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The Cake Mistake – Diabetes, Birthday Cake and My Blood Sugar
It’s no secret that cakes and other flour-based desserts are treacherous territory for diabetics, especially when they’re prepared by someone else and there is little or no knowledge as to the amounts...
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Support Our JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes Team
Support our team at this year's JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. As many of you have read, January’s incident has sparked a number of changes in our lives this year. Aside from starting a blog about...
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Thoughts on My Diabetes Diet, Dr. Bernstein, and Stable Blood Sugars
Adhering to my low carb diet. A pot roast and asparagus followed the salad. Today, a Type 1 diabetic of 28 years sent me an email asking for my thoughts on the diabetes diet plan I’ve been following,...
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A Swimmer/Lifeguard Seeks Advice on Switching to an Insulin Pump
Patriotic lifeguard tower, Miami Beach. Photo taken May 2011. Recently, a seventeen-year-old high school swimmer who spends her summers lifeguarding emailed me looking for advice on making the switch...
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The Most Valuable Lesson I’ve Learned about Managing Type 1 Diabetes
A severely low blood sugar landed me in the ER one year ago today. Sometimes life throws you curve balls or even a wild pitch here and there. Most of the time we can either step out of the way or do...
View ArticleWatching My Type 1 Husband Seize, Hallucinate and Not Recognize Me
One year ago today I was confronted by a side of Type 1 Diabetes I had never seen before and pray to never see again. It took over my husband’s body, forcing out a person that not only couldn’t...
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Type 1 Diabetes Hypoglycemia Deaths Per Year
This JDRF ad sparked controversy but reveals a fact that needs to be known. 1 in 20 Type 1 Diabetics will die from hypoglycemia. Several times a year I hear of severe hypoglycemia taking the life of...
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Can Sunburn Raise Blood Sugar?
Be aware that sunburn can affect your blood sugar.With the warmer weather finally here, my wife and I headed to our community pool yesterday. It was an overcast day, with the sun only occasionally...
View ArticleType 1 Diabetes Song – A Little Bit Longer by the Jonas Brothers
I realize that this Jonas Brothers song has been out for a little while now (released in 2008), but a friend from high school whose daughter was just diagnosed with Type 1 posted it to her Facebook...
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Kycie Terry’s Type 1 Diabetes Fight and Death Heard by Many
5-year-old Kycie Terry’s fight continues to be heard by thousands, even after her death on July 11.On Saturday July 11, 2015, a post appeared on Facebook that shook the diabetes community and beyond....
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