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Hey there! Some notable messages from the email bag this past week.
Carey
I would like to support you and your family in this campaign to find a cure for children's diabetes, most specifically for your Charlie. Your daily routine with Charlie is overwhelming to read and enough to bring a tear to ones eye as I'm sure you have shed many. I realize now how much I take for granted every day and realize, although troubling, the temper tantrums from Ricky because we won't give him anymore apple juice is nothing to get upset about. I won't be able to attend your walk but I can support your efforts. Good Luck with your walk and we'll be thinking of you.
Dave
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In a letter obtained by Blogabetes, Ira Selik, retired professor of anthropology at the University of Buffalo and current ShopRite supermarket deli clerk, said that in his 13 years of slicing meats and cheese for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, she has "always demonstrated proper judgment in making low-carb choices."

 

"Sonia usually goes with Black Forest ham, thinly sliced; a half-pound of Jarlsberg cheese and a quarter-pound of honey maple turkey … all good options for a person with diabetes," Professor Selik went on to say.

 

"I have no reason to believe that she won't have a long and successful tenure as a Supreme Court justice."

 

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Over the past month, it seems like I've had a lot of "intuitive" feedback. No, I'm not talking about my own psychic revelations. I'm talking about diabetics citing intuition and their body's signals as their diabetes beacon. It seems readers across the web are using their body's feedback as their guiding light to treat blood sugars. And I have to say...I'm not all that pleased.

 

I can definitely understand where they are coming from in these statements, but I also have to say that I don't think it's a wise choice. At least not for me. For me, it could be a life or death situation.

 

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Back in February 2008, I started blogging for dLife. I'd written my own blogs before, but only on things like Xanga or Blogger or Facebook. It was never something that I could tally hundreds of people reading. And it certainly wasn't something visited by the very specialists themselves (by specialists, I mean each and every diabetic reading these posts).

 

When I first started, I thought I'd do fine. After all, I was a natural born writer. I loved to write. And diabetes seemed like an easy topic. But over the first months, I realized how hard it can be to put my diabetes life out there.

 

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SLED DOGS MAY HOLD KEY TO DIABETES – USA Today

(But until scientists can teach them to speak to humans, the key to diabetes remains a mystery)

 

BIRD STUDY AIDS DIABETES – Telegram Gazette

(What the flock?)

 

WHIP YOUR DIABETES INTO SHAPE – Readers Digest Canada

 

(Summer is right around the corner and your diabetes wants to look hot in its two-piece bikini!)

 

 

DIABETES, YOGA, DIET AND HALLE BERRY – WebWire

 

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One of our readers, Teresa, has some questions for the Blogabetes readers about diabetic retinopathy. Has anyone had retinopathy surgery and can share their experiences with Teresa?
"I have a question that I was unable to find an answer for, and couldn't figure out how to post a new blog. I have type 1 diabetes and have had it for over 30 years. I have retinopathy and have had many surgeries. I now have cataracts as a secondary problem of the surgeries and my doc wants to remove them, I have done some fairly extensive research on the two (retinopathy and cataracts) and have found that most articles agree that cataract surgery speeds up the process of retinopathy. Has anyone here had this surgery as a person also with retinopathy?
Does anyone know more about the complications?
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When I posted this, I didn't expect much reaction. I was being honest about this disease as I'm called to do as a diabetes blogger. I was being honest with myself about living with a chronic illness for eighteen plus years and another chronic illness for five years.

 

Throughout the past three years of blogging here at dLife, I've faced a few reactions to some of my posts. One reader even going so far as to call the university that I attended to tell them of my "out of control" diabetes because I'd had a low blood sugar in the 30s. The honesty in my blogs can leave people with strong reactions.

 

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Health issues can be especially lonely at times. Your body is racked with pain, your head is spinning from a low, or you're just worn out from a night of blood sugar issues. Chronic issues don't exactly create a great place of friendship and community. Yet it's so vital for us chronic care patients to bond together.

 

We are all struggling and trying to survive with whatever ailments we are going through. We are all feeling lonely, depressed, and frustrated. We need places to turn to lay our heads down, to say "I can't do this anymore!" and to just be heard. Truly heard.

 

At four years old, I couldn't grasp diabetes or community or how important it all might be for the rest of my life. I really don't remember what I grasped back then, except I've been told that I was just angry. And I couldn't understand why the doctors couldn't fix me. They were doctors! They were supposed to make you better!

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I'm not much of a talk radio person, but The Mr. and my dad are. And one of the main reasons I know about this guy is because of The Mr. and my dad.

 

There's a radio talk show host in St. Louis with the pseudonym Frank O. Pinion. At some point in his career he stopped earning a salary from the radio station from which he broadcasts. His earnings come completely from endorsements/advertisements that he reads on his show.

 

So my blunt question to you is this: Does this make him any less of a radio show host? Is Frank's credibility as a talk show host diminished in any way?

 

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Nobody likes a know-it-all. I've worked really hard for a number of years to keep myself from saying, "Actually, this is how it is...." in just about every situation. I've worked hard to decide when I should make an issue out of what I think is right.

 

I think I'm doing pretty good with not forcing people to know that I know everything. Even when it comes to diabetes. I've written here before about avoiding conversations about diabetes and not getting into too much detail about certain diabetes-related issues. It depends on the person and the conversation and so many other factors.

 

But tonight while I was proofing a story for work, I went back and forth about whether to make the distinction between type 1 and type 2 diabetes for an audience that the majority of whom likely have no idea that there even is a difference.

 

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