Diabetic Tifosi

I'm going to pull the pin here and moving to  http://bikingdiabetic.blogspot.com 

Come on over, it will be an improvement.

Got in some good riding this weekend. Rode up to Two Harbors on Saturday, what a nice ride. Sunny, warm, felt just like spring. Sunday, cold, damp, windy, kinda like the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen) weather was this weekend. That was a great classic, rain, snow, mud, cobbles, and won by Tom Boonen's team mate, Belgian national champion Stijn Devolder. He broke away when the break he was in was caught and never looked back. A thing of beauty in front of the huge Flemmish home crowd. Speaking of crappy weather, I put the SKS fender on the MTB for my Sunday ride, did some exploring of back roads in area. With the wide down tube, I really don't need a front fender all that bad, but a rear is nice to have. Helps keep the your back and seat pack dry and clean, This one clips on in seconds and stayed in place very well. 15 bucks at REI was well worth it. The shoulder held up well, and my energy was up. A nice weekend for a change.The new camera in my phone works pretty good.

Some people watch for robins as the first sign of spring, but me, I watch for bicycles. This morning, I saw my a fixie w/ bright yellow fenders and bull-horn style bars heading west on Arrowhead. Earlier, I spied a regular on his first appearance of the spring, churning up Glenwood, still weaing the same canvas tennis shoes as when I last saw him last fall.'Tis the season..

 

Me , I've put in a few miles lately, but still haven't felt up to par. Lingering cold/flu crap is just keeping my energy level down, but my shoulders are the main problem. I had a CT scan last week, and the results were not what I wanted to hear : arthritis, along with a mysterious clouded substance the doc thought was air. So, he check with an ortho surgeon who said that it's not air. He doesn't like the look's of it, and may want to go in and see what it is. Just what I need, a scope job to slow me down. If it's not one thing, it's another. But that's life. These things crop up with age, but it seems like I'm getting more than my fair share. If my blood suugar would stabalize, I could deal with these other problems more easily. One thing at a time, please!

 

This weekend, I vow to get in some serious mileage, pain or not. Also, were doing a fish fry Saturday night with friends and family, so that should be fun. I got a new cell phone/ mp3/ camera combo when we re-upped or contract, so it means that much less to haul around. Lastly, I got my new computer at work. 22" flat screen, duo core prossessor, DVD burner, 320 gig hardrive, tons of sr memory - very fast. Best of all, like the phone - NO CHARGE !!!

Fabian Cancellara wins the Tirreno-Adiatico, then Milano-SanRemo back to back, the first to do it since Fondriest did it way back. He's my new favorite rider, well maybe not new, because I've pulled for him in the past, but is now my clear-cut "guy" in the bunch. He's got five wins this year already and is in the mix in most races he's in. Fabian seems like a class act, never in the drug talk even thugh Bjarne Riis is the d.s. Too bad CSC is pulling out of cycling next year, they are always well represented by classy riders. Nice kit too!

 

Versus seems to have stepped in it with their coverage Sunday. The Directv listed Tirreno-Adriatico coverage for 2 hrs on Versus and 1 hr on Versus HD, the channel they share with the Golf Channel HD. Their trailers also nentioned coverages of both races, but showed just Milano-San Remo on both shows. Nothing on Tirreno-Adriatico. Having to deal with Euro feeds may have been the problem, but you'd think they would have said something. But what we got was very good, though Phil Ligget needs some new cliches. Maybe they should run a contest for some new ones. I think I'll compile a list of his top phrases and invent a drinking game.

Well, almost. This stupid flu is still hanging in there a bit, just enough to be annoying. I plan on getting back on the bike this weekend to start up the fitness again. I feel like I've lost it all in just two weeks. My blood sugar levels continue to be a problem. After meal levels have been soaring, even after a small bit of food. I had my annual six month check up on Weds, at which the doc had some ideas: Retire and become a full time athlete, carefully monitoring diet and excersize every minute of the day and night. Not practicle at this point. Or, go on pre-meal insulin, which would mean three more injections per day to go along with the three I already take. Just  would add to the charm of being diabetic. Lastly, gastric bypass surgery. This would get rid of my last 50 lbs, and just might reverse the diabetes. It's worked in close to eighty percent of those type 2 diabetics who were obese and had the surgery. I don't like any of these plans of attack, but the double edged sword that is insulin scares me. It seems, in my humble opinion, that the more insulin you take, the more weight you gain. That's been the case for me, so I really wouldlike to avoid that path.

An eye doctor once told me that he thought it's entirely possible to get my a1c under 5 by going on a near starvation diet for a year. He said he had been to several conferences at which people had spoken of their experiences with reversing the condition. The endocronologist I see said this is b.s. He claims there is no documented cases of such reversals, otherwise he said there would case studies galore on tyhis method. Who and what is a guy to believe? There is so much info out there, and a lot is just opnion. Some educated, some not. I guess I would rather trust the MD and endo guy I see that somone posting on the web. Don't get me wrong, there's some good info out there, and some not so good, you have to sift through it and form your own opinion.