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Ginger Vieira

Ginger Vieira, Health Guide

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Type 1, Health & Chronic Illness Life Coach, personal trainer

A Decade with Diabetes!

March 23rd of 2009 marks the tenth year I’ve lived with diabetes. A decade! It doesn’t really seem like it’s been “that long,” and on the other hand, I don’t remember what it was ever like to not have diabetes even though I was producing insulin for the first 13 years of my life. How am I going to celebrate?... Read moreChevron
Svati

Svati, Health Guide

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Type 1 since 2000

Carb-Counting: It Pays to Be Exact

In a recent post, I knocked down a book intended to help people make smart choices when it comes to food. Now, I want to discuss how people can get the information they need from other sources in order to enjoy going to restaurants and safely manage blood sugars at the same time. If nothing else, Eat This Not That at least made the... Read moreChevron
posted 03/20/2009, comments (0)|
Skyler

Skyler, Health Guide

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Type one since 1994. Diagnosed at 18 months old.

Getting Out of Your Diabetes "Slump"

We've all been there. We all know what it's like. Letting your diabetes slip right through your fingers, and everything gets off track. It's easy to let happen, (trust me i know that!) and it can be difficult to get it back on track. However, everyone around you (including us here on diabeteens) are here to help you through this!   Firstly... Read moreChevron
Ginger Vieira

Ginger Vieira, Health Guide

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Type 1, Health & Chronic Illness Life Coach, personal trainer

When your doctor/parents start to feel like the Diabetes Police...

Believe it or not, I'm pretty sure all of our doctors and our parents want to help us. Your parents want you to be healthy so you can be happy so you live forever and do amazing, incredible things. Your doctor wants you to be healthy, so you can be happy, so you can live forever and do amazing, incredible things.   Sometimes, though, they... Read moreChevron
Ginger Vieira

Ginger Vieira, Health Guide

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Type 1, Health & Chronic Illness Life Coach, personal trainer

You've gotta be willing to adapt!

This morning at work, my best friend was frustrated over a variety of things in her life that were changing. "You know I don't like change, Gin," she said. "I hate it!"   Personally, I like change because it inevitably leads to the start of something different, something new. Sure, sometimes changing up a routine or a schedule or a huge... Read moreChevron
posted 02/23/2009, comments (0)|

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