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Today (March 24th) is American Diabetes Alert Day. This is the 21st year for this event, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), though I don't recall prior years. They did get a mention in Dear Abby, which I'm sure is the ultimate PR notice for this type of event.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Real Life
Tags: cure genetic risk immune system insulin insulin resistance nutrition Oral Meds prevention triggers
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It's so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that just because I don't have to take a pill to control my Type 2 diabetes, I'm "cured". After all, that's what so many people in my condition were told, so many times, over the past half-century. Some are still told that today. And given that most of the time, my blood glucose levels stay between 85 and 120, with the occasional high postprandial excursion (which occasionally -- like, when I'm low and having dinner at a restaurant -- will lead to a high fasting reading the next morning), there's nothing to alarm the unsuspecting practitioner that back in 2002, at fifty pounds heavier than I am today, the doctor's meter read 170 mg/dl after a ten-hour fast, with an HbA1c of 7.8. Or in lay terms, "I had diabeetus".
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Children In the News
Tags: diabetes in the news humor
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I like to stay on the pulse of diabetes-related news. I want to know the results of the latest clinical trials taking place and I'm interested in learning about the newest technologies. If oxygen or polyester or garden gnomes are now harmful to diabetics, I'd like to be the first to know.
I also have two other children without diabetes and I'd like to keep it that way. So, I seek guidance in the many diabetes headlines that are published each day. Let's take a peek at this week's breaking diabetes news headlines.
SPRINTS MAY BE BEST FOR DIABETES PREVENTION – Reuters
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food In the News
Tags: Prevention possibility?
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A new study in the JAMA indicates that omega-3 fatty acid supplements may keep at-risk kids from developing type 1 diabetes. The study found that kids who did eat fish, nuts or other sources of omega-3 fatty acids had a 55% less chance of developing diabetes. (I linked to the National Review of Medicine site because JAMA charges you a $15 fee to view their articles. Ouch.)
Sometimes I'm not sure what to think about these studies. Olivia was diagnosed when she was not quite three years old, so I suppose I could have given her Omega-3 supplements. I guess I'll have to figure out how to incorporate them into the two little girls' diets - I don't know that they'll eat fish and that's an expensive food to waste if they don't like it. Plus the whole mercury thing...honestly, some days I wonder if anything is safe to eat any more.
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Categories: Type 1 Relationships Emotions
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Diatribe recently ran an interview with the JDRF's new President and CEO Jeffrey Brewer. In the interview, as do most new Presidents, Mr. Brewer outlined his vision for the organization. It includes "moving away from the over reliance on the cure as the central part of our message and funding" and a new focus on improvements in day to day living for people with type 1 and seeking means of prevention for those at risk for type 1.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 In the News Real Life
Tags: Health Care Huckabee Obama Politics president
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The politically anticipated Iowa caucuses offer a strong foreshadow on who will take lead towards being the next United States president. The two current party front-runners in this race were decided tonight, giving Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee a head start. Without doubt- health care reform is a hot topic for presidential candidates. This is the look on what Barack Obama and, type-2 diabetic, Mike Huckabee promise in their health care platforms. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Food
Tags: food diary weight loss
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I'm always looking for easy, fairly fun ways to control my diet. I usually just keep a running track in my mind of what I've eaten in the past few days. Sometimes this helps me say no to the cookies or the extra servings of something yummy. Other times, it just makes me feel guilty that I can eat so poorly and not seem to care.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: diabetes awareness wish list
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Outsmarted
When I’m standing in the check-out line at the food store with ketone strips in my hand after a long night of high blood sugars, the very last thing I want to see amongst the Tic Tacs and tabloids, is a little magazine called Outsmart Diabetes.
Really now. Outsmart diabetes? If only I was just smarter. These last six-and-a-half years could have been so dramatically different. Reverse Diabetes with Food? Being that ninety percent of my son's diet has a negative effect on his blood sugar, reversing his disease with food is highly unlikely. When he eats a slice of watermelon, there's no reversing. Just fast-forwarding to ungodly highs. Yes, of course I know the magazine is referring to type 2 diabetes. Then why not say so? Outsmart Type 2 Diabetes. Would that be so difficult?
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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 In the News
Tags: advocacy diabetes awareness month november
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National Diabetes Awareness Month is here! Yep, it's November already. My birthday is right around the corner, along with Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving. November is a busy, busy month.
But most importantly, it is Diabetes Awareness Month. Fall Walks are happening every weekend. World Diabetes Day takes place. And people advocate our disease.
On Saturday, I'll be participating in the local JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes with several friends. We raised over $450 for the walk. It's my first walk so I'm very excited to see how it works and meet all the people there.
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