crashing... and Insurance

Howdy from Carpinteria,

We just finished a successful weekend in San Dimas, CA. The team rode great, and delivered Emile to the line to take the field sprint for 3rd on Sunday. He claimed it was the easiest time he has ever had for a sprint, which means the team did it's job. Shawn Milne and Ben Brooks took care of our boy, and his legs worked fast. I got to see this all from the sidelines since I hit the deck on Saturday When crashing, it is almost always someone else's fault. Not this time... All mine. I put my front Zipp 404 into someone else's rear derailleur, and after holding it steady for a 100meters, the wheel exploded, and I hit it. Couldn't catch back up, so went on a 3hr training ride on my own through the mountains. It was peaceful and serene until I came to what appeared to be a traffic jam. I get to the front of it, and to my surprise I see a chopper and 4 cop cars, with about 8 cops all with guns pulled on an SUV. Apparently there were 3 guys with machine guns in there, so I sat and watched (behind a truck...) while the cops took care of business with no shots fired. Only in LA. Interesting thing after the crash was that when I got back to the car, my blood sugar on my FreeStyle Lite read 303. Washed my hands, and then 306. I did 5 units of Apidra, then 45 minutes of riding later, I was 283. Last time I crashed, the same thing happened. The body goes into shock, and I guess a bunch of hormones are produced which cause insulin sensitivity to stop. Last time I used different measures to fix it quickly, and this time, I just road. Drank water for first 1.5hrs, then switched to Gatorade, dex 4 (x2) and 80gms of carbs from cliff shots, while doing a 10 mile mtn climb, and then 30 or so miles of flats. Got home with a BS of 115, and had to eat a lot right away. Moral of the story: When falling off a bike, and bruised and bloody, and blood sugars go through the roof, immediately ride for 3 hrs, with minimal food... Just kidding. Trial and error lead me to this one. I will need to test it out 1 more time to confirm my theory, but I hope I don't have to test it for a long time...
Relaxing in Carp for a couple of days, and for the first time in my life without health insurance. In my absence of Atlanta, my bills got to me a bit later than usually. I had anticipated this, and paid PRINCIPAL Insurance $1200 bucks for Dec-Feb, but my rates got raised in Jan, so I was appx $48/short. They sent a cancellation notice on Feb 20, but sent it to my old address, so it didn't get to me until March 17 when I got back to Atlanta (post Taiwan.) On march 5, I had sent a check for $1500, but that was apparently too late. But they are a big company with unbend able policies, and are sticking to their guns. I still don't have my money back, but surely the will pay...
Fortunately FreeStyle has me covered on strips, and I stocked up on Insulin before hitting the road. My endo, Bruce Bode, being the awesome man that he is saw me free of charge, and gave me enough samples of Apidra and Lantus to get me through for a while. He is the man.
I have set up a group plan with TT1, and should find out this week, if Joe and I are actually insurable. If not... I guess I will cross that bridge when I get there...
Thanks for reading, and if you have any ideas, please feel free to share!
Have a great day.
Phil