiday and when I woke up this morning I thought I was still dreaming. Why may you ask? Because it is snowing like freaking crazy. Are you kidding me? If it doesn’t snow on Christmas and only on Thanksgiving then I am going to be pissed. I would rather it snow then instead of now.

    Well, anyway.  I know everybody wants to go eat and spend time with their family and not read a long post by me.

    So, Happy Thanksgiving all.

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    ]]>     http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/thanksgiving/feed/ 0     Holiday Planning http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/holiday-planning-2/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/holiday-planning-2/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=919 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Planning for the holidays used to be easy when I was in high school.  Eat as much food as I possibly can, go to basketball practice the next morning and work it all off and then have the first basketball game of the season with a tournament on Black Friday night and then a Saturday night game as well.  This is how my life was back then.  Now it is totally different, in more than just one way.  I’ll save the diabetes part of it for later.

    First, I live in south Florida now, but my whole family still lives back up north in Pennsylvania.  Amanda and I try to make it even by spending one Thanksgiving down here and then the next Thanksgiving up there.  My niece just turned 1 on November 3, and my birthday is November 1, so I would like to try and start going up there on the years that I am spending Thanksgiving down here because then I will be able to celebrate the birthdays when they actually occur and not almost a month later.  This is the first part of my planning process is when I am going to fly home for the holidays, and what days of the week because I need to worry about cheap flight tickets because I will be flying back home again for Christmas as well, so that is another expense and also planning event that needs to occur.  Once all that planning is done, it then comes time to the diabetes part of the planning.

    I have talked before about what goes into my packing for a diabetes trip, but this time around it was more than just the packing.  I had to make sure that I had enough insulin ordered and testing strips ordered for my trip so that I can pack it.  If you read my post about the joke of a Target’s pharmacy then you will know that I just recently ordered a one month supply of insulin to get me through the holidays.  And sorry to get off point here, but it just popped into my mind that I have to get blood work done before my next doctor’s appointment on December 3, so I have to do that on Monday or Tuesday the week before, ahhh more planning that I need to take care of.

    Things were so much easier as a kid.  I never flew before I was diabetic, so I don’t know anything other than how to fly with diabetes.  Although, the first few times that I flew I was not using an insulin pump and I only had to carry a few pens and needles with me, so there were not as many supplies that I had to pack and make sure that I had with me.

    I am ready to just be up north and start eating some good food!

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    ]]>     http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/holiday-planning-2/feed/ 1     COBRA Insurance Coverage Runs Out Nov 1 http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/cobra-insurance-coverage-runs-out-nov-1/ http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/cobra-insurance-coverage-runs-out-nov-1/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:34:39 +0000 Chris http://thelifeofadiabetic.com/?p=857 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> My COBRA coverage runs out November 1.  Normally I would be concerned and upset about this, but, my new insurance kicks in on November 1, so it’s all good.  I have now been with my new company for officially 90 days, so health insurance kicks in at the beginning of the following month, which would be November.  I am excited about this because it is a better plan than I had before and it also includes vision and dental which I did not have at my former employer because they were cheap asses.

    I can’t wait to get new contacts, glasses, dental appointment, re-order my testing strips, pump supplies, insulin, etc.  But I’m also a little nervous because this first orders with insurance companies are usually a little scary and something always goes wrong.  My new insurance is from United Healthcare.  Who else has them?  I’d love to hear your feedback on them and how they handle fellow diabetics.

    I have not been to a regular doctor’s appointment for a physical or a dentist or eye doctor in a long time.  A regular medical doctor has been almost 4 years since I saw one, yes I know, that is not good at all.  Dentist has been probably about 2 years and eye doctor about 18 months.  I’ll be making appointments for all of them soon.  Well I hope you all have a great night.

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