Last week when I was home, one of the most important things that I wanted to do was spend time with my 4 “nieces” and also my niece. Let me explain that in detail quickly. My “nieces” are actually my cousins, but my aunt was more like a sister to me because of our closeness [...]
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Last night I went to the Florida Panthers vs. Washington Capitals hockey game. It was embarrassing to be a Panthers fan last night because they got their butts handed to them, to speak in nice terms. My account rep had upgraded my seats for me for that game so we were sitting in the Lexus [...] Yesterday I had to refill my insulin cartridge at work and it made me think about a couple of things. First, what reaction am I going to get from people who walk by? Why do I have two vials of insulin in my laptop bag and both have 2 refills left in them? Why is [...] This Sunday morning has not had the greatest start to it so far. For one, I had a high blood sugar all night long. Partially my fault, and partially because a bad site. I changed the site this morning and my sugars are still a little high, but slowly coming down. I hate eating when [...] All this press about all these new technologies and studies and companies joining up with non-profits to do this and to do that, and blah blah blah. At first when I read the post by Amy from Diabetes Mine about JDRF and BD joining forces, it instantly just reminded me of the post I just [...] Today it is diabetes inventory day. How often do you do this? I usually do it once every 3 or 4 months just to see how much I have and how much I will need to re-order. Typically, I have a lot more infusion sets than I do reservoirs because I don’t change my site [...] I was excited for a while to attend the Diabetes Research Institute’s 2.0. This conference shows me that the people working towards a goal are finally listening to us web diabetes bloggers. The list of attendees was amazing. Just to name a few, Kerri Sparling, Manny Hernandez, Allison Blass, Scott Strumello, Gina Capone, and Sara [...] Here’s a question for you: Is diabetes a disability? This question came up while I was reading an article in the October issue of Diabetes Forecast. There is an article titled, “Cracking the Case.” Long story short, Jeff Kapche was denied a position at the FBI because of his diabetes. He filed suit against them [...] MMM….Insulin. That’s what I said to myself today around 10:00 a.m. when a co-worker came up to my desk and said, there’s a package downstairs for you. I was starting to get extremely nervous because about 20 minutes before that, my pump beeped and said “Low Reservoir” and I was completely out of insulin. I [...] I do attend a lot of conferences and do a lot of traveling so I was thinking about the checklist that I go through and how it has helped me with all of my traveling that I do. Here is my top 5 things to do to prepare for a conference, Diabetes style. 1. Make a [...] |
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