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Author Archives: janekdickinson
Knee Replacement Surgery and Diabetes
I recently read an article about a study looking at people who had had knee replacement surgery. The study showed that 30% gained weight afterward. I was actually surprised by this finding, because I figured people with a new knee … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, knee replacement surgery, knee surgey, physical therapy, weight gain
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Blood Glucose Monitoring and Type 1 Diabetes
Although the vast majority of the time I blog about topics related to diabetes in general – for people with all types of diabetes – today I’m focusing on type 1 diabetes (autoimmune diabetes). I am trying to catch up … Continue reading
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Tagged American Diabetes Association, blood glucose, blood glucose monitoring, blood sugar, diabetes, diabetes management, Medical Standards for Diabetes Care, type 1 diabetes
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Dirty Little Syringe Secrets
Many people fear or resist going on insulin because of the needles. The truth is the needles we use for insulin today are very different from what we had years ago: they are shorter and thinner. The upside to shorter … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, diabetes management, injecting through clothing, insulin, insulin needles, insulin syringes, syringes for insulin
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Please Don’t Should on Me
If you’ve been reading my blog posts with any consistency, you’ve probably noticed that I have a little language thing going on. About twenty years ago I realized the importance of language. There are many, many judgmental words and phrases … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, health care, language, should, words
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New Year Energy
My New Year’s resolution is to get up earlier in the morning. I figure if I get up earlier, I’ll get more done. Today was the first day I actually did it. And that’s ok. It’s still January; it’s still … Continue reading
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Tagged change, diabetes, diabetes management, goals, motivation, New Year's resolution
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Grief and Diabetes
It’s been a week since the horror at Sandy Hook Elementary, and honestly, I have not been able to blog since it happened. I just can’t figure out how writing about diabetes (or anything else) would make any sense in … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, grief, loss, Newtown, Sandy Hook Elementary
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What is Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes, once called “juvenile onset” or “insulin-dependent” or “Type I” diabetes, is an autoimmune disorder. The body turns on it itself and attacks the cells in the pancreas (beta cells in the islets of Langerhans) that make insulin. Scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged blood glucose, blood glucose monitoring, exercise and diabetes, insulin, new diagnosis, type 1 diabetes, what is type 1 diabetes
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Does Facebook Cause Diabetes?
Did you know that studies have been done on the effects of facebook on obesity and credit card debt? Probably even more, but I’ll have to check later. This particular study … Continue reading
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Tagged credit card debt, diabetes, facebook, obesity
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Diabetes Awareness
I’ve often said, “Everyone knows someone with diabetes.” And the number of people with diabetes in 2012 supports this statement. There’s a lot of diabetes out there!! Yet the other day I met someone who told me she doesn’t know … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, diabetes awareness, preventing diabetes, types of diabetes, what is diabetes
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