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You Can Never Be Too Prepared!

Insulin: I don’t leave home without it. Ever!I don’t have any children, but you might mistake my little black pouch containing my insulin, glucose tabs and glucose meter for my newborn child, because I never go anywhere without it. Seriously, I never go anywhere without it.I consider my insulin and glucose meter the only way to keep up... Read moreChevron
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posted 01/11/2009, comments (0)|
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ASK GINGER - Reusing My Syringes?

Ginger,I’ve reused my syringes before and I don’t see why it’s such a big deal, because it doesn’t feel dull unless I reuse way too many times and it still gets into my skin fine. If it doesn’t hurt, isn’t it okay?-JenBRHey Jen,So, here’s the thing: while a huge part of why we’re not supposed to... Read moreChevron
posted 12/16/2008, comments (0)|
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ASK GINGER – Insulin and Winter Temperatures!

Hi Ginger,You said you went into DKA once because you were outside in the winter and the cold messed up your insulin. How cold does it have to be for that to happen? I snowboard a lot, but I was only diagnosed last March so I’m kinda worried about my pump.-DanHey Dan,Great question, because this is really important if you’re a... Read moreChevron
posted 11/09/2008, comments (0)|
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A Brief History on INSULIN!!!

The dudes we can thank for our handy bottles of insulin are Fredrick G. Banting, Charles H. Best, J.J.R. Macleod and James B. Collip. They discovered insulin 1921 by extracting it from the islet cells of animal pancreases! Before this, being told you had Type 1 diabetes basically meant you had a very short time to live because they didn't have any... Read moreChevron
posted 10/23/2008, comments (0)|
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Q: What are some of the ways that diabetes affects you that people don't think about?

Hi everyone. So I have to give a speach on behalf of JDRF next Tuesday and my theme is going to be "Diabetes & It's Lesser-Known Side Effects", something a little different then the usual speach about statistics & blindness & getting poked multiple times a day. So I wanted to ask all of you if you had any thoughts on way that diabetes... Read moreChevron
posted 05/29/2008, comments (3)|
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