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    posted 03/04/2009, comments (2)

    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
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    posted 02/27/2009, comments (0)

    ASK GINGER - My family is losing weight but I haven't lost anything yet...

    Hi Ginger, I am a 13 year old type 1 diabetic. I am 5 ft 5 and weigh 160 lbs. My family has been doing the low carb diet and loosing lots of weight and I have lost nothing. I have been trying to excercise but I am not sure how long I should excercise every day. I would appreciate any advice you have to... Read moreChevron
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    posted 02/10/2009, comments (3)

    Are You Wasting Energy Wishing You Didn't Have Diabetes?

    I hate to waste my time and my energy. I resented the complicated math classes I was forced to take in college because I knew there was no point in my life when I would have to find the route of x through y times b-squared divided by 17. I’m sure there a hundred thousand math teachers desperate to argue with me over how important it is that... Read moreChevron
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    posted 02/02/2009, comments (0)

    February is Healthy Heart Month!

    As a person with diabetes, I am at a greater risk for developing heart disease. This definitely doesn't mean I'm extremely likely to get heart disease, though, it just means that if I make the common poor choices that lead to heart disease for everyone my body is more vulnerable to those risks because of my diabetes.   So, that's all the... Read moreChevron
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    posted 01/24/2009, comments (5)

    Doomed with Diabetes? You choose.

    I recently met someone with diabetes who had been in severe denial about her disease for the past 8 years. She didn’t deal with it. She hadn’t taught herself anything about the disease. She said, quite simple, “I know I’ll be blind and probably have kidney disease when I’m older because of my diabetes,” but she... Read moreChevron
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