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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Complications Emotions Real Life
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I am struggling with a horrendous headache this evening. It's the kind that I haven't had in awhile that requires a lot of ibuprofen, a warm towel, and water. I think it's a tension headache because it cropped up after a long day at work staring at the computer screen. I felt my eyes struggling all day with the office lighting and the screen.
On the same note as tension headaches, I had a dentist appointment last week at a new dentist here in the new town. I'm typically good about getting a cleaning and exam every six months, but due to the move and a cancellation at the doctor, I was a little overdue.
Everything checked out okay though. No cavities. No gum disease. Unfortunately, there was a long discussion on tension headaches, teeth clenching, and the effects it has on my mouth. As the technician recorded my teeth and the status of my gums, she explained that I had several spots of gum recession.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Complications Real Life
Tags: dentist visit gum disease
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There are certain things in our lives that we do because we know they need to be done. No matter how physically or emotionally painful, we have to do them.
Like going to the dentist. Which is especially important for those of us with diabetes because diabetes can make a person twice as likely to develop gum disease, which can make blood sugar management more challenging, which makes the gum disease worse, which can lead to kidney failure and heart disease, etc., etc.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Complications
Tags: gum disease periodontal disease teeth
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The more I learn about this disease of diabetes, the more amazed I am how it affects every single bit of our bodies.
It makes sense since excess sugar is in our blood which travels to every inch of our bodies. Blood carries nutrients in and wastes out of every system we have.
My dentist had told me that gum disease was very common in persons with diabetes, but I didn't realize how symbiotic the relationship was. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Children Food Emotions Real Life
Tags: candy Cookies halloween candy trick or treat
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There's something to be said about Hallowe'en candy, and that is, that of it which I remember was largely crap.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Real Life
Tags: surgery wisdom teeth
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I went in for my six-month dentist cleaning and checkup today. It went as smoothly as it usually does. No cavities. No gum problems. Nothing except for this one huge thing: wisdom teeth.
Last year, my dentist and an oral surgeon confirmed that my wisdom teeth were coming in and needed to be removed or my current smile would be scrunched together in a painful fashion. Not to mention the risk of infection and increased gum disease. But I kept putting it off. I told myself that I'd do it over Christmas break. Yet Christmas break came and I hadn't made any appointment.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: diabetes myths tudiabetes
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To the boy running away:
I hope your mom packed you a liverwurst sandwich.
I hope you get eaten by a Piranha Plant when you next play Super Mario Bros.
I hope the class finds out about Mr. Hoppy, the pee-stained stuffed rabbit doll you’ve been sleeping with since you were 2. I’m sure the girl you like would be very interested in knowing all about Mr. Hoppy. What’s her name again? Emma?
I hope a televised presidential address cuts right into a crucial moment in your favorite TV show.
I hope you wake up with incurable bedhead.
I hope you have an unstoppable case of the giggles during Sunday mass.
I hope you step in gum.
I hope it’s fresh gum that had just been spat out.
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I really do.
I smoke cigarettes. It's been about a year since I started up again, after quitting for almost three years. I'm rather ashamed of myself. For the most part, I take good care of my body. I test, I dose, I watch what I eat, I exercise.
It is outright ridiculous that I'd make the choice to smoke. But it's a choice I've made, that's developed into a hard habit to break.
The first time I quit, I was not a full-time smoker. I had maybe four or five a day, and sometimes I didn't even smoke the full cigarette, disposing of half-butts with regularity. Since restarting, I'm finding myself smoking close to a pack a day. Frustrating, how it has crept up little by little and made me feel weak and rather stupid.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows
Tags: humor
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Charlie Bucket, that is. From Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
(Wonka plays the musical combination, opening the door to the Chocolate Room. The group rushes in excitedly.)
GRANDPA JOE: (On phone to Mrs. Bucket) OK, so we’re here. He was 57 when we were waiting outside so I gave him two Squelchy Snorters. He wants to have a handful of whipped cream from a giant mushroom, about a dozen jelly beans from a jelly bean tree and he wants to drink chocolate from a chocolate river. How many carbs do you think?
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Categories: Type 2 Food In the News
Tags: fructose hfcs High Fructose Corn Syrup
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I'm interested in the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) debate, which has been in the news again. I believe it probably is a factor in the "epidemic" of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
I thought the Corn Refiners Association's ads this fall (here & here were a touch defensive. Can you say "the lady doth protest too much"?
What I missed until now was the hilarious YouTube backlash at these ads. Watch this, or this or search for HFCS and peruse dozens of videos.
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Categories: Type 2 Food Fitness Women's Issues
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Views: 1992
Sometimes, I have a hard time doing two things at once. Sure, I can walk and chew gum at the same time, or do dishes while talking on the phone, or even pat my head and rub my stomach simultaneously. But when it comes to dieting, I have a hard time doing it all.
Basically, I can diet to keep my blood sugar healthy or I can diet to lose weight. But it seems I cannot both lose weight and control my blood sugar on the same diet. It seems really unfair.
When I was first diagnosed, I was told to lose weight and to monitor my blood sugar, making sure I kept it below 140 at the two-hour mark. At the time, I wasn't really given a frame of reference to put it into context for me. I did some research and all I knew was that high blood sugars lead to complications. I didn't know how high was high enough for complications. I didn't know that some people routine have blood sugar in the 300s or higher. I only knew that anything over 140 was bad. (READ MORE)
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