The Report Card

I know that we are told, time and time again, not to look at the A1c as a "report card". But in a lot of ways, that's really what it is. It's a literal progress report of out last 3 months of blood sugars. Just like in school, we get an average of our "grades".

In school a 90 is a good, solid average. Not perfect, but not bad either. But in that average of 90, there may be five 100's and a 60.

In our A1c, we may have a great number, but have some days that we could get below 180. Or a day that we fought lows all day and had several numbers lower than 75.

In both cases it is an average.

I have been reading blogs on a pretty regular basis. There have been several in the past couple of weeks that are talking about recent A1c results. One was thrilled with a 6.8. Another happy with a 7.1.

To me, this is where A1c's stop being report cards. It's not about reaching a certain number. It's about feeling your best and doing what you can to make progress toward a better number. For me, I want to be in the low 6's. But for someone else, who has more trouble or who has had a history of higher numbers, reaching 7.0 might be a proud moment.

So what's an "A" on my report card, might not be an "A" for you. And that's okay.

I say, set your own goals, with the help of your doctor, and reach for those goals. Don't compare yourself to me and I won't compare myself to you.

On that note, I go to get blood work done this week to prepare for my endo appointment on the 26th. Wish me luck.

Absolutely everything and nothing is going on right now. I've been very busy with church, friends, and cake decorating all week long. This weekend is going to be crazy, so probably no posts for a few days.
By the way, I am going to be meeting a fellow diabetic (although not a blogger or a member of TuDiabetes to my knowledge [I am working on it!]) this weekend. I will be posting all about this meeting sometime next week.
By the way, I know it's small, but check out my Wee Me on the upper right corner of my page. I (it) has on a Jonas Brothers shirt. :)
Also, don't forget about the Tennessee Gathering! Spread the word and let me know if you'll be there.

Gathering Date Set

Okay, for all of you that commented here and on TuDiabetes, I have set a time, date and place for a Tennessee gathering. However, it is not limited to Tennesseans, bloggers, or TuDiabetes members. Let lots of people know. Anyone is welcome.

Date: October 11, 2008

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Place: Cane Creek Park, Shelter #2, Cookeville, TN!

I am still open to suggestions on either a potluck type deal, or just hanging out and then going as a group to eat at one of the many local restaurants. Either way is fine for me.

If you are interested in attending, please let me know, either by posting here that you are coming, or by visiting TuDiabetes.com and the events section, where you can RSVP.

For directions, please contact me and I will try to e-mail them to you. If you put the physical address of the park in google or yahoo maps, it takes you the long way and it's very confusing. I can make it much simpler for you.

Thankful and Blessed

I went to church tonight to be greeted with the news that a friend of mine lost her husband day before yesterday. My church has a phone tree, but I don't get the calls as I have a cell phone and it doesn't call cell phones.
She and her teenage daughter teach with me in my Mighty Mites class (5-6 year olds). Her youngest child is in my Mighty Mites class. They have 3 children total, ranging from age 15 to age 5. The family is also in my cell group (kind of like a mini-church that meets twice a month).
My heart aches for this family, who lost their father/husband. It's one of those things where I am helpless to do anything but pray.
Our entire class of 5-6 year olds prayed with the youngest child tonight in class. It was such a blessing to see these little children praying with their child-like faith.
I feel blessed and thankful that I have my family. I don't always get along with them, but they love me, and I them. And they are a blessing to me. And seeing someone else loose a member of their family makes me all that much more thankful for my family.
I know this post isn't diabetes related, but it is heart and emotion related, which I think diabetes also is. So those of you who pray, please pray for this suddenly single mother and her 3 children. They are going to need all the prayers they can get in the next weeks and months.

Readers

I know there are those of you who faithfully read as many blogs as you can. I have several of you who regularly comment on my blog.

But sometimes I feel like no one is reading. I am sure that some of you deal with this too.

Logically, I know there are some people reading.

Illogically, I think no one is.

The other day I was catching up on my blog reading when I came across this post on Lemonade Life. Allison was covering several topics, but posted a website called All Top. It is apparently a site that you can look up a topic or subject and get links to other helpful websites, blogs, etc.

All Top has a diabetes page.

Allison's blog is listed there, along with Kerri's, Amylia's, Donna's, Kelly's and a whole bunch of others....including mine.

I was shocked to see it there. All total, there are probably 30 or so blog sites listed, but I was still surprised to see mine also listed there. It made me happy to know that someone was reading. And that others might find me because of All Top.

I don't write to get attention. I don't write to be famous. I write for myself. But it's nice to know that someone is paying attention.

I am....

I am a diabetic. Type 1. For the past 23 years. I barely remember life before diabetes. Sometimes it seems like diabetes is the center of my world. Other times, it is just a part of my life; insignificant and small, but always there.

Recently, diabetes has taken that "smaller" role in my life. The lack of blog posts would reflect this. As I thought about this last night I began to thing of all the things I am, other than a diabetic.

I am a daughter, sister, niece, granddaughter.

I am a friend, god-mother, co-worker.

I am a Christian.

I am a teacher.

I am a reader, a writer.

I am a knitter, a scrapbooker.

I am a computer junkie.

I am a musical lover.

I am a music lover.

I am a lousy housekeeper.

I am a photographer.

I am a cake decorator.

I am dramatic.

I am crazy.

I am shy and out-going.

I am stubborn.

I am a lover of theater.

I am a dreamer.

I am so many things, other than a diabetic. Yet diabetes is part of everything that I am.

Diabetes Education

I know I have talked before about how much I love my CDE. I have been going some since the beginning of the year since my insurance allows up to $500 in diabetes education per year. I mostly wanted to go to have a second (or third, if you count my Endo) pair of eyes to look at my blood sugar readings and to help me make some adjustments.

I went to see my CDE again yesterday and we have set up 1 more appointment for this year. My CDE said I was doing so well that she really didn't see any reason for me to come back this year unless there was a problem I was having or I had questions for her. Which I don't. So we made another minor adjustment to my insulin to carb ratios at lunch time and I will see her again next month.

I also have an appointment with my endo next month. If, by looking at my blood sugars, I were to guess my A1c, I would say it is going to be around 6.5 again. This is okay for me. I would like it a little lower, but I can't complain.

I like good reports. The bad part is that after I left her office, my blood sugars started doing funky things and I chased a high all night last night and on into this morning. It has since returned to normal and I have been really good ever since about 9:00 this morning. But it was frustrating to deal with the highs after a good report with the CDE.

By the way, my favorite band, Sugarland, has their new CD out today. Check it out if you even think you might like it. It is great work.

A Scary Low

I don't have scary lows very often. Most of the time I catch them (either by CGMS or by my very frequent testing) and treat them and that's that. I have, for the most part, lost a lot of my ability to detect my lows. Some of that is starting to come back with the use of the CGMS, but it's still not perfect.
And, CGMS isn't perfect. Sometimes the sensor is "off" or my blood sugar just drops way to quick for the sensor to keep up. This happened to me yesterday at work.
I have noticed that I get hungry between 10:30 and 11:00 almost every day at work. By lunch time I'm usually starving.
I have a co-worker who is getting married in a few months and I was looking at a cook book with her and we were discussing food for the reception. I was so hungry that I put the book up. And then I checked my pump. It said 94, but showed a continual downward slope for about the previous hour, so I went to check my blood sugar. Other than being hungry (which wasn't too unusual) I had no symptoms. When I checked, my blood sugar was 52.
I am sure this was completely mental, but I started feeling symptoms almost immediately. And they hit hard and fast.
I went into "panic eating" mode. I consumed a juice box, a banana, a handful of candy, and some blackberry cobbler. And I still was feeling extremely sick/shaky, etc. I was sweaty and shaky and felt like I wanted to cry. I almost scared myself into asking a co-worker to come sit with me.
Of course, hours later, I still feel like crap, but my blood sugar is through the roof.
The last time I had a low that scared me that badly was around New Year's. I figured that averages out to about 2 per year, so I can't really complain. But I hate that feeling of complete and total loss of control and that feeling of fear.

Attentions Tennesseans....and all others!

Okay, after reading about Bernard and the 1st Annual New England Diabetes picnic I have decided that those of us in and around Tennessee need to do something like this. I am hoping to get something organized before fall sets in and it gets cold, but my first step is to put out feelers to see how many of your would be interested. I have already posted on the TuDiabetes group, TN Diabetics. But I am also posting here on my blog.

If you are interested in this, please let me know. It would probably be mid-state so it would be more centrally located. It would also be easier for me to plan as I live semi-centrally.

If you have any ideas, know of anyone who might like to come, or have any questions, please let me know.

There is nothing set in stone yet, but this is just my way of getting an idea of how many people might be interested to see if it would be worth planning.

Sick

I posted yesterday about how great my CGMS is. Sometimes, though, I just need a break from it. I never take more than a few days at a time off.

Today was the perfect example why I don't leave CGMS off more often than I do. I took the CGMS off yesterday afternoon.

I woke up with a high blood sugar this morning. It was 250. I corrected, proceeded to get ready for work and when I checked my blood sugar before I grabbed a quick bite of breakfast, it was already down to 153.

At lunch: 119.

I ate cereal for lunch. I know it wreaks havoc on my blood sugars. I almost never keep it in the house because of this. I LOVE cereal. I could eat it 3 meals a day if it weren't for my blood sugars.

I bought a box of cereal the other day. I ate cereal for lunch.

Two hours post lunch at around 2:00: 278. Correction.

I knew my blood sugar was high this afternoon. I have been running to the bathroom and drinking water like crazy. My breath was even beginning to smell bad. I know this isn't good. I know it's a sign of ketoacidosis. By the time I got off work at 4:30, I was feeling physically ill. I checked again: 298.

Another correction. I am still drinking water and running to the bathroom. And on top of that, my breath smells funny and I feel sick to my stomach.

For all of you that worry about me, I'll be fine in a couple of hours. I will keep a close watch on it and if it seems to get worse, I will certainly go the the hospital. But for now, I am not worried. Just sick.

And wishing I had put on my CGMS this morning. It will go back on first thing in the morning, that you can be sure of. If I'd had it on in the first place, I would have caught the high before it got this bad.

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Where does diabetes fit in?
I have been so busy these past several weeks, both with work, family, and friends. I've had a million things on my mind. And it would have been very easy for me to "forget" my diabetes.
We all know that we never really forget it. It's always there, hovering, waiting, acting up without much notice.
Just like the title of my blog, it's around us every day, every hour, every minute.
But these past several weeks I have been very glad for my CGMS. If not for this contraption that the insurance companies like to call "investigational", I can assure you my blood sugars would have been completely out of control.
I have forgotten to test before some meals, I have skipped meals, I have dealt with all the food on the Fourth of July. I have stayed up late some days, slept in late other days, and have basically lost my normal schedule. CGMS has kept me somewhat grounded during this time. Beeping at me occasionally to tell me my blood sugar is low, or high, or that I need to calibrate.
It's allowed me to correct several times, keeping me from having a single blood test over 298. Yes, I know that's high, but on that day, it would have kept on rising had I not had my pump beeping at me like crazy saying "Hey, stupid! You ate a piece of cake! You are supposed to give more insulin when you eat cake!" And I may not have caught it until the high 300s.
I have had so many things on my mind that I have let diabetes slide, ever so slightly, to the background. And CGMS has helped me let that happen. According to my pump, the last month's average blood sugar: 143. Average sensor readings: 130.
I know it's not perfect, but it's nice to know that CGMS is here to help me when I'm feeling like I need to have other things on my mind and in my life, other than just my diabetes.
Still, we fight. Some of us are lucky, and get approved for CGMS. Some of us, like Kerri, aren't so lucky, and she still fights on.
I just look forward to the day when we are no long tied to a machine (or two) that helps us control our blood sugars. I want to stay healthy. I want to stay as complication free as possible. Because I think that there is hope of a cure and better control for all of us.
So even if you are like me: busy, busy, busy. Just do your best to keep yourself healthy. CGMS helps me to do that.
I know this post has been kind of rambly, but it's because I have so many different thoughts going on in my head right now.
I'll post again in a few days when I've had time to get my life back to normal. :)

God Bless America

Just a quick note, late at night on this Fourth of July. I just wanted to say that I am so thankful to live in America. I have both friends and family who are serving or have served in the military. And to them, this day, I say THANK YOU for all you do.

No matter what your political stance, left or right, liberal or conservative, democrat or republican, we are all blessed to be able to have our opinions and to live in this great country.

Take a moment, when you read this post, to think about how blessed you are. It might just take your breath away.

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Fourth.

Meter Mania!

Okay, Amylia wrote a blog post that made me want to write one. Inspiration I'll say. Thanks Amylia!
I am not the most organized person. I like to say I'd lose my head if it weren't attached to my shoulders. I loose my car keys, a DVD, my wallet, my bills. Since i got my pump, I can't say that I have ever thought I lost it, like Amylia did, but I can say that I have thought I lost my meter many, many times.
I can't remember how old I was, but I remember my meter was pretty big. I couldn't have been more than 7. My mom and I, and another person (I don't remember who, just that there was another person there) were shopping in a different town. My town is so small that you have to go out of town to get anything other than a Wal-Mart. Actually, at the time this story takes place, we didn't even have a Wal-Mart. Just a Dollar General and a Family Dollar. So any time we went out of town it was a big deal.
I remember mom handing me my meter in a store and telling me to check my blood sugar. She helped me. I don't remember much after that, but for whatever reason, I was carrying my meter. And at some point, I sat it down and forgot to pick it back up...
Fast forward a little while and my mom asks me where my meter is. I can't remember. I'm scared. I think I was more scared of being in trouble than I was that my meter was gone. We tried to back track to find it. We couldn't. We went to stores that we had visited, retraced our steps, talked to managers. Nothing. This meter was gone.
My mom was mad. Looking back, I don't think she was mad at me. I think she was mad at herself for letting me carry my meter. I was so young.
This was around 1988. Meters were still very expensive. You couldn't go get one for $30 or $40. And companies weren't giving them away like they do now. So this was a very big deal.
There are so many other stories of times I have lost, or thought I lost, my meter. This one just happens to be the earliest one that I remember.

REQUEST FOR CGMS: DENIED BY INSURANCE

Today is a special day. A day when we all raise our voices and tell our stories. CGMS is a fairly new technology, but it has done wonders in the lives of many diabetics already. My life is one of those lives.

I was one of the lucky ones. I was approved the first time I requested CGMS. This was back in February. I had only been on CGMS for two months, and my A1c dropped from 6.7 to 6.4. This is a significant drop for me. And puts me that much closer to my goal of an A1c less than 6.0.

But now, as I am beginning to see all the wonderful parts of CGMS, my insurance company is trying to stop paying for the coverage.

I sent a letter to my insurance company that explained all of the things that CGMS has done for me. Some other things that have helped me are the slow regaining of some of my hypoglycemic awareness. It's still not perfect, but I am beginning to feel me lows better than I did before. I would love to see that continue.

As I sit here, on the sidewalk, outside my local public library, in the warm sunshine, I am not worried about if my blood sugar is low. I can look at my pump and see that I am right around 100. This gives me peace of mind.

Currently, I have been told that the insurance company had decided to "table" a decision to quit covering the sensors, but is currently looking at the policies of other insurance companies around the country. This doesn't look good for me, as I see post after post of people who have been denied continually.

I am not married. But I would someday like to be. I don't have children, but I would someday like to have children. After spending 23 years with diabetes as a part of my life, I am beginning to see the early signs of wear on my body.

My feet sometimes fall asleep much sooner than they should. I have high cholesterol and have to take medication for this. My eyes are beginning to get cataracts. These things have been held off for years by taking care of myself (for the most part). I want to continue to hold these things off. I want to be able to have healthy children and to watch them grow.

Part of the ability to do that is to take and aggressive stand against diabetes. To control it swiftly and to micromanage this disease that consumes so much of my life.

This new technology is a new way that I can do that. To anyone who works for an insurance company and that may be reading this: DON"T CAUSE ME TO SUFFER, and in the long run, be more expensive for you (via kidney, heart, eye, and limb problems).

Let us take care of ourselves. Let us live. Let us come out as healthy as possible, until there is a cure.

Call To Arms!

Over at TuDiabetes, Gina Capone has dubbed July 1 CGMS Denial Day. So many of us are being turned down for this coverage that we need to raise our voices. If you have been denied or know someone who has been denied, join us on this day. We should make our voices heard.

We did it during Type 1 Diabetes Day. Here's the next call to arms.

CGMS Coverage

Yesterday Kerri posted about being denied for CGM coverage by her insurance company. She also posted her letter. Denials seem to be going around lately. Things are still iffy with my continual coverage. I wrote my letter and sent it. I am going to post mine also. Voices are being raised as more and more people are being denied for this new technology. Yes, it's new. No, it's not perfect. But it's helping countless people. Sadly, others are being denied the help by insurance and are not financially able to pay for the device and sensors out of pocket. This is the category that I fit in. TuDiabetes has a whole section dedicated to this.
Manny also posted a video about it, which I am going to put at the bottom of this post.
I am still waiting to hear what the outcome of the policy decision was from my insurance company. And waiting. And waiting.

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Cara Richardson. I am 27 years old. Twenty-three years ago this month, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. It was 1985; I was four years old. Home glucose testing was relatively new. Still in it’s baby stages. It took 90 seconds to get a glucose reading.
Over the years technology has greatly improved, as most of the world knows. I have gone from two shots per day to 4, to more. And then to an insulin pump. It helped me get greater control over my diabetes. I could talk for hours about how the insulin pump changed my life. But I won’t.
Instead I will tell you about my life since I was able to receive the MiniMed Constant Glucose Monitoring System. I live alone. Prior to CGMS, my best friend would call me every morning at 7:00 to see if I was awake. And alive. Most nights, I would wake myself at midnight and 3 am to test my blood sugar. Some nights it was high. Very high. And I would correct. There were nights it was so low that I wonder how it was even possible that I woke up to test.
My mother spent countless hours wondering and worrying about me. Over the years of having diabetes I have lost nearly all of my ability to detect my lows on my own. Most of the time the people around me would notice the signs before I did. All my family and friends, and even some of my co-workers were trained to use a glucagon pen in the event I should pass out.
I would have to test up to 14 times per day. Before meals, after meals, on breaks, before driving, any time someone suggested that I might need to check my blood sugar.
I work a full time job and am lucky to have any insurance at all. I am truly grateful for all that Blue Cross has allowed me to do. My health is the most important thing to me. And CGMS has drastically improved my life and overall well-being.
Now that I have CGMS, I no longer have to wake myself to test in the middle of the night. My best friend doesn’t feel the need to call me every morning. My co-workers don’t panic if I am five minutes late to work. My A1c, in just two months, dropped from 6.7 to 6.3. When I go back to the doctor in August, I expect it to have dropped even more. I am hoping to get an A1c to a non-diabetic level of below 6.0. Scientifically we all know that a non-diabetic level is much healthier, long term, than any higher A1c.
Long term complications are not in my plan. I want to ward them off in any way possible. However, the out-of-pocket costs is more than I can spend. The monthly cost for sensors is more than my rent. As a single person, living alone, surviving on one income, I cannot afford to pay for these out of pocket.
Without this coverage, I would have to go back to being afraid that I might not wake up one morning. I must wake up nightly to be sure that this doesn’t happen. My friends and family will have to be afraid for me, and constantly call to check on me. I will go back to checking my blood sugar 10 to 14 times per day. My A1c will sneak back up on me.
I understand the astronomical cost of CGMS, but the long term cost of complications would add up to so much more. I would like to keep myself healthy, and complication free, because I feel that the scientific community is on the edge of a breakthrough. I want to be healthy, so that when there is a cure, I can live the rest of my life happy, and healthy.
Thank you for your time. I hope you understand how important it is that I continue to receive help for this coverage.

Sincerely,

Cara Richardson
Type 1 Diabetic



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MiniMed Rep & the Insurance Company

As I had mentioned in a previous post, my insurance company may stop paying for my CGMS. And for everyone's CGMS. This has been a concern of mine for the past few weeks. I ordered another supply of sensors, and so far they are paying for them. I ordered a 3 month supply at the time, hoping that I could stretch them out for a while.

Mostly because I cannot afford to pay for them out of pocket. The cost of the sensors, out of pocket, are more than my rent. (Yes, I have cheap rent. I live in a very, very small town.) I refuse to put myself in anymore debt than I currently have (school loans, car, etc.) and having to pay for sensors would seriously increase my debt.

Lately, I have just being doing a lot of praying about it and taking a day or 2 off between sensors (to try to stretch out their use). The off days are not good days for me.

I took my sensor out on Monday morning. I have not replaced it yet. The past two days have not been easy ones for me. I had a low yesterday that I didn't catch until I checked my blood sugar at lunch time. I had a high last night that I didn't know until I took my customary, pre-sleep, blood sugar result. I plan on putting a new sensor in first thing tomorrow morning.

Today, I received a call from the MiniMed rep that I dealt with when I was getting the CGMS. He was calling to tell me that my insurance company was talking about cutting out all CGMS payments to all patients. They had been saying they were not hearing from patients on how the CGMS has improved their lives and helped them, so they didn't see the reason to keep on paying. In return, the insurance company had offered and e-mail address for those who are doctors, CDE's, and patients to seen their stories to until the end of the week.

I think that this is my chance to tell them about my life. About how every morning for two years my best friend would call me to be sure I was up. About the morning I accidentally overslept, my co-workers called me in a panic to be sure I was okay. About the multiple nighttime lows that the CGMS has caught for me. And how I no longer have to wake myself at midnight and 3 am to check my blood sugar. How my A1c dropped from 6.7 to 6.3 in two months. (I expect it to be lower at my next appointment).

There are so many things that I could write in this letter. But mostly, I just want to say thanks to the MiniMed rep who is going to give me the chance to be heard by these people at the insurance company who don't live with my diabetes Every Day, Every Hour, Every Minute.

I can't quote science (I've said that before), but I can speak as to the amazing changes in my life since CGMS was introduced.

They may not listen, but they won't be able to say that I didn't speak. I want them to hear my voice. Because I know that there are others, just like me, for whom this technology may truly be a lifesaver.

Diabetes and Other People's Problems.

I was talking with my mother the other day. She and my step-father run their own business and have been having some trouble with a client. While I was talking with her, I kept saying, "I just hate to see you have to deal with this!"
And she said this to me, "There are people all over the world who have problems that I don't want. They deal with earthquakes and tornadoes and floods and sickness and many other horrible things. Even you; you live every day dealing with diabetes. I am just glad to have my problems. I don't want to deal with the problems of other people. I'll keep mine, thanks."
When she said that, I thought to myself how right that was. I have diabetes. I've had it most of my life. I live with it every day, every hour, every minute. But I am so very lucky. I have so many things that I am thankful for. And I certainly don't want anyone else's problems.
It was a reality check for me. My mom tends to be good at that.
It's a reminder that, even with diabetes, we have much to be thankful for.

Taking a Break!

I am officially taking the day off tomorrow! No work! Woo-hoo!!! It was originally planned that I was going out of town for the weekend, but after some changes in plans, I am staying home. I could have gone into work tomorrow, since I'll be in town, but I decided, after a very emotionally draining week and a half (long story dealing with my personal life...you know, the one I don't talk about.), I decided I needed the day off anyway.

Right now I am planning on sleeping in (till at least 7:00, lol) and then getting up and basically finding things to do around my apartment. I am probably going to clean a little bit and maybe go have lunch with a friend of mine. And then I am getting my hair done at 3:00. I am ready for a summer 'do. My long hair is hot and in my way, so it's time for something new.

This week has been all about making myself happy and tomorrow is going to be a part of that. Just a day to relax and refresh myself. Time to put me first and not worry about other stuff.

As a side note: I passed on the Jonas Brother's magazine to the daughter of my supervisor at work. She was diagnosed just 2 years ago with Type 1 diabetes and I thought she might like it. II felt like I needed to pass it on. Let a diabetic child know that there are others like her in the world.

Nick Jonas

This article was taken from June 2008 People Magazine Special Collector's Edition. I did not write this and give full credit to People Magazine.

'Little' Secret
The Inspiration Behind Nick's Song

When the third Jonas Brother album, A Little Bit Longer, coming out this summer, we asked Nick to give us the inspiration behind the title track (see lyrics, right), which he wrote in the middle of filming the upcoming Disney Channel movie Camp Rock with his brothers.

A LITTLE BIT LONGER "It's actually a song that has to do with diabetes," says Nick. "We were up in Canada filming Camp Rock. It was one of those day where my blood sugar was a little out of control, and I was kind of bumming. I walked by this room in the hotel we were staying at, and it was so weird-all of the sudden there was this big ballroom with a piano in it. It was like a scene out of a movie. So I went in there, sat down at the piano and wrote the song. Later on I played it for the cast, and they all loved it."

Got the news today

But they said I had to stay

A little bit longer

And I'll be fine

When I though it'd all been done

When I thought it'd all been said

A little bit longer

And I'll be fine

But you don't know what you got

Till it's gone

And you don't know what it's like

To feel so low

Every time you smile or laugh

you glow

You don't even know

No no

You don't even know

All this time goes by

Still no reason why

A little bit longer

And I'll be fine

Waitin' on a cure

But none of them are sure

A little bit longer

And I'll be fine

But you don't know what you got

Till it's gone

And you don't know what it's like

To feel so low

And every time you smile or laugh

you glow

You don't even know

No no

Two, three, four!

Yeah!

And you don't know what you got

Till it's gone

And you don't know what it's like

To feel so low

And every time you smile or laugh

you glow

You don't even know

No

Yeah

Woah!

[Oooohhh]

So I wait till kingdom come

All the highs and lows are gone

A little bit longer

And I'll be fine

I'll be fine

I tried to embed the video from YouTube, and it kept coming up a broken link, so here's the web site to the video. I highly suggest you go watch it. A Little Bit Longer by the Jonas Brothers/Nick Jonas