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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: breakthroughs friends tools
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I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes twenty-five years ago. Twenty-five years is a long time to live with something. It is an especially long time to live with something that requires tight control. Twenty-five years is enough time to have seen lots of bad days, lots of good days, and lots and lots of in betweens. And it is enough time for me to have had the good fortune of seeing vast improvements in access to information and treatment, developments and improvements in technology and even some improvements in (GASP!) what health insurers are willing to cover. (READ MORE)
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Categories: In the News Real Life
Tags: gadgets glucophone tech tools
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Have you seen this - the Glucophone? It's a cell phone and glucometer all in one. Holy digital dynamite, Batman!
The website says "A text message of the results can be transmitted to anyone the patient authorizes enabling real-time remote monitoring. The GlucoPhone helps minimize the daily hassles associated with the treatment of the disease...."
They seem to be thinking about your doctor or your CDE getting the blood test results, which might be good sometimes. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food In the News Real Life
Tags: Cool gadgets and tools
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I get an email from Google every day. (And boy, do I love me some Google. I don't know how I survived before it - I had to actually look things up. In books! And card catalogs! Now, tap-tap-tap and lo, I have a bajillion links at my fingertips.) Sorry. I digress. Frequently.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children
Tags: diabetes humor site changes
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Here's a wonderful rainy-day project that's perfect for children and adults of all ages.
In our household, we love to gather around a child with diabetes and create these charming découpage infusion set sites - providing a unique and modern twist to traditional drab medical adhesives.
With Father's Day fast approaching, I've selected these fabulous clip art images of famous fathers to glue onto your child's body – Father Guido Sarducci, Father Time, Puff Daddy and Papa John. I just love the way the Papa John's pizza with all the toppings came out. Yum! What child wouldn't want to wear one of these magnificent infusion sites in the likeness of these wonderful fathers on their bottom?
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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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I'm on the Parents List on the Children With Diabetes website. It's been a wealth of information and support over the years and anyone with a newly diagnosed child should definitely check them out.
One of the women on the list posted a link to a story that ran in the UK recently, about a new Bluetooth device that attached to a blood glucose meter.
Isn't that cool? I'd LOVE to have one of those. I don't know if they're available over here or not (not that I could afford something like that right now anyway), but I'm going to check into it, just because I'm nosy. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Fitness Real Life
Tags: calorie counting fitness ball working out
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Since gaining twenty extra pounds in 2006 (due to my insane hormones and PCOS diagnosis), I've had ups and downs in trying to get back to my high school weight and back in my favorite pair of jeans. I let the pounds pile on for awhile before deciding to do much about it. And when I started to care, it seemed more trouble than it was worth.
In the spring of 2007, I tried jogging on a regular basis. I didn't lose any weight. Over that next year, I tried eating a little better and going to the gym with a friend. Still nothing.
In the summer of 2008, I had a breakthrough (with the help of the bio-identical hormones getting my body slowly back in order). I spent two to three days a week at the gym and lost about six pounds. I never got into a smaller size, but I loved feeling like my body could handle the basics of living.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management technology
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Moments after shaking my finger at my dad for buying No. 1 a pair of Heelys, he said, "And I bought something for you, too." Insert foot into mouth. (And if I hear one more time "They are not dangerous" I think I'll blow.)
"Really? Me? Wow!" I said without even knowing what it was.
Dad started to pull something out of his pocket as I came around the couch to be closer to him. It was an iPhone and I lit up!
He explained how he and Mom were upgrading and that I was getting an old one (I think!), but I couldn't have it now because the SIM card wouldn't go in.
We chatted a bit about cell phones and my new (local!) cell number and what to do with my old phone, etc.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Emotions In the News Fitness Real Life
Tags: bicycling exercise loss team type 1 Tour de Cure Training
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While the title of this post is a play on the French "Poisson d'Avril" ("April Fools" is called "April Fish"), there's nothing funny about it.
We've heard about folk stealing one or more of Lance Armstrong's bikes, but a whole team's bicycles -- and not just that, but also their spares, parts, and tools?
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
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There are few material things that I want. There are only a couple things I'd change about my 10-year-old car: built in DVD system and a better a/c system. Nice things are nice, but I'm pretty frugal so I tend to try to get by with what I have. For the most part. There are some exceptions, of course.
Late last year I began meeting with a professional photographer for some one-on-one sessions. I had thought for a long time about taking a class but none of the classes I looked up fit my needs. They were either too basic or too advanced. These one-on-one sessions were so beneficial to me and I grew so much after them.
Naturally D and I discussed cameras. I had known for a long time that I would need to upgrade at some point, so it was comforting to hear D tell me that, yes, there would come a time when I would outgrow the system I had.
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