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Life, By the Numbers
Diabetes Mine
Browsing through the latest issue of Wired magazine (my favorite print pub!), I stumbled upon a “reader rant” that stopped me in my tracks. A guy named Edward Aboufadel from Ada, Michigan, was responding to a recent article titled Living by Numbers, abou
09/11/2009 at 02:30PMauthored by AmyT, submitted by Amy Tenderich
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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
09/09/2009 at 01:00PMauthored by AmyT, submitted by Amy Tenderich
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Ten Things I Should Do More Often
Diabetes Mine
Darn it, it’s tough returning from vacation. Somehow you feel like your life is all loose ends, and man, are you behind on tying things up! Diabetes sort of makes you feel that way all the time though, doesn’t it? As I attempt to “un-bury” and get back
08/25/2009 at 01:00PMauthored by AmyT, submitted by Amy Tenderich
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Diets and CVD
onepointfive
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
08/25/2009 at 10:16AMauthored by OnePointFive, submitted by onepointfive
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New Tricks for Tweaking Dosing Formulas for Your Insulin Pump
Diabetes Mine
Kelly Close is the brillant mind behind Close Concerns, a consultancy dedicated to “the business of diabetes.” In addition to having type 1 diabetes for more than 20 years, she is also one of the thought leaders in the diabetes community. One of Close Con
08/20/2009 at 02:44PMauthored by AmyT, submitted by Amy Tenderich
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Beating the Heat with My Diabetic Gear
Diabetes Mine
Sean Kelley is senior editor at Health.com, and author of the “Poked & Prodded” blog. He takes insulin and lives in hot weather and… well, I’ll let him tell you… A Guest Post by Sean Kelley, PWD at Health.com Every summer I go through the same dilem
08/11/2009 at 01:00PMauthored by AmyT, submitted by Amy Tenderich
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Diabetes Perfection is Overwhelming
Blogabetes
I'm staring at the last three weeks of blood sugars. I've calculated my averages and circled every blood sugar that isn't between 60 and 250. But now, I'm just staring. I'm wondering what to do next. Some of the highs are fairly un
08/08/2009 at 11:57PMauthored by Lindsey Guerin, submitted by tmana
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Why Type 2s Get Complications: Delayed Treatement until A1c Reaches 9%
Diabetes Battle
The great tragedy of Type 2 diabetes it's terrible complications are all avoidable, but they occur because family doctors ignore their patients' Type 2 Diabetes until their blood sugars have been damagingly high for many years.
08/05/2009 at 02:48PMauthored by admin, submitted by DrewMorse
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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'
08/03/2009 at 04:45PMauthored by Sandra Miller, submitted by TRKnight2007
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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
08/01/2009 at 02:36AMauthored by parrotletzoo, submitted by parrotletzoo
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