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Kelsey Bonilla

Kelsey Bonilla

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posted 05/02/2008, comments (0)

When your Insulin Pump Fails...

I've been an insulin pumper for nearly two years. I finally started pumping in anticipation of my diabetic pregnancy. The pump was the single most important tool in ensuring the health of both me and Sienna. Although I sometimes get annoyed when I wear an outfit without a convenient place to carry my pump or when Sienna little foot or hand gets... Read moreChevron
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David Mendosa

David Mendosa

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Medical journalist living with diabetes
posted 05/01/2008, comments (6)

What's My Blood Glucose Level?

Just before lunch this afternoon I checked out the new FreeStyle Freedom Lite blood glucose monitoring system from Abbott Diabetes Care. The company's public relations firm, Fleishman-Hillard, was nice enough to send me one of the first of these cute little meters and 10 test strips.After carefully washing my hands, I quickly used one test strip... Read moreChevron
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Amy Tenderich

Amy Tenderich

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Diabetes Mine creator
posted 05/01/2008, comment (1)

2nd Annual DiabetesMine Design Challenge

*a competition designed to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that will improve life with diabetes*     Whether you're a pharma R&D pro, an independent engineer, a design student or an enterprising patient, we want to hear from you. we are accepting submissions in two categories: ages 18 and... Read moreChevron
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Dr. Bill Quick

Dr. Bill Quick

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Health Professional
posted 04/30/2008, comments (2)

Treating Hypoglycemia with Insulin

I'd like to mention an observation I have had about treating hypoglycemia -- Treating with insulin as well as food! That's against the rules:   The Humalog USPI states: Humalog is contraindicated during episodes of hypoglycemia...   Novolog USPI ditto: NovoLog is contraindicated during episodes... Read moreChevron
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Gretchen Becker

Gretchen Becker

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Author, Humorist
posted 04/30/2008, comments (0)

Diet & Lifestlye Influence Metabolism

Your Mileage May Vary   We call it YMMV, or "your mileage may vary," meaning that we're all slightly different, and the diet or treatment that works best for me might not be the one that works best for you.   Now the scientists are beginning to look into this and guess what? They're finding that different groups of people are very... Read moreChevron
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