Information and opinions on DiabeTeens from DiabeticDancer at DiabeTeens.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/80575/light-tunnel Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:28:33 -0400 DiabeticDancer What helps you on that bad day with life and/or diabetes??? Is it something as easy as taking a jog around the block or more complicated like having to take long periods of time to get past it? Does it matter? I don't think so...   Does a person you know really understand? Do they make you feel better once you've vented your feelings and emotions?   What about music? Does it allow you to focus? Or does it make you... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/80575/light-tunnel http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/78060/diabetes Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:29:47 -0400 DiabeticDancer How much does your diabetes control your life? Or better yet, how much do you let it control you?   Growing up with this burden has shown me how much it can take over your life if you let it. I remember when I was younger my mom usually wouldn't let me go to sleepovers and certain events because of my diabetes. She wasn't it doing it to be mean, she just didn't want things to go wrong and have it affect me in the wrong ways. These types... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/78060/diabetes http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/77166/isn-lifestyle Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:25:52 -0400 DiabeticDancer I just came across the entry I sent in for the Children's Congress 2009, but unfortunately wasn't chosen.     My name is Shelby Sharp and I live in St. Louis, Missouri. I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age six, and have lived with it for ten years. There isn't a time when I don't remember having Diabetes, and having it affect my everyday life in some way. The day I was diagnosed with this disease was one that will be embedded... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/77166/isn-lifestyle http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/77121/united-stand Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:00 -0400 DiabeticDancer Having people that can relate to your situation is a comfort that doesn't come along all the time. It seems like in the case of diabetes it's even harder because we are so spread out. People can sympathize with us and realize how much we have to go through on a day to day basis, but no one can really understand unless they go through it too. Meeting fellow diabetics from diabetes camp, internet sites, and in local areas gives us the... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/77121/united-stand http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/71191/constant-buddy Sat, 16 May 2009 16:35:26 -0400 DiabeticDancer Driving a vehicle is a hard thing to do when you have no health issues to worry about; and with diabetes everything is more complicated. Having diabetes shouldn't be a reason for you not to get your drivers liscense just because you are afraid of a low blood sugar or some sort of complication.   Over the past nine monthes that I have had my liscense I have only went low twice while behind the wheel. I'm lucky because I can feel when my... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/71191/constant-buddy http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/69287/word-boys Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:16:29 -0400 DiabeticDancer So the question is, do all people accept someone with diabetes? Are they scared or do they just not understand?   In my 17 years of life, I havn't had many boyfriends. However I do have a bunch of guy friends. I mean no offense, but sometimes it takes guys a little longer to understand stuff! :) From my experience with telling the guys that I like as either more than a friend or just a good buddy, they kinda shy away from you at first... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/69287/word-boys http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/67726/diabetes Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:24:27 -0400 DiabeticDancer I was diagnosed with diabetes on March 6, 1999; and every year on that day, my family and I celebrate my diabetes birthday. Diabetes may not be a happy or easy disease, but if we all have to live with it every day why not celebrate it! We always do something fun to celebrate getting through another hard year of diabetes. I hit a decade this year and couldn't be prouder to have made it this far. If you look at diabetes as this giant black cloud... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/67726/diabetes http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/66506/longer-ll-fine Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:21:49 -0400 DiabeticDancer Since I was three years old, dancing has been a constant in my life. Dance is a release on my reality. It helps me to focus so much it's effortless and relieve my body and mind of all tension. There was never a question on whether I would stop dancing once I got diagnosed with diabetes, it was just delt with. Over the past three years I have created and choreographed a solo that I compete in regional and national competitions. This year I... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/66506/longer-ll-fine http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/66365/diabetes-camp Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:25:42 -0400 DiabeticDancer My name is Shelby and I have been looking into volunteering for a diabetes camp in the local St. Louis or surrounding areas for a while. As a kid with diabetes I attended Camp Red Bird in St. Louis, but I heard they shut that camp down. Is there any around my area that I would be able to be a counsulor for? This is a way I would love to spend my summer! :) http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/66365/diabetes-camp http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/66293/takes-strength Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:08:17 -0400 DiabeticDancer " It takes more courage and strength to ask for help then it does to do it alone." I had to find out the consequences of this the hard way. About two years ago I was so independent with my diabetes that my family hardly helped me with any of it. It seemed like I was doing fine to all of them, but the truth was, I wasn't fine. I was skipping checks and injections on a daily basis and my blood sugars were off the charts high. I... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/724215/66293/takes-strength