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Categories: Type 1 Children Relationships Emotions In the News Real Life
Tags: Awesome friends JDRF Kids with Type 1 Retreat
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What an awesome, great, fabulous, wonderful time I had this weekend in St. Louis, MO. I attended a family retreat put on by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The event offered people associated with our disease MANY opportunities. There were tons of kids, parents, and loads of helpful information. If you are someone who has diabetes or someone who has a relationship with a person with diabetes then I would highly recommend becoming a part of your local JDRF chapter if you have not already. There are literally hundreds of them around the globe and the nation and you will get everything you need from them.
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Categories: Complications Real Life
Tags: fatigue rest
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This weekend I was working at a church retreat. I would not call it work since all I did was play drums and sing for 4 days. It was more like having my dream job for a short week.
As much as I love to play music and serve others, I continue to find that long days such as these are difficult for me to bounce back from. Is it diabetes or my age? I like to think I am a young 34 for the most part but not too long ago I could function on 4 hours sleep. No longer! I always schedule an extra day off even for vacations and the like because I know I am worthless the following day.
I would love to hear from anyone with diabetes about this. I wonder sometimes if needing a day to recuperate after a weekend trip is a common practice among my fellow d-lifers. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Relationships Real Life
Tags: friendships hypoglycemia snacks
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The past weekend I spent 3 days at a Christian Camp in the mountains working at a retreat called Via de Cristo or Cursillo. Some you may have heard of it before. It is one of many 3 day movements around the world used to rekindle the fire of ones faith. My wife and I attended Via de Cristo, which is a co-ed non denominational version of Cursillo, a few years back and try to serve on the team at least once a year for new people going through the experience. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: diagnosis stories JDRF support group
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Last year I had the fortune of being a part of a family retreat organized by JDRF of St. Louis. It was held at a hotel there and I believe it was the second one they've done. There were hundreds of kids and parents and it was a very successful event. Also at the event, there were guest speakers and various people and volunteers. They had a medical professional who discussed continuous glucose monitors and also updated everyone with all of the latest developments on the diabetes front. One thing that I really enjoyed, in addition to being a speaker, was the opportunity to meet other adults with type 1. It was something that I had never experienced before, a discussion in person with people just like me. I was blown away and it made my entire weekend unforgettable.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: hyperglycemia hypoglycemia insulin keytone
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Over the weekend I got high. I mean sky high!
My infusion set must have been bad because no matter all the bolusing I did nothing would get my blood sugar to come down.
I woke up on Saturday morning a little high but was not too concerned. I knew I needed to change my site that morning before leaving for a two and half hour drive away. I had a meeting for a church retreat that I was to be at all day. I changed my site, took some insulin to bring my BG down and headed out.
On the way we stopped to pick up breakfast. I check my blood and was higher then I was earlier. I figured it was because of the time I disconnect from my pump to shower and bolus for breakfast and a correction for the high and move on.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children
Tags: exercise infusion
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In a couple weeks I will have the honor of speaking at a JDRF family retreat in St. Louis. Last year was my first time being involved in such a thing and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. I got the pleasure of meeting lots of kids with diabetes and their wonderful parents. This event is special to me because I was them 15 years ago. I was that kid who was living with this special disease who had extremely loving and supportive parents who were with me all the way. I love getting the opportunity to be a positive influence to these children. Hopefully I will make a lasting impression about being able live a good and normal life despite being slightly "different" than other kids. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: food hyperglycemia menu items
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“What about honey?”
We came back to "Honey" 4 times in this exchange. I was going nuts.
Here is the deal, I am working at a church retreat in a few weeks and I was approached by the person in charge of food for the weekend regarding food choices. Apparently there are going to be some other people with diabetes attending the weekend and they thought they would get my suggestions.
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Categories: Type 1
Tags: JDRF kids with diabetes speaking to children about diabetes
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Many of you have read about my opportunity coming up to speak at a JDRF family retreat in St. Louis. I am stoked to be going and to be a part of the whole AMAZING experience. It's like the diabetic version of the prom for kids and adults. I'm getting really excited and I recently learned of some new information regarding the event. Not only will I be speaking to the parents of these children, in a breakout session for exercise and diabetes, but now I will also be speaking to a large group (approximately 100) of kids with diabetes ages 8-12!
Look out kiddos, here I COME!! (I'm thinking about having them do a short unexpected workout with me??)
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Categories: Type 1 Children Highs & Lows
Tags: A1c results
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Anxious. Pissed off. Relieved. Lots of things.
This writing subject was a challenge issued by Kerri. It's certainly better than her last challenge. None of us wanted to eat a goat's heart at last year's Blogabetes retreat in Jacksonville. Poor little guy was still alive! But, that's just the way Kerri rolls.
And then there was the trust-building exercise in which you must fall back and trust that your partner will catch you. I don't want to mention any names (Kim Doty), but some people just can't be trusted.
Charlie's next A1c result will bring mixed emotions. I expect it will be his lowest A1c ever. This should make me happy, right?
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I’m going back to New York City this week for a meeting with my JDRF co-workers. I will be there, at the National Office on Wall Street, for Thursday and Friday. I always enjoy going to NYC. NYC is all that people say it is and more. It is, from what I’ve gathered and experienced, an unbelievable experience for any human being.
One of the reasons why I am so blown away by NYC is that it is COMPLETELY opposite of what my regular lifestyle and routine represent here at home.
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