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January 8th, 2009
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I’m going back to New York City this week for a meeting with my JDRF co-workers. I will be there, at the National Office on Wall Street, for Thursday and Friday. I always enjoy going to NYC. NYC is all that people say it is and more. It is, from what I’ve gathered and experienced, an unbelievable experience for any human being.

One of the reasons why I am so blown away by NYC is that it is COMPLETELY opposite of what my regular lifestyle and routine represent here at home.
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I've been a very good girl this year and my wants are few. But, Santa, you know my fondness for things that go beep, bing and buzz, the little frisson of excitement I get at the thought of an LCD or a digital readout. With that in mind, here are a few diabetes-related gadgets I would love to have under the tree this year:

A Salter Travel Scale. It's a snip at $30 and sure would come in handy when we're out and about. And it would slip into my pocketbook quite easily. And it's really freakin' cool.
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It’s been quite an afternoon. Everything was going well and on schedule until I flew through Chicago. O’Hare never fails. Every flight I take through there seems to somehow always find a way to be delayed or cancelled.

After all the “groups” had boarded and we had pulled out onto the runway, sure enough “Captain Bad News” comes over the airplane speakers, “uhh.., hi folks, Captain Poo Poo Head here, (that’s not really what he said..) it looks as though LaGuardia is in a hold pattern until further notice”.

DARN’T! I thought to myself, I had stuff I wanted to do when I landed in the city.

Oh well. I just ended up getting some work done.

Basically, our plane ended up sitting out on the tarmac for two hours until we got the go-ahead to depart.

It’s a good thing I had my insulin and glucose and stuff with me.

Nothing bad happened. But it does kind of make you wonder.
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I've been thinking more about the possibility of adding insulin to my Type 2 treatment. My last post about it raised some interesting comments. I have a bunch of blood test results due in this week that will help make the decision too.
I do know that insulin is just a medication like my thyroid pills or the metformin I take. The only difference is the method of delivery. Since insulin is destroyed by stomach acids, it has to be injected to do any good.
I also know that it really does carry a stigma that other medications do not. For me, it seems an admission that I am not holding up my end of the bargain treating my diabetes. I should be losing more weight, exercising and eating better. I think just about everyone can agree with that statement - with Type 1, Type 2 or no diabetes at all. (READ MORE)


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Logging. It is something every diabetic should do. It is important in terms of identifying patterns and making decisions about dosing - and it is vital to figuring out when you need to be paying more attention and where your problem areas are in the course of a day. I remember the bad old days of handwritten logbooks. They were cumbersome and not at all useful, even when they were kept up and brought to the doctor. Technology has come a long way and there are many great tools available for logging everything we need to be tracking. But, for me at least, logging is still an excruciating task. (READ MORE)


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Andy Bell
Andy Bell has lived with diabetes since the age of 14. He controls his type 1 diabetes by taking multiple daily injections. Andy is 28 years old now and despite his diabetes, still maintains a very active lifestyle. Andy works for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in the National Outreach Department. (Read More)

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Carey Potash
Carey is a full-time hater of diabetes. The benefits stink. His 6-year-old son, Charlie, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 22 months old. Carey's parenting humor has appeared in various websites and print magazines. He resides in the suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife and three children. (Read More)

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