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Categories: Type 1 Children Food In the News Real Life
Tags: Cool gadgets and tools
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I get an email from Google every day. (And boy, do I love me some Google. I don't know how I survived before it - I had to actually look things up. In books! And card catalogs! Now, tap-tap-tap and lo, I have a bajillion links at my fingertips.) Sorry. I digress. Frequently.
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Categories: Type 1
Tags: aloneness Others shared experience
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I saw him from across the room. And edged closer.
Tall, white-haired, horn-rimmed glasses, a blue and white seersucker suit. Yes, seersucker. What can I say? It was a summer event on the water for the theater where I work - seersucker is always "in" amongst theater folks. But none of that caught my eye as much as the clear Medtronic Pump clipped to his grosgrain belt. I had to get closer. The pump, like a magnet, drew me.
"I noticed you're wearing an insulin pump," I said brightly, "I wear one too!" Popping my hip so that the outline of my pump showed a bit through the fabric of my dress.
"Oh, I'll just move out of the way - you guys are like a club." Said his wife "And don't forget to show her that other thing you have, Stan."
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Real Life
Tags: diabetes gadgets paraphernalia
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Diabetes has always entailed a lot of paraphernalia. Back in the day, meters were three times the size they are now. Bottles of strips weighed a ton. And syringes came with much longer needles. Plus there were juice boxes, snack packs, and rolls of candy. But even now, with all the advances in this modern day and age, diabetes comes with baggage (and I'm not talking the emotional kind).
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 In the News Real Life
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Although we have outfitted Charlie with the latest in diabetes gadgetry, outside the diabetes universe, I haven't exactly embraced technology. Instead, I've given technology a rather limp handshake.
In recent years, technology has sort of left me in the dust. I find it all a little overwhelming. My gadgets (television, DVD player, cell phone) tend to be at least three to five years behind the average consumer and I may have been the last human to join Facebook. I still have no clue what blue tooth means, but I plan to ask my dentist as soon as possible.
But today that changes. I have exciting news to share. I'm on the ground floor of something big. Way big! I've stumbled upon a thing called Twitter. I know, I know. It sounds like a game you'd find in Toys ‘R' Us.
Set the timer to 30 seconds.
Ready.
Set.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows
Tags: GHI I is not necessarily for Insulin Wishes
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I wish.
I wish my pancreas worked properly. But the fact that it doesn't is not the first thing that comes to mind every morning. When I awaken, I am grateful, not sorrowful. Grateful for a good life, surrounded by people I love.
I wish that I hadn't met so many wonderful people BECAUSE we have diabetes. But I am so happy to know each of them. And they all have brought me great joy. There is really only one thing I would trade knowing them for (that fully functioning pancreas). And I would imagine that there is only one thing they would trade knowing me for. There is no fault in that.
I wish I didn't HAVE to wear an insulin pump. But I can't think of anything that makes my life easier and more healthful. And it is one of the gadgets that I truly couldn't get along without. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Women's Issues Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management surgery
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The things I remember most about this morning's surgery: I seemed like a diabetes marvel with all my gadgets and I was a little shocked that the procedure was expected to take about an hour (thought it would be much shorter).
Seriously, I can't tell you how many times this morning I heard "Hey, come look at this!" after I had explained Dexcom to a medical professional. It was actually pretty cool to be able to explain Dex to a bunch of doctors and nurses.
The best part, though, was when the anesthesiologist came in and we were discussing my blood sugar and where it was (over 250 mg/dL) and where he wanted it (around 150 mg/dL). He told me his brother had just been diagnosed with diabetes and had just gotten a pump. He was pretty sure it was Minimed and was surprised that his brother had been diagnosed with type 1 as an adult. "I was 30," I told him.
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Categories: Real Life
Tags: fashion magazines Teenagers young adults
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I stare at the rack of magazines. The latest stars, the latest trends, the latest everything all stare back at me from glossy pages.
As a college student, I want to be in style. I want to have the latest fads and know the latest "body secrets." As a self proclaimed "fashionista", I want these magazines to tell me all that I need to dress with the world. As a diabetic, I just want a glossy paged magazine for diabetics!
A magazine that shows the latest gadgets, the latest research, the latest success stories. But I want all that to be catered towards me: the college student, the fashionista. I want hot trends in meters, new diet tips and expert advice on all my questions. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Real Life
Tags: Stomach Issues
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I had to pick Olivia up from school again today because her stomach was nauseous again. She's been on a course of Zantac for a couple of weeks now and it seemed to work for a while. This is the first time she's felt this bad. She told me last night that her stomach was a little sore, but not queasy.
So, I'm off to the store to get more Zantac (and pump batteries, which seem to have disappeared - I'm blaming my husband and all of his electronic gadgets) and I'm logging (I know!!!) all of her food. I haven't logged actual food in a while - just carbs. Thank goodness I have a good spreadsheet for all this. I'm just going to leave it open on the computer all day. Hopefully that will prompt me to get the stuff in there on a daily basis rather than slacking and then playing catch up. She's never going to remember what she ate yesterday and I certainly don't expect her to.
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Categories: Type 1 Emotions Real Life
Tags: fight for a cure fundraising JDRF Promise Ball
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The JDRF Promise Ball is coming up in just a matter of two weeks! I can't believe it's already here. I don't feel prepared at all. Sure, I've been fundraising for months and getting all that in order. But the rest of me isn't prepared to take a night to remember diabetes for the past year of my life.
Last year's Promise Ball was absolutely amazing. I took three of my friends with me; we got to dress up, valet park my car and eat a fancy dinner. As amazing as it was, it still brings me to tears today (almost one year later). Because the most amazing part was seeing how much was raised in one single night to find a cure for diabetes.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Real Life
Tags: holidays Thanksgiving
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In early 2008, I took a look at Passover through the lens of diabetes. One of the traditions I discussed was Dayenu, a song we sing after the recitation of the Ten Plagues visited upon the Egyptians. The word "dayenu" is sometimes translated as "it would have been enough/sufficient". The Haggadah with which I grew up -- a highly-abridged, poorly-translated version, to be sure -- chose instead to title the English version, "We Are Grateful".
The list I drew up included things to be thankful for in terms of being able to live with diabetes (rather than die from it), including:
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