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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
Tags: alerts insulin pump IPod music
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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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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Relationships Real Life
Tags: empathy sympatico
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I'll tell you another secret. I kinda LIKE the Jonas Brothers. Laugh all you want since I am quite a couple decades away from their usual tween-aged fan base. Disney signed them though, and from Annette Funnicello until Miley Cyrus and beyond, Disney has a proven eye for musical talent. (Maybe not class, but definitely talent).
Nick is, at 15, the youngest brother of the singing group (they do have another even younger brother named Frankie - think Andy Gibb snubbed from the BeeGees for his youth). As everyone with any connection to diabetes knows, Nick has had type 1 for almost 3 years.
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Categories: Type 2 Emotions Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management food choices stress
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Remember that silly/sarcastic quote that people were spouting off some time ago? The one about stress? Stress: The confusion created when one's mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the living daylights out of some jerk who desperately deserves it. I like it better when there are some choice words replaced, but this is a family place!
Stress comes in many forms, though, not just from anger and frustration, as the quote above demonstrates. Stress comes from having too much to do and not enough time to do it in; from lack of sleep; from poor blood sugar management; and a myriad other situations. All of which can wreak havoc on every part of your diabetes management. (READ MORE)
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This is a bit of a rant. I get on this horse periodically, ride it around, waving my flags and guns, foaming at the mouth a bit, going slightly nutty. You'll get used to it. Or ignore it.
What is the deal with lumping both types of diabetes together? Seriously. If I have to read one more freakin' article about how high fructose corn syrup causes diabetes or get one more stupid email from some clueless acquaintance, telling me that if I just put my kid on the Atkins diet, she'll be cured, I'm going to go to the top of the water tower and start picking people off. OK, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but holy cow, does it make my blood boil.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Complications Real Life
Tags: confusion Diabetes hypoglycemia low blood sugar symptoms
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“I’m back!”
I sat up totally confused. I looked at the clock and saw that it was the time when I typically get out of the shower.
In the morning my wife takes our son to school while I get in the shower and get ready for work. I have an alarm that wakes me up but most of time I wait to hear, “We’re leaving” from her then I get up.
Today, I didn’t.
I jumped up in a panic, disconnected my pump, and turned on the shower. As I waited for the hot water to arrive I sat down on the toilet. I could no catch my breath. I was taking deep breaths trying to slow my heart rate but I couldn’t. The bathroom started to steam up as I sat there trying to find the energy to get into the shower.
Was I having an anxiety attack? Is something wrong? Should I just call in sick today and go back to bed? The room was spinning and I could not catch my breath.
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Categories: Type 2 In the News
Tags: diabetes confusion Halle Berry
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I was HORRIFIED earlier this month when I read Halle Berry announced she was cured of type 1 diabetes because she had "weened [sic] herself off insulin." As most readers of dLife would know, that just ain't possible (yet).
But I found this interview from December 2005 that may clear things up. She may not remember her medical history, but in this story she clearly identifies it as type 2 diabetes. And even says she was a little overweight as a teen, as though that explains it. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Emotions Real Life
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Views: 1077
Yesterday, on Nicole's post Wha? I'm a Wha? one of her commenters said she thought type 1 should be thought of as a lifestyle rather than a disease. I couldn't disagree more.
If it's called a lifestyle, people will think you brought it upon yourself. People will think that you're eating well and counting carbs and exercising because this is a lifestyle choice that you've made.
There is enough confusion about type 1 and just about diabetes in general that I think calling it a lifestyle does a great disservice to people who are struggling with this disease. And it is a disease, regardless of type.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Relationships Emotions Real Life
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I’ve had a really hard time with my writing/not writing lately. In December I blogged only once, and so far this month I’ve blogged twice.
This is kind of weird for me because I’m so used to writing so often. It hurts, actually, that I haven’t been doing more of it. It’s not for lack of trying, though. I’ve written countless Post-It notes to myself with blog topics and have every intention of writing when I get home and then I don’t.
And it’s not like I’m forgetting to do it, I just don’t do it. Or I decide that I’d rather do something else. I think about the Post-It note stuck to my calendar and about all the things I would say in the blog and how wonderfully eloquent I would be. And then I just don’t do it.
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Food Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: diabetes care eating out friends genetics high blood pressure low blood sugar lows post-meal
Views: 613
Every morning, I weigh myself, check my blood pressure, and test my blood glucose. The latter two measurements are checked on various occasions throughout the day -- moreso the glucose than the pressure, even though my only prescription medications are for my blood pressure rather than my blood glucose. There is a range for each that I consider "safe". When the ambient temperature drops, Raynaud's kicks in, and with it, the risk of hypothermia. Unfortunately, three of those parameters -- blood pressure, blood glucose, and body temperature -- have a common symptom when they drop below the safety zone. That symptom is shakiness.
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Categories: Type 1 Highs & Lows Relationships Complications
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Views: 554
It's hard to be sad when you have diabetes. It really does complicate the hell out of heartache.
There are so many things in my life that are beautiful, gorgeous, and easy. That keep me smiling and feeling good. Lately though, there's been one area of struggle. I won't go into the details, but let's just say anyone who's experienced real love and then real confusion around that real love could relate.
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