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Understanding the Chemistry of Insulin

Even though I take insulin every day, I never considered the chemistry of insulin until I began working in a chemistry research lab at college. Prior to this year, the sum of my knowledge about insulin probably came from one of those "Newly Diagnosed" pamphlets that the doctors were so quick to administer in the first few appointments. ... Read more Chevron

posted 05/21/2010, comments (0)|

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Ginger Vieira

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"TuAnalyze"...looking at A1C numbers across the country!

TuDiabetes.com and the Children's Hospital of Boston have teamed to create and launch "TuAnalyze." TuAnalyze is a new application that allows anyone across the country to submit their Hemoglobin A1C numbers. The A1Cs submitted will then be tracked on a map of the United States to show the average A1C in that area of the... Read more Chevron

posted 05/20/2010, comment (1)|

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Why I Was Having Repeated High BG Levels

When I was first diagnosed, I remember keeping a detailed log book of my blood sugar and insulin. My parents and I recorded every meter reading and how much insulin I took at each injection. I'm not sure when exactly we discontinued that habit, but it's safe to say that I have not used a pen and paper to keep track of my blood sugar in... Read more Chevron

posted 05/14/2010, comments (0)|

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Diabetes Blog Week! Day 4 - To carb or not to carb?

Well, I've definitely gone in both directions. As a powerliftter, I had to carb-it-up, because my muscles needed a decent amount of carbs in order to repair and rebuild and grow stronger. But for the year before I began powerlifting I had really learned about and focused on eating a low-carb, low-glycemic diet, and I felt awesome.Yes, you can... Read more Chevron

posted 05/13/2010, comments (0)|

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I am the only one in my school with diabetes and sometimes it really gets hard. My friend keep on forgetting and constantly offer me sweets, and I don't blame them but I now live in a new place and my friends now aren't quite use to the hole idea of me being a diabetic... I feel alone sometimes and I feel stupid about that, is that normal because... Read more Chevron

posted 05/12/2010, comments (3)|

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