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Ginger Vieira

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posted 08/12/2008, comment (1)

My Pancreas SHOULD be making insulin...

So, technically, my pancreas SHOULD be making insulin...right? That's what its original job was in my body: make insulin! But while it SHOULD be making insulin, the reality IS that my pancreas simply doesn't anymore. The same thing could be said for my drive to work in the morning: it SHOULD take me no more than ten minutes to get to work... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/15/2008, comment (1)

If one more person asks me to smile I'm going to SCREAM!!!!

I work in retail, not the best place for a diabetic to work on days when all you want to do is stay in bed, it's stressful and stressful some more and the customers can be down right mean and unreasonable! I work in an upscale department store, similar to Macy's, or Saks, I am a department head so I'm there fulltime dealing with people yelling at... Read more Chevron

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Ginger Vieira

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posted 06/05/2008, comments (2)

Liar, Liar! Pants on fire!

We’ve probably all done it. If you haven’t, then you’re pretty awesome. If you have, I totally understand…and you’re still pretty awesome. Blood sugar lies.And I don’t blame anybody for wanting to lie about their blood sugar readings, because I know how it feels to say, “My blood sugar is 320.” The... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/19/2008, comments (0)

Perfection with Diabetes Management: Let's be frank

Ohh, the pressure to be perfect! Sometimes, it makes me want to give up altogether...until I realize it's just in my head. NO one should expect me to be the perfect diabetic-it's just not possible. The mere fact that I can say, "I have diabetes," implies that my blood sugars are one part of my life that will be... Read more Chevron

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