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March 12th 2008 @ 10:45 pm by Lindsey Guerin
Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: airplanes lows security checkpoints travel
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: airplanes lows security checkpoints travel
Views: 1099
I checked, double checked and triple checked the TSA website to make sure I knew every law before I made my flight. I found out diabetics can carry water, juice and all supplies on board the plane. I read all my rights when or if they searched me or my bag. (READ MORE)
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March 31st 2009 @ 2:33 pm by Scott Marvel
Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
Tags: alerts insulin pump IPod music
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
Tags: alerts insulin pump IPod music
Views: 1281
As if diabetes wasn’t in the back of my mind enough as it is, the music industry seems to be playing a little joke on me to keep it on my mind even more often. We all know the tools that keep us healthy are filled with wires, and electronics, and batteries, and that has been a stellar improvement on diabetes care over the decades. But with all this technological advancement comes the need for increased safety measures, including alarms that beep to proclaim an insulin pump error, a successful blood test, or a completed phase of setup. The joke becomes less funny when I am driving down the highway with some music going, focused on the road, when an identical tone comes from the stereo that sounds like my insulin pump.
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March 3rd 2008 @ 3:11 pm by Carey Potash
Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: blood sugar testing humor
Views: 1021
Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: blood sugar testing humor
Views: 1021
So, just between me and you, where was the strangest place you've ever done it? While scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef? On the observation deck of the Empire State Building? While getting a tattoo? At a baby's christening? While milking a cow?
For me, it was on the highest point of a slowly moving Ferris wheel on a steamy night in August. Man, that was one, hot night.
As we crept higher and higher, Charlie felt lower and lower.
Come on, people! Let's keep it clean. I'm talking about the strangest place you've ever tested your blood sugar! Sheesh!
As many of you know all too well, lows don't play fair. They don't wait until the ride is over. They just strike when they damn well please. (READ MORE)
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