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10 Reasons to Start Fresh in 2015

Many New Year posts are about resolutions, full of enthusiasm and excitement for making changes, blah blah blah. But sometimes a new year can bring feelings of “here we go again” or “why bother” or ” ugh.” Maybe we didn’t reach our goals … Continue reading

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Travesty in diabetes care

Yes, travesty. It’s a dramatic word, but to me, this statistic is dramatic and not in a good way. This article reports that only 29% of people surveyed responded that they were asked for input in their       … Continue reading

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The Whats and Whys of Diabetes Management

Here’s some food for thought: Rather than asking what (do I have to do), consider asking why (do I want to do it). Rather than saying I have to, consider saying I get to. By figuring out what motivates you … Continue reading

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Teachers College is 125 years old!

Teachers College, the graduate and professional school of education for Columbia University in New York City, starts its 125th anniversary celebration today! Teachers College is known for many firsts, including the yellow school bus and the Happy Birthday song (you … Continue reading

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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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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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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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Need a new diabetes battery

A while back I wrote a post about the hazards of not having cruise control on a cross-country drive. I wanted to follow up and explain that when I got home from that trip my car battery died. Once I … Continue reading

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Where are you with your diabetes?

Tudiabetes is turning five this year. A blog prompt from tudiabetes is as follows: Reflect on where you were the year TuDiabetes began (2007) and where you are now. My initial response was “no difference” in terms of my relationship with diabetes, … Continue reading

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CGM Poll

With all this talk about artificial pancreases (closed-loop systems) and CGM, it’s time to take a poll. I just read an article about a CGM study in kids ages 4 to 9. This is an important study, because this age … Continue reading

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