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Author Archives: janekdickinson
Get a flu shot
I waited to write this post until I got mine, which I did almost a week ago. Now it’s your turn. Protect yourself from the flu. Protect others. And know what the flu (influenza) is: a viral infection. It cannot … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, flu, flu shot, flu vaccine, protection
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Is it sustainable?
The last time I posted I had just dropped my son at college. Now he’s been there almost two months and I’ve already visited him once. I think about this blog much more often than I actually sit down and … Continue reading
Posted in diabetes and food, diabetes blog, diabetes care, exercise and diabetes
Tagged diabetes, exercise and diabetes, food, sustainability
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How college drop-off raised my A1C
I dropped my son at college this past Friday. I had been anticipating this for a while (approximately 18+ years). In fact, the day after we brought him home from the hospital I cried for hours. When I called a friend … Continue reading
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Tagged college, diabetes, stress, time in range, time out of range
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Hypoglycemia needs and opportunities
Hypoglycemia (aka “low blood glucose”) is dangerous, annoying, frustrating, time consuming. It causes us to lose productivity, forces us to stop exercising or working, can affect relationships, and even leads some people to run their blood glucose levels higher in … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, hypoglycemia, study, survey
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EHR disappointment
Recently I read this article about electronic health records (EHR). In case you don’t have time to read it, the article discusses the problems and risks associated with EHRs. There have been other articles in the past that have said health care providers don’t … Continue reading
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Quality Improvement Project
Recently I wrote about diabetes as a daily experiment. Soon after I realized it’s also like a quality improvement project. In QI there are lots of words and abbreviations. In QI they use words like adopt, adapt, and abandon. Every day, … Continue reading
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Happy (Diabetes) Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who are also taking care of someone with diabetes. That could mean managing their own diabetes every day, while being a mom, or it could mean taking care of their child(ren) with diabetes. … Continue reading
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Less technology less likely
Did you see the LinkedIn article titled, Is the Smartphone Era Ending? Just reading that headline made me think of diabetes technology and chuckle. I’d heard not too long ago that people are worried about the negative effects of screen time … Continue reading
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Tagged backwards, diabetes, flip phones, technology
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Diabetes & Gig Economy Workers
Today’s blog post is by guest blogger, Jess Craig As a New Yorker who has her share of subway horror stories, (I’ve met NYC rats far less graceful than the legendary pizza rat), I’ve spent lots of time using ride sharing … Continue reading
Posted in cost of diabetes, diabetes advocacy, diabetes research, exercise and diabetes, health care
Tagged back pain, diabetes, gig economy, health insurance
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Social Stigma and Diabetes
There has been quite a bit of research on diabetes and stigma, and there is a lot of stigma attached to diabetes. People with diabetes are often thought of as lazy, poor, fat, weak, bad, not intelligent, and over eaters. … Continue reading
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Tagged control, diabetes, judgment, shame, stigma
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