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In my last post, I gave some of my initial observations of the Android operating system, and how it relates to my cellphone smartphone as a personal-safety device. Now it's time to look at the potential of this device in the hands of some talented developers, and what it might be able to do for diabetes management.

 

I'm first beginning to wade through the Android/diabetes waters as I write this, so there's a good possibility that some of my wishlist items have already been created. (If you find them, please comment back!) To-date, I've found one comment thread in the "dLife Garage" forum and whatever a simple Google search is throwing at me.

 

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Did they notice? Was it obvious that something was... off? Did they wonder why I got so quiet? That I was saying stupid things?

 

I had tested at 110 mg/dL shortly before lunch. A and I drove to Wendy's to pick something up. I may have felt it before we walked into the cafeteria at work, but I can't really remember.

 

I felt it as I started eating. We were sitting with J, whose 7-year-old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 just over a year ago. It was mild, though, and I fooled myself into thinking it would go away.

 

Complex carbs. I had no fast sugar. It kept me from saying anything, from getting up to look for sugar, from asking for help. I knew J would understand the urgency. But it didn't feel urgent. It felt... foggy.

 

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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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After three and a half years blogging here at dLife about my diabetes, my other health issues, and my daily life, sometimes I just can't seem to find words to post. What more can I say about this disease really?

 

I can post about all the lows that I've had this week now that I've increased the amount of yoga I'm doing. My average has dropped to 144 for the week when I was in the 180s. I can talk about how that's aggravating because it's thwarting my efforts to lose weight with all the added calories. I can talk about how my mother still gets scared, even from four hours away and 18+ years with diabetes, when she knows I'm having a low.

 

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When I was asked to make my benefits selections for my current job, one of my options was whether or not to select an optical plan. After looking over what I would be paying on a weekly basis, and what I would be receiving, it was obvious that I would be a fool not to sign up, and that I would do much better to select the more expensive plan (it covers antireflective eyeglass coating). After some issues with finding an available slot in my schedule, I went to my local Lenscrafters for a much-overdue eye exam.

 

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