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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
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"pink fingernails; blood under fingernails"
As early as 400 BCE, Hippocrates taught that the nails reflect the condition of the inner body. It is true that abnormalities of the nails can often provide early clues to common medical problems or severe systemic diseases.
Red or deep pink: Can indicate a tendency to poor peripheral circulation.
Half white/half pink: May indicate fungal infection or, more seriously, kidney disease.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Real Life
Tags: free foods Jell-O
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I once blogged about how wonderful the world would be if only Charlie would eat Jell-O - one of the few "free" snack foods we have to work with. Back then, he would take pleasure in poking it, squashing it with a spoon or dropping it in his brother's diaper, but nothing more. He refused to eat it. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Highs & Lows Complications Women's Issues
Tags: clothing issues cold complications Diabetes and weather
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The weather outside has been relatively mild the past couple of weeks -- but you'd hardly know it from looking at me. I've been fairly consistently wearing base layers underneath my short-sleeved workshirts, multiple layers of polar fleece indoors, consuming more commercially-made soup than is good for me, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and still feeling chilled and unable to warm up.
Lest you think it's all in my head, my hands have been turning blackish from my fingernails to my knuckles -- and my toes, likewise. It's not the first autumn that I've had to deal with these issues, but it seems ridiculous that I should have to wear base layers designed to be worn for outdoor winter sports (these garments actually come with warnings to not wear them in conditions over 55 degrees Fahrenheit!) indoors just to keep from constantly shivering, yawning, and doing everything else that suggests I'm running borderline hypothermic.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Real Life
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Long day.
Long day after a long night after a long day after a long night. Tired. Very tired.
Not in mood tonight to negotiate with Charlie when he throws a minor tantrum because it's shower time.
Angry dad voice comes out. I hate my angry dad voice. I hate using it on any of my kids, but I'm especially regretful after the fact with Charlie.
Charlie whips his head back on to the couch and then lays face down on the floor. I've asked him five times now to come up with me for a shower.
"Charlie! Get. Upstairs. Now!"
He crawls upstairs slowly on hands and knees like a weak desert wanderer searching for water. "Can't," he moans. "I'm so tired."
I'm certain he'd be up the stairs like a leopard if said let's play a video game.
"Charlie! Now!"
The voice in my head tells me he can't be low, you just tested him. Don't fall for it. He's just being a 5 year old not getting his way. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Complications
Tags: hair loss hypothyroidism thyroid
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It seems to me that nearly every female in the diabetes online community has thyroid issues also. I got curious about this and did some reading. Nearly a third of Type 1 patients have thyroid disorders, usually an underactive thyroid. It does indeed affect more women than men. This is because if you have one auto-immune disease, like Type 1, you are at higher risk for another. As if people with diabetes need another challenge. The linked article also cites a higher than normal incidence of thyroid disease in Type 2 diabetics, but no statistics are given. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: needle biopsy thyroid thyroid nodule
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Yesterday I was a tad run down and equally cranky. This morning, while I did get up and walk, I felt heavy and tired and run down. Wasn't sure I was going to make it until 2 p.m. for the repeat needle biopsy on my thyroid nodule.
9:30 a.m. I was getting settled at my desk and had already started counting the hours. My legs were restless and I think I looked at the clock about every 30 seconds.
Acutely aware of my nerves, I tried to take lots of deep breaths, tried to focus, tried to pray, tried to calm down. And then I think I gave in: there just was not going to be a calm Michelle until after the biopsy.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Complications Emotions Fitness Women's Issues Real Life
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After some negotiating on Wednesday, I got a fairly decent deal at the gym with little down and a reasonable monthly payment. By Wednesday afternoon, I was sitting in the middle of the gym classroom on my yoga mat attempting to get myself back. I worked through the poses, sought mental clarity, and quickly realized that I am entirely too much out of shape.
I didn't feel any lighter coming out of the gym. I didn't feel anywhere close to myself either. But I was ecstatic that I now have access to yoga, pilates, and all sorts of gym equipment. Even if it does come at a price.
Over the past month, I've really been struggling emotionally. I just couldn't find a content or happy place. If I wasn't moody and sullen, I was empty. Only one day brought me joy in a way that I miss. The kind of day where you get home singing to the cat and in the mood to be productive. Only one day out of a month!
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