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One Sleepless Night; One Disease, For Now…

Diabetes Mine

I had planned to write about something entirely different today. But then I got the scariest phone call of my life on Monday, and was up all night obsessing about the ramifications. It was the Breast Center. They wanted me to come back in for “additional

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Update re pig cell transplants from Living Cell Technologies.

Being Diabetic

You may recall I was mad keen on volunteering for the pig cell trials which are currently underway in Auckland (and was too YOUNG!). I just got an update from Living Cell Technologies on how the studies are going (presumably these results are from their o

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The Birds and the ‘Betes

The Butter Compartment

Consider yourself warned that the following might be considered TMI, but I tried to be tactful, and unless you’re abstinent, it’s just another part of living with diabetes. While I was only gone for four days last week, I missed Jason, so when he asked me

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Feb 10, All In Favor of Atkins

Diabetes and Related Health Issues

I tried for a long time to do the low calories and fat diets. I also worked out an hour a day on a walking machine and only lost a couple of pounds a

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Army hospital contacts hundreds in insulin scare.

Being Diabetic

Zoiks, check out this story: Hospital officials said Thursday the problem is related to the use of an insulin pen system designed to allow a patient to use the same pen several times. The pens, officials said, were inadvertently used multiple times on dif

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Pharma Companies & Social Media: How and When?

Diabetes Mine

I don’t know if all you fellow patients realize this, but the big companies that make the medicines and devices we rely on (those giant Pharmas that we love to hate) are struggling something fierce to come to terms with Social Media.  By that I mean they

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Feb 6, Heart Disease and ACE Inhibitor

Diabetes and Related Health Issues

by verlyn This article is written to discuss heart disease and ACE inhibitors, what they are and their impact on you as a heart patient. There are

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Check Your Diabetic Feet — While Weighing In

Diabetes Mine

This is one of the weirder products I’ve received to review: a bathroom scale with built-in mirrors so you can examine your diabetic feet even as you get the latest update on your diet progress.  Ugh.  Initially, that combo didn’t sound too good. But then

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Feb 6, Lost all desire

Diabetes and Related Health Issues

I have T2 diabetes. I take a list long of meds. I am still young and so is my husband. I used to love to be touched and to touch. But for the last

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Feb 4, Gastroparesis │ Gastroparesis: When The Stomach Gets Sluggish

Diabetes and Related Health Issues

by Stacey Colino If you have diabetes, elevated glucose levels can damage nerves needed to help pass food along from the stomach through the

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