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Claire M. Blum
MS Ed, RN, CDE, CPT
Claire is a Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Certified Pump Trainer who utilizes her training in Family and Consumer Economics, Nursing, Nutrition, Social Work, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and Experiential Education, along with her personal experience of living with diabetes, in the development of programs designed to help people cultivate the ART of Living Well with Diabetes.

Affiliations:
Program Coordinator, Partners & Peers for Diabetes Care, J&J Animas Corp, Diabetes Advocacy & Research, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Southeastern Diabetes Education Services, Diabetes Education & Camping Association, dLife Professional Counsel.
Publications:
McCallie, M.S., Blum, C.M., Hood, C. J. (2006). Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 13(3), pp 51-66.

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11/11/09 12:59 PM

My daughter has had an a1c and glucose test both came back normal. But she still has all the diabeties symptoms should I be concerned?
Asked By: desireeb  
Category: Children's Issues | Blood Glucose Monitoring

1 Expert Answer | 0 Community Answers
11/09/09 04:58 AM

Was operated on Pancreas in 2002 , tail of the pancreas got necrotized . Will / can the new cells regenerated . If yes how .
Asked By: modgil  
Category: Type 1 | Other

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11/08/09 09:03 PM

i have been diabetic for 34 yrs & i weight 136. I would like to lose 10 pounds due to so much bloating from gastroparesis, but it has not been easy
Asked By: jazzythe1@aol.com  
Category: Weight Issues | Women's Issues

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11/07/09 08:15 AM

Is novolog insulin the same asNovolinR.Im taking novolog insulin and have some extra vials of novolinR and would like to be able to use them.
Asked By: chicke  
Category: Insulin |

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11/07/09 07:25 AM

I take 37 units of Levemir every morning. I have been using 0.3cc 30 guage x 5/16 length. I need to inject 2 times. I purchased 50 unit 1/2ml syringes
Asked By: raf1029  
Category: Insulin | Insulin

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11/01/09 03:33 PM

Just started omni pod and and im having small but very dark bruise where the infusions are that is still present over a month. Can this be prevented?
Asked By: xaznprinzezzx  
Category: Pumping Issues | Type 1

1 Expert Answer | 0 Community Answers
10/31/09 12:00 PM

How can I not lose my infusion site from sweating?
Asked By: carrp1  
Category: Type 1 | Pumping Issues

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