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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Relationships Complications Emotions In the News Real Life
Tags: cure
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Not long after I wrote this post about a news story that called bariatric surgery a "cure" for type 2 diabetes, a friend of mine emailed to ask about one of the comments. A reader suggested that there will never be a cure for diabetes because the disease is a money maker.
I explained to my friend that the multi-billion-dollar industry makes a profit in so many areas: test strips, meters, oral drugs, insulin, pumps, syringes, even accessories. What motivation is there, I asked her, for the world to come up with a cure and put all those good people out of work.
I may be naive and woefully open minded, but I am not a pessimist; I believe there are good doctors and researchers out there who are not motivated by money. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 2 Food Fitness Women's Issues Real Life
Tags: Almased Weight loss shakes
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You're probably going to think I'm nuts, but I was so frustrated with my lack of weight loss despite my best efforts that I decided to try a liquid diet.
The idea actually dawned on me at a Weight Watcher's meeting, when one of the members mentioned The Cambridge Diet, a meal plan consisting of various shakes. My Grandee was a devoted Cambridge follower. Memories of Florida vacations are punctuated with the sound of ice crushing in the blender at the crack of dawn. The ironic thing is my Grandee was never overweight.
I'm pretty sure at the time I swore I would never do anything so drastic, but desperate times do call for desperate measures. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Complications Real Life
Tags: fatigue rest
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This weekend I was working at a church retreat. I would not call it work since all I did was play drums and sing for 4 days. It was more like having my dream job for a short week.
As much as I love to play music and serve others, I continue to find that long days such as these are difficult for me to bounce back from. Is it diabetes or my age? I like to think I am a young 34 for the most part but not too long ago I could function on 4 hours sleep. No longer! I always schedule an extra day off even for vacations and the like because I know I am worthless the following day.
I would love to hear from anyone with diabetes about this. I wonder sometimes if needing a day to recuperate after a weekend trip is a common practice among my fellow d-lifers. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: high blood sugars unexplained trends vacations
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Friday morning, I packed up my bags to head to the lake for the weekend. I had a long drive ahead of me, so I made sure to bring extra juice, keep my meter handy, and lots of water. I stopped for lunch on the way.
I checked my blood sugar. 264 (up from 102 at breakfast). Unexpected, considering all I had for breakfast was water and eggs. Nothing that should send my blood sugar spiraling. So I bolused for the blood sugar, bolused for lunch, and enjoyed my quick meal before hitting the Texas highway.
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: emotions Oral Meds Real Life Type 2
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One day. I'll learn to start listening to that voice, the one that occasionally gives me advice, the voice that I largely ignore. It's a tiny little internal voice, coming (I presume) from a tiny little internal smart guy. In my imagination, he dresses much better than I do.
Let's call him... Tiny Rob.
Now, to be fair, Tiny Rob has a pretty spotty record. Sure, he may have been the one who sent me to the doctor five years ago, but he's taken more on-the-job vacations since then than George W. Bush. Tiny Rob has left me to my own devices for months at a stretch, only popping by occasionally to ask, "So, what'd I miss?"
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps
Tags: pumps taking a break
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I've been on the pump for nine months now. There are still things that I don't know about it and still things I don't do to make it work efficiently. Overall, I'm still happy that I jumped into getting it and that I stuck with it past the initial adjustment phase.
I do miss things about multiple daily injections, like the clothes I could wear or the ease of being prepared. Mostly, I miss that I could be completely free. No tubing to worry about, no infusion sets, no reservoirs to fill.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions Real Life
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There are times that I forget that I'm only 21 years old. Times where I miss the point that I'm young, I'm supposed to be enjoying this life that I'm living, and the basic premise that there's only one life to live (soap operas and all). It's the small moment in my head when I see a girl my age truly living; it's when my friends make broader decisions than I do; it's the monotony of trying to stay in control for all of time.
All these moments start at the root of one thing. Diabetes. Being diagnosed with a chronic, life-threatening illness at four years old doesn't do much to preserve childhood. Receiving strict rules and special accommodations all throughout those pivotal years doesn't make for the ability to live freely.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: putting control aside vacation with diabetes
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My vacation was extremely nice. My mom and I spent several days with her family (who I haven't seen in several years), then trekked to New York City (my favorite place in the entire world). And mostly, my diabetes played nice. Nothing too out of the ordinary and no insane highs. Just plenty of hypo unawareness that left me annoyed, but thankful that I'm vigilant.
Now that I'm getting back into the grind of "normalcy," I'm kind of in a funk. There's a lot looming in my mind at the moment about my life, my health, and my future. And those things are weighing heavily into my diabetes world...causing me to forget insulin or blood sugar checks or to eat on a schedule.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Real Life
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I'm kind of a veteran at packing for vacations. My family has been vacationing forever. I was on a plane at 3 months old. And ever since, we've taken trips at least once a year. Usually out of the country too.
So I've always known how to pack for big trips where medical care might not be the best. I know the double rule, where you pack double the amount of supplies you would usually use in that time period. I also know what it's like to be stuck in a place with no way out (my mom and I got stranded in Mexico due to a hurricane one year). Packing is easy. And fun for me.
Except this trip is really kicking my booty. I'm gone a total of 12 days, from Friday to the next Tuesday. It's a kind of trip that I've never taken before...a very long cruise with stops every day. I have no idea what to expect.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Fitness Real Life
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Views: 650
I can't believe that March is already here. Wasn't it just yesterday that I was celebrating New Year's with Marvin? Or attending my graduate school orientation? It doesn't feel like we should be a quarter into the year, feeling the effects of spring, and planning summer vacations.
This March is filling up fast. I have a trip home scheduled. I'm moving to my new apartment. Work events are piling up quickly. And there's a conference that I plan to attend as well.
Despite all that, I'm hoping to get a few other things accomplished as well. I began making my list last night and realized that it might take a little longer than I planned. It seems to never end.
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