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Flashback Friday: Pitching Yeast

Diabetes Mine

Mixing it up a little from my Wayback Wednesday series today… It was four whole years ago that I wrote this tongue-in-cheek post about diabetes and yeast infections. The guys aren’t brewing at our place so much anymore, but I’m finding that ladies with di

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Wayback Wednesday: Dry Between Your Toes

Diabetes Mine

You cannot be too careful with your feet. I was reminded of this wisdom big time last week, when I heard about an acquaintance who’s been diagnosed with melanoma and had to have two toes removed.  She’s very fair, and apparently never put sunscreen on her

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Diets and CVD

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When I was first diagnosed I had an echograph on my arteries. My doctor was a bit concerned about the amount of plaque but the blood flow was fine. I more or less followed the French dietary suggestions, from various leaflets but took account of GI of car

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Coming Up for Air

A Shot In The Dark

Okay, so.Joseph went to camp last week and I've got A LOT to say about it.Some absolutely awesome, some... pretty horrendous.But I can't write about it today because it's our first day home from Joseph's road trip with his little league All Star team. (I'

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Surprise!

Yayislets! (and greenbean)

Sooo, for the past few months I've been dealing with what I thought was heartburn, an ulcer, one of my meds causing stomach pain or something along those lines, but today I got a phone call from transplant coordinator nurse extraordinaire, and she said in

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Working Out with Diabetes: Consider the Controllables, Understand the Uncontrollables

Diabetes Mine

* Part 1 of a three-part guest series on Diabetes & Exercise * Dr. Matthew Corcoran is a clinical endocrinologist, a CDE, and a self-proclaimed diabetes-exercise freak. He’s the founder of Diabetes Training Camp, which was featured in Newsweek a coupl

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Eskimo Pie No Sugar Added Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Bars

Glucoholic

The hot weather has us back on our frozen treat kick. Our latest test subject is Eskimo Pie No Sugar Added Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Bars. These low carb snacks provide an interesting contrast to the recently reviewed Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Krunch Lite

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My First Insulin Injection

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I will never forget the day I found out I was pregnant with my daughter.  I went to the ER because I was experiencing pain in the lower part of my abdomen.  The ER doc asked me a few questions.  I let him know I was a diabetic and so fourth.  He said, “Ok

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Even More Bright Diabetes Ideas: A Little Help from Your Friends

Diabetes Mine

As you know, I’ve been trolling through the copious creative designs we received in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, and today I’d like to take a moment to highlight those focusing on mentoring or community-based games to teach people about impr

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Affordable Diabetes: Wal-Mart Tops List

Diabetes Mine

I get loads of questions about where to find discounted meds and other diabetes supplies. Especially over at the DiabeticConnect community, costs are one of the hottest topics. Until now, I’ve been referring folks to Patient Assistance Programs, neglectin

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