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posted 04/18/2009, comments (2)

Diabetes Birthday

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... Read more Chevron

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DiabeticDancer

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I control diabetes, It doesn't control me...

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posted 04/08/2009, comment (1)

Diabetes Camp!!

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... Read more Chevron

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Ginger Vieira

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Type 1 for 10 years. Personal Trainer, Yoga Instruc., Powerlifter

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posted 04/05/2009, comments (0)

Non-diabetic Friends & Strangers...and the things they say!

“You’ll die if you eat sugar, right?”“Should you be eating that?”“You can’t eat salt?”“You probably don’t even feel that poke your finger anymore.”"Is that blood sugar okay?" "Don't you need to go to the nurse now?" “Do you need to check right now?"“Is diabetes... Read more Chevron

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Ginger Vieira

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posted 02/23/2009, comments (0)

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 more Chevron

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Ginger Vieira

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posted 02/17/2009, comments (0)

Diabetes Camp - Is it for you?

When was the last time you sat down to a meal and everyone at the table began adding the carbs on their plates, using a calculator to determine their insulin dose and pulled an insulin pen or pump out of their pockets? Diabetes Camp. When was the last time you climbed into your bunk bed and said, "One of my least favorite things... Read more Chevron

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