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Tag Archives: diabetes
How college drop-off raised my A1C
I dropped my son at college this past Friday. I had been anticipating this for a while (approximately 18+ years). In fact, the day after we brought him home from the hospital I cried for hours. When I called a friend … Continue reading
Posted in about diabetes, diabetes and food, diabetes care
Tagged college, diabetes, stress, time in range, time out of range
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Hypoglycemia needs and opportunities
Hypoglycemia (aka “low blood glucose”) is dangerous, annoying, frustrating, time consuming. It causes us to lose productivity, forces us to stop exercising or working, can affect relationships, and even leads some people to run their blood glucose levels higher in … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, hypoglycemia, study, survey
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Less technology less likely
Did you see the LinkedIn article titled, Is the Smartphone Era Ending? Just reading that headline made me think of diabetes technology and chuckle. I’d heard not too long ago that people are worried about the negative effects of screen time … Continue reading
Posted in diabetes care, diabetes products, diabetes technology
Tagged backwards, diabetes, flip phones, technology
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Diabetes & Gig Economy Workers
Today’s blog post is by guest blogger, Jess Craig As a New Yorker who has her share of subway horror stories, (I’ve met NYC rats far less graceful than the legendary pizza rat), I’ve spent lots of time using ride sharing … Continue reading
Posted in cost of diabetes, diabetes advocacy, diabetes research, exercise and diabetes, health care
Tagged back pain, diabetes, gig economy, health insurance
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Social Stigma and Diabetes
There has been quite a bit of research on diabetes and stigma, and there is a lot of stigma attached to diabetes. People with diabetes are often thought of as lazy, poor, fat, weak, bad, not intelligent, and over eaters. … Continue reading
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Tagged control, diabetes, judgment, shame, stigma
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Who can do it all?
I used to be incredibly efficient. I can still get a lot done, but I’m noticing that I’m not as efficient as I used to be. Not sure if I’m slowing down to focus on different things than I used … Continue reading
Posted in diabetes advocacy, diabetes motivation
Tagged adjusting with diabetes, diabetes, fitness, food, health, sleep, stress
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The Experiment
Managing diabetes is like conducting an experiment. Every day. Not sure how scientific these experiments are, though. Diabetes has been compared to a game, a challenge, an experiment. What else? What do you consider it in order to keep a … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, experiment, hope
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Do you like grocery shopping?
I rate grocery shopping about the same as going to the post office. Both are very (very) low on my list of things I enjoy doing. Actually they are on a different list. I recently learned that my brother does not … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, grocery shopping
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Stop the Commentary
The following can be considered a public service announcement. People who work in health care: stop the commentary. Recently I’ve heard comments about co-pays “This is a really great co-pay!” (You don’t know if that was my last 25 dollars.) … Continue reading →