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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Complications Real Life
Tags: Eyes sun sunglasses
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While we were in the process of moving from the Midwest to the desert, my mom kept saying, "The sun is different here."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever," I thought. How could it really be that different from Missouri to Phoenix? From Canada to the equator I understand, but straight west and slightly south?
She wasn't kidding. Even when it's cool -- or cold (yes, it does happen!) -- outside, the inside of my car bakes. The brightness is insane even when it's overcast. My skin has gotten pink as if it were slightly sunburned while I had clothes over that portion of my skin.
For a long time I've had trouble seeing in the dark. Trying to see street signs at night is difficult, movies that are visually dark are a challenge for me to watch, even with my prescription glasses on I prefer to be close to things I'm reading or watching.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Real Life
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I've made some bad judgment calls in my past.
There was the time I jumped off the roof of my house in 1983.
The time I used sunblock to burn mine and my girlfriend's initials onto my skin inside a giant heart across my back in 1984. Hello, skin cancer!
And who can forget the 6-foot-long gigantic snow penis on the front lawn of our suburban home in the winter of 1985.
And now this. The worst idea ever.
Bunk beds.
Getting up every night at ungodly hours to test Charlie's blood sugar hasn't been difficult enough for the past seven plus years. Just to make things a little more challenging, we've made the brilliant decision to get bunk beds for the boys. And yes, as the older brother, Charlie is on the top bunk.
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Categories: Type 1 Children In the News
Tags: diabetes news humor
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The following are actual headlines published recently:
DID STEROIDS CAUSE DIABETES? – Philly.com
You heard the man, Charlie! Did it? Put down the 50-pound dumb bells and answer the question!
CARBON MONOXIDE MAY HELP WITH DIABETES – St. Louis Post
There's just one small problem.
SUN CUTS RISK OF DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE – Coventry Telegraph
You want to end up like your brother? No? Then get back outside and don't let me see you back in here until your back is the color of the stop sign.
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Categories: Fitness
Tags: diabetes diet exercise fantasy taubes
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If life is in fact a series of actions and consequences (and good Lord, I hope it isn't), then the fact that I eventually developed type 2 diabetes (known affectionately around the Rummel-Hudson compound as "the Beedies") is about as mysterious as why it gradually gets lighter outside at roughly the same time each morning. ("Did someone install stadium lights out there? Lets investigate. Oh, look, the sun...")
In college, I lived a life of excess. Despite the fact that I also drank way more than I should have, the main culprit was food. Glorious, wonderful food. I live in Texas, so take those food items and deep fry them. (To this day, the idea of chicken fried steak repulses my northern friends, and yet just now, when I typed those three lovely words, I got a little slobbery.) I drank too much soda, I ate too much crap, and if something green ever went past my lips, it was probably an M&M. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
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There's a spot I found in May that is perfect for photos. I took some of the most amazing photos I've ever taken at this spot. And I've been trying to recreate them all weekend.
This weekend I had four photo shoots -- one with each of my brothers, one from a charity auction, and one from a friend. Three of these four are at this same location. And one next weekend at this location.
The first time I shot there was spring. It was late afternoon/early evening and the sun was in the perfect spot. I took several images that I absolutely love and that I keep coming back to for inspiration. So naturally I attempted to put kids in the same place to get the same look for everyone I shot.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Highs & Lows Real Life
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INT. BATHROOM - 6:45 PM
Carey is giving Maeve a bubble bath. He pretends to be a French hair stylist, snipping Maeve's hair with finger scissors and working her hair into a soapy lather.
CAREY
Voila! Very beautiful, I think. Do you like, mademoiselle?
Maeve giggles and nods
DOWNSTAIRS - LIVING ROOM
Susanne speaks on phone. Her tone is serious and with concern.
SUSANNE
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management CGMS
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It's been a long time since I wore my Dexcom. I can't even remember how long it's been. And frankly I've rather enjoyed not having that extra "thing" to look at and be conscious of. Sure, there are times when I realize it would have been useful, but overall I'm OK with not having it.
Yet today, I really wished I'd had it. It's very easy for me to get overheated here in the desert. Doesn't matter what season it is (but naturally summer is worse), the sun really gets to me. A few springs ago I was taking pictures of the kids in our backyard. I wore a sun visor at least; I don't think I was wearing a hat. I was exerting little energy and still got so overheated that I thought I was going to faint. It took a long time under a ceiling fan before I felt like I could get up.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps
Tags: lows and highs running out of insulin
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Diabetes is a crazy disease. It's constantly surprising me and keeping me on my toes. I guess I enjoy the surprises so that I don't get stuck in the monotonous drone of diabetes life, but at the same time, some predictability would be nice.
I took too long to study for an exam this morning, which put me rushing to get to my first class on time. I left the house only two minutes late. I checked off the mental list in my head. A/C turned up. Check. Cat fed. Check. Meter. Check. Money. Check. And so on.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: DOC humor rhymes type 1 Type 2
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Sometimes, the weirdest things can set us off. Earlier today, Sara tweeted that she'd written a letter in rhyme, saying she was "#outofcontrol". I asked whether it was Alexandrine, Limerick, iambic pentameter, or something else, and that set my mind to composing "random diabetes limericks"...
Starting with...
A woman who had diabetes
Says her doc told her, "Never eat Wheaties.
The starches and fructose
Will spike up your glucose
And violate national treaties."
After coming up with the starting couplet of
A man who had lived with Type 1
For more years than the Earth saw the sun
it took me a while to finish it with
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Highs & Lows Complications In the News Real Life
Tags: flu flu shot h1n1
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Despite the fact that temperatures here in the Valley of the Sun (or as my brother likes to call it The Actual Sun) continue to hover around 100 degrees, it's technically fall, which means that flu season is upon us.
I don't think I ever got a flu shot prior to getting diabetes. I was healthy for the most part and likely didn't understand what the flu really is. And even four years into the disease, last fall was the first time I got the shot since being diagnosed.
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