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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Emotions Real Life
Tags: caregiver diabetes police empathy Type 3
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Whether or not we recognize it explicitly, we are all caregivers (aka, T3s). Whether we serve a family member, someone in our neighborhood or church, or just others on the dLife forums and in the dLife community, we are each part of someone else's diabetes support team.
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I hate to admit this, but I'll risk being unpopular and just say how I feel. I'm getting pretty sick of the Jonas brothers. It's like they are everywhere. In my Us Weekly, in Parenting magazine, on the Target commercials and now here on dLife.
I'm not sure exactly why I find them so annoying. It could be that we're from the same community. One of them went to my husband's alma mater, and my husband's cousins went to church where their dad was a pastor. I've been to the church too, and saw their dad preach and sing there (quite moving, I might add) long before they became famous.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions In the News Fitness Women's Issues Men's Issues Real Life
Tags: emotions support World Diabetes Day
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People with diabetes, and those touched by diabetes, follow their journey with the disease through a myriad of winding emotional paths. Depression is very common for those newly diagnosed, sadness can rear its head at different stages in the game, and a little humor and humility can even find the door to expose itself from time to time. The keys for controlling those doors are littered all over the place and on W
rld Diabetes Day today, you can follow this map of internet hotspots. Expose diabetes for all that it is, good and bad, and then share it with others. Find an emotion and embrace it!
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: quitting smoking support
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Today (March 24th) is American Diabetes Alert Day. This is the 21st year for this event, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), though I don't recall prior years. They did get a mention in Dear Abby, which I'm sure is the ultimate PR notice for this type of event.
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Categories: Type 2 In the News
Tags: Causes High Fructose Corn Syrup Type 2
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An interesting study came out recently. You can read about it here on dLife. In a nutshell, it says that sodas containing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) have high levels of a reactive compound that has been shown by others to have the potential to cause damage that may lead to diabetes. A very interesting aside is that one of the active compounds in green tea, EGCG, reduces those compounds substantially.
This really piqued my interest because I began to question HFCS a year or more ago due to some reading I'd done. Much like trans-fats, this stuff looks ok because it's based on real foods. It sounds innocuous - after all fructose is the sugar in fruit, right? And corn/maize is the original all-American food. BUT, and it's a big but, it is chemically altered. It's not like you can buy a bushel of corn on the cob and cook some HFCS up in your kitchen. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management CGM
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Many eons ago when I really started the push to get a DexCom, my rep asked me how often I test every day. I didn't have a hard-and-fast number to give him.
"Um... between four and 10," I said.
"That's quite a range," he joked.
Since then, I've become obsessive about checking my sugar, which is a state I haven't been through in a long time. Part of the reason is because I really love to eat. So instead of waiting for two-hours after a meal to eat, sometimes lunch carries on throughout the afternoon. Which makes me think that I don't need to test.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions In the News Fitness Women's Issues Men's Issues Real Life
Tags: advocacy World Diabetes Day
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Last Friday, November 14th, marked World Diabetes Day, and the Blogabetes bloggers marked the day in style. I wanted to make sure you didn't miss their musings, so here's a quick recap!
Scott Marvel wrote a great list of ways to celebrate and get involved with World Diabetes Day - check out his suggestions here!
Lindsey Guerin gave us some insight on how she sprinkled diabetes education into her day.
Michelle Kowalski wrote a poignant post about how emotional this World Diabetes Day was for her.
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Categories: Type 2 Emotions Fitness
Tags: (none)
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I'm having a good week for the walking goal. I have walked 5 out of 7 days. The 2 days I skipped were over the weekend and I think I was active enough with errands, chores and my kids. I have my employer to thank for the motivation.
I have signed up for a program offered through my company to improve my health. While a lot of it is just reading; not much of it new information, they offer coaching sessions as well. The first interview was not inspiring at all; I seemed to know more about Type 2 diabetes and my thyroid condition than the interviewer did. But she did set me up for a consultation with a dietician. The dietician is the one who is holding me accountable for my exercise. She will be calling me once a week for a while to keep me on track. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Food Real Life
Tags: candy canes eggnog sugar free
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I modified a recipe from the Hungry Girl website for a low sugar eggnog and found it very acceptable. It has nearly the same taste and mouth feel as the lite eggnog I've been drinking. It may be a bit late for this year's holiday season, but there's still New Year's.
The original recipe is here. My version is below.
6 C 1% milk 1 Tbsp vanilla extract 1 small (4-serving) package Jell-O Sugar Free Fat Free Instant Pudding mix, Vanilla 6 no-calorie sweetener packets (like Splenda) 1 tsp Mace (or nutmeg) (optional) 6 oz dark rum or 1 tsp rum extract (READ MORE)
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