Category Archives: about diabetes

Down or Across?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by janekdickinson

The season for corn-on-the-cob is approaching. Well, it’s actually here if you shop in our local grocery store, but I know the truth. At any rate, our family has begun eating corn-on-the-cob. Last night my son and I were enjoying … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Monkey

Posted on June 1, 2012 by janekdickinson

A while back I wrote a post called Diabetes Money. A friend on tudiabetes.org mistook it for Diabetes Monkey, so I promised to write that post one day. I googled “monkey on your back” and found these four definitions (from … Continue reading →

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Misconceptions

Posted on May 30, 2012 by janekdickinson

I was innocently hiking in Arches National Park with my family last weekend, when I overheard an interesting conversation. A woman walking by in the opposite direction was saying (I honestly did not notice to whom she was talking, I … Continue reading →

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Diabetes & BBQs

Posted on May 25, 2012 by janekdickinson

Shortly I am taking off with the family for a little Memorial Weekend get-away. We won’t be hosting the annual Memorial Weekend neighborhood BBQ, as a result. As I think about the season of grilling and getting together, I’m wondering … Continue reading →

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Eat food.

Posted on May 18, 2012 by janekdickinson

Today’s D-blog Week prompt is to write about one thing I would tell someone who doesn’t have diabetes. This is actually something I do a lot. I tell people that the message is the same about food, for those with … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Improvement

Posted on May 16, 2012 by janekdickinson

I really need to keep my office clean. I know it has nothing to do with diabetes, but I just looked around me, and it’s a disaster. And I consider myself an organized person!! I’ve spent many years improving my … Continue reading →

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Great Diabetes Thing

Posted on May 15, 2012 by janekdickinson

Today’s Dblog Week prompt is to write about one diabetes thing I do “spectacularly.” That’s a strong word. As I thought through all the diabetes things I do, I realized that I pretty much mess up all of them at … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Meal Plan – exchange system

Posted on May 11, 2012 by janekdickinson

The “exchange system” diabetes meal plan was introduced in the 1950s. I didn’t come on the diabetes scene until 1975, so I can’t comment on the early exchange days. For the first two decades of my diabetes life; however, we … Continue reading →

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Check BG before Insulin before Food

Posted on May 9, 2012 by janekdickinson

Don’t you just love when life throws a good lesson in your face? I had that happen last night. I was talking to a patient on Friday about checking blood glucose. He was going on a pump for the first … Continue reading →

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Social Media & Diabetes

Posted on May 4, 2012 by janekdickinson

I had to take a couple days off after blogging for a month straight. Nice to be able to do that. Not so much with diabetes. Funny thing is that managing diabetes every day is much easier for me than … Continue reading →

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