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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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Diabetes Guilt

Posted on May 24, 2011 by janekdickinson

Having participated in the D-Blog Week that ended last Sunday, I definitely noticed a theme: guilt. Many, if not most diabetes bloggers brought up guilt at one time or another during the week. This made me really think about diabetes … Continue reading →

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Diabetes of Extreme Duration

Posted on April 13, 2011 by janekdickinson

What does “diabetes of extreme duration” make you think? Anything with the word “extreme” in it makes me think it’s scary. A study published in 2007 (http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/30/8/1995.full.pdf+html) actually showed that it doesn’t necessarily have to be so scary. These researchers … Continue reading →

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