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Category Archives: about diabetes
Protect Yourself
The Standards for Medical Care in Diabetes – 2014 recommend an annual flu vaccine for those with diabetes. They recommend pneumococcal polysaccharide (pneumonia) vaccine for those with diabetes who are over 2 years and a one-time re-vaccination for those older … Continue reading
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Drafting in Diabetes
The other day I read Seth Godin’s blog about drafting and realized how it parallels living with diabetes. He writes that drafting works physically, because of aerodynamics, and mentally because the proof (that you can go faster) is right in … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, diabetes, drafting, slipstream, support
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Sock Snobs
Socks are important for everyone – not just those with diabetes. The other day my son was preparing for a hike and I reminded him that “wool wicks; cotton kills.” Choose socks that don’t have seams that could rub or cause breakdown … Continue reading
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Tagged care, diabetes, feet, hiking, socks
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Back to Diabetes
Sometimes there’s just too much diabetes in our lives. Between living it, discussing it, reading about it, writing about it, hearing about it… you get the point. Last June, when school got out, I took a break from my blog. … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, diabetes, vacation
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Tips for the Fingertips
Checking blood glucose levels by poking fingers is a common practice in diabetes management. But how can we keep our fingertips happy and healthy despite all that poking? I poke my fingers between 8 and 10 times each day. That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blood glucose monitoring, blood sugar, diabetes, finger stick, finger tips, lancet
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Diabetes-related Ketoacidosis
Our bodies must have energy to survive. Typically we burn glucose to make energy, but when glucose is not available, or when the body cannot burn glucose for any reason, fat is the back-up fuel. And ketones are a by-product … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, insulin, insulin pump, ketoacidosis
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Diabetes Issues
This week is dblog week, where literally hundreds of diabetes bloggers write about certain topics each day (I counted 203 participants in this year’s list!). I participated in dblog week in 2011, 2012, and 2013, but this year time got … Continue reading
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Tagged compliance, diabetes, empowerment
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How to store insulin
Here’s my motto for storing insulin: if I’m comfortable, my insulin is comfortable. Insulin is a protein, so it can’t get too hot or too cold or it will denature (change shape and not work the way it’s supposed to … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, insulin, storage
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Advertising and the Self-Control Muscle
Psychologists say that self-control is like a muscle that can be exercised and strengthened. I read an article online about exercise and sleep, both of which are critical to managing and living well with diabetes. On the side of the … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, discipline, health, self control, will power
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My Diabetes Street Sign
The other day I was having a conversation with a friend and she randomly asked, “What if we had to come up with a street sign name for our life?” I said, what a great idea for a blog topic! … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, diabetes, fun
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