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May 30, 2011, 10:49 am
I know I haven’t been posting as planned…… the best laid plans, etc. I’m going to try to get back in the habit, at least, of posting things that have caught my eye during the week. And then maybe I’ll start posting personal stories again. You never know!
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May 16, 2011, 10:46 am
Yes, I didn’t get around to writing the last two posts of the week. I’m a bit stymied by the idea of photographing diabetes. I like what Scott did with the assignment and I enjoyed Minnesota Nice’s Vlog post. I really couldn’t think of anything original for me.
What’ve I learned? Oh, ... Comment - Like
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May 13, 2011, 8:41 pm
“Today let’s put a twist on that topic and focus on the good things diabetes has brought us.”
Really, what is there to say? The best thing is the friends.
So here’s to those folks I’ve known only because of diabetes.
Phatz, Fenney, Wolfer, Starr, Marie —- the old DHT crowd along wi... Comment - Like
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May 12, 2011, 1:08 pm
In no sort of order…. (and possibly to be added to when I get home tomorrow)
Guilt – I hate feeling guilt and anxiety about everything I eat. I hate feeling that I, at least to some extent, brought this on myself. I hate feeling guilty that there are so many people in the world with so much w... Comment - Like
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May 11, 2011, 10:03 pm
Bloopers? Funny things with my diabetes? I don’t know. My mistakes pretty much center on eating too much. I’ve had a few wild lows caused by eating too much and thinking – gee, my blood sugar is high I think I’ll take a glyburide (which I’ve been off a couple years). It isn’t really... Comment - Like
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May 11, 2011, 12:59 am
Dear Dr. G&P,
When I first came to see you, I felt so helpless and out of control. My blood sugar and a1c kept going up no matter what I did – or at least that’s the way I felt. You were right from the beginning so very understanding and supportive. I’ve never felt judged or put down by you... Comment - Like
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May 9, 2011, 6:50 pm
D-Blog week was started last May by Karen at Bitter-Sweet and I totally missed it. I’ve seen some posts popping up today and although I’m recovering from food poisoning, I’d like to get involved. Besides, I missed all of April and there was so much I was going to link to and write about…
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Mar 28, 2011, 12:11 pm
I’m way behind on posting here – even linking to interesting diabetes posts around the web. Have I been slacking? Well, yeah, but I have been dealing with a very sick computer that didn’t want to run any programs or even load web pages. It really would have helped to not have to send the new... Comment - Like
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Feb 21, 2011, 12:27 pm
Interview with Dr. Denise Faustman at DiabetesMine
Dr. Faustman’s Website
Dr. Faustman’s Facebook Group
Dr. Faustman has been doing research to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice using a “cheap, generic drug” called BCG. BCG may help to “kill off” the T-cells that attack insulin produci... Comment - Like
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Feb 15, 2011, 12:34 pm
Thanks to our friend Scott Johnson for pointing me at this wonderful blog post by Riva Greenberg. I definitely need to read more of what she writes.
Many healthcare providers unknowingly try to motivate diabetes patients to manage their condition through fear — specifically, fear of diabetes com... Comment - Like
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Feb 10, 2011, 12:38 pm
Guest Post by Riva Greenberg over at DiabetesMine.
Riva talks about loving yourself with diabetes.
I realize many of the book’s lessons — be forgiving rather than guilty, aim for good not perfect, let go of judgment and do what you love — are not just keys for managing diabetes, but for in... Comment - Like
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Feb 10, 2011, 12:33 am
Sugars from fruit will stay on your fingers until you wash them with tap water,a new study shows.Invisible bits of fruit on your hands can mess up your finger-prick blood tests, making your blood sugar level look higher than it really is.
The researchers say that peeling fruit right before you u... Comment - Like
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Jan 14, 2011, 12:28 pm
Wonderful post over at DiabetesMine about the blame game and type 2 diabetes. Alan Shanley is an Australian blogger writing about what he has learned about controlling his diabetes and diet since he was diagnosed in 2002. He’s published a book called What on Earth Can I Eat? that looks interesti... Comment - Like
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Jan 11, 2011, 11:53 am
Thanks to Scott Johnson for the heads up on this. He reports that Gary Scheiner recently launched called a new project called Type 1 University. Gary is looking to get around some of the obstacles in our lives, such as time, travel and expense, to provide higher education to people using intensive... Comment - Like
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Jan 8, 2011, 1:29 pm
Article at DiabetesCare.Net
Source
During six years of follow-up, 4,654 of the women died, including 979 who died from cardiovascular disease. Compared with women who did not have either condition, those with depression had a 44 percent increased risk of death, those with diabetes had a 35 percent... Comment - Like
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Jan 6, 2011, 9:55 am
An interesting article on Diabetes and Eye Care: DiabetesMine
Happy National Eye Care month. Comment - Like
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Jan 5, 2011, 12:58 am
I honestly don’t remember the source anymore, I think someone wrote them for the original Diabetes, Hypoglycemia and Transplant Corner group. I’ve been thinking about this due to my personal situation. It applies to any of us caring for others.
COPING WITH AND HELPING A DIABETIC LOVED ONE WHO... Comment - Like
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Jan 4, 2011, 11:57 am
I thought this was pretty funny so I’m going ahead and posting it here. We’re doing “Awesome” because we had 14 new posts in 2010!! Almost all of them were in the last two months. I hope that we’re doing more awesome now and will continue to be more awesome in the future.
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Jan 4, 2011, 11:46 am
How many of us plan this well? Here are a couple good lists of things we as diabetics should have, particularly in winter when we could realistically be cut off from the pharmacy and grocery store for a few days. Don’t live in the snow belt? How about hurricanes, tornadoes, wild fires, mud slid... Comment - Like
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Dec 23, 2010, 11:42 pm
FDA announces recall of Abbott Glucose Test Strips
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the agency is working with Abbott Diabetes Care to recall 359 different lots of glucose test strips marketed under the following brand names:
Precision Xceed Pro;
Precision Xtra;
Medisense Op... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2010, 11:58 am
Wil has a fascinating post this morning over at Life After Dx on something called smart insulin.
Read all about it here.
But SmartInsulin raises the bar. Instead of just dissolving at a set rate, the bubble-wrap is glucose sensitive. In effect, it’s insulin that only works when your blood sugar ... Comment - Like
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Dec 19, 2010, 12:24 pm
Remember the Big Blue Test? This is how those donations helped.
Film | Life for a Child with Diabetes. Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2010, 11:21 am
I’ve been wondering about this question for a long time. Clearly, I knew that people with type 1 diabetes produce no insulin so any of the oral meds that help you to produce more insulin would be useless. But it has always seemed that some of the medications that help one to use insulin more eff... Comment - Like
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Dec 8, 2010, 11:52 am
Six Until Me has a great post this morning about transitioning from being a child with diabetes to becoming an adult with diabetes and when you start to take responsibility for yourself in your diabetes care. There’s a lot to think about and a bunch of great perspectives from others about when an... Comment - Like
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Nov 14, 2010, 12:30 pm
Today is World Diabetes Day. Remember The Big Blue Test
How to Join the Big Blue Test:
1. On November 14 at 2 pm, test your blood sugar.
2. Get active for 14 minutes.
3. Test again.
4. Enter your results below: (go to The Big Blue Test site)
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Nov 10, 2010, 6:38 pm
Yesterday was the Annual D-Blog Day. Thanks Gina!
to see some of the many D-Blog posts from around the blogosphere.
Here is my post from over at my personal blog, zazamataz.com
I can only write from the perspective of a Type 2 Diabetic. I remember the day I knew. I got my health fair blood re... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2010, 12:08 pm
Cookstr’s chef of the day is Barbara Selley, a cookbook author who has written or contributed to several diabetic cookbooks. Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2010, 11:01 am
Will at Life After Dx is giving away his E-Book, “Taming the Tiger: Your First Year with Diabetes” for free. He is generously doing this to help make the experience of being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes go as smoothly as possible.
For more information and to download your copy of “Taming t... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2010, 6:58 pm
Dear Friends,
I don’t ask you for favors too often – almost never – but this is a big deal. If you take 2 minutes and watch this video, a child will get a week of life-saving insulin:
Every time the video is watched a donation will be made. As a result, a child in one of the world’s poores... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Greetings and Salutations. How is everyone this week?
I find myself at kind of a crossroads. My eating and exercise goals, while not perfect, are at a sort of background place. It doesn’t mean they can’t be improved upon or there’s nothing to work on, particularly that ol’... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Well, these days it seems like it is me and TDW and Eve around here. That’s fine, we’re good for each other and it gives us a place to work on goals.
Questions: What else should we be doing? I keep thinking I want to do more but I’m just not sure what.
Do you want to stay a pa... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Thanks to both Eve and Schnuckiputz for sending this one in.
An old prospector shuffled into the town of El Indio , Texas leading an old tired mule. The old man headed straight for the only saloon in town, to clear his parched throat. He walked up to the saloon and tied his old mule to the hitc... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, ‘Who’s on First?’ might have turned out something like this:
COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT
ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks I’m setting up an office in my den and I... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Poor DRT gets no posts anymore. Since I feel sorry for it and because we all need a laugh, I think I’ll post some of the jokes I get in email for a while.
We’ll see.
Texas Cowboy advice:
A tough old cowboy from south Texas counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the se... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Good morning! How is everyone today? Ready for working hard on goals?
Me either.
It’s been fairly chaotic around here, or at least it feels that way. With increased stress comes increased desire to eat and decreased ability to resist impulses. So, my additional goal for this week is to im... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I’m taking a little break in writing about action planning. My goals are more or less staying the same right now and I’m probably more focused on dealing with the stress at home than working on new goals.
Please feel free to post your own action planning or goals post. Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I thought I’d give you a quick update on the diabetes side of things. My blood sugar continues to go down, mostly in a good way. I’ll be curious to see what my hba1c is next month. I tend to fall down into the 60s in the afternoons but I have at least learned to tell the difference between ... Comment - Like
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