The rain that we were supposed to get yesterday afternoon actually came last night. It was a loud (from the thunder) downpour of the kind we rarely have back home in Utah. The rains came again right around sunrise, but by the time we were starting to pack up and get ready for […]

Today we said goodbye to Kansas and hello to Missouri. It is the eighth state in our 48 state journey.
Besides Missouri, we also encountered another thing we haven’t seen before on The Dream Tour: rain. Or at least the threat of it. The weather forecast is for thunderstorms, pea-sized hail […]

Today’s ride was very much like yesterday’s ride except it was 27 miles shorter. So, my food and water intake was patterned after yesterday’s ride. Mid-morning, I had a banana (just like yesterday) and for lunch I had a banana and a bagel (just like yesterday). I was puzzled then when I […]

My brother, Dirk, brought this to my attention. Medtronic has just gotten FDA approval on an insulin pump with a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS). Its CGMS automatically tests blood glucose about every 5 minutes. From what I understand, Abbott Laboratories is working on FDA approval for a similar device.
Here’s a […]

A couple days ago, I mentioned that I was going to run to the pharmacy and get one of those “in-home” A1C test kits. Well, I tried three pharmacies in Winfield and only one pharmacist had even heard of the A1C test. He said they used to carry them, but no longer do. […]