Monday, June 04, 2012

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Amylia Grace

Amylia Grace, Health Guide

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internationally published poet, writer, research assistant, diabetes advocate and educator. Dx'd with T1DM in '89.

How to Grieve Diabetes (?)

I visited my endocrinologist the other day. She makes me nervous. I bit my lip as the doctor reported my A1C. It was 8.0.   I was unhappily surprised. I thought my A1C would be around 6.5, having been more and more in that range these past four months with several lows.  I thought my results would reflect the hard work and diligent... Read moreChevron
posted 05/23/2012, comments (0)|
Amylia Grace

Amylia Grace, Health Guide

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internationally published poet, writer, research assistant, diabetes advocate and educator. Dx'd with T1DM in '89.

Diabetes: The Buck Stops Here (Or Does it?)

"The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt." --Ayn RandThere are three things that make this so-called D-life impossibly hard at times:    1.) There's no break from diabetes (nor time off for good behavior)    2.) There's no sharing     3.) It's no exact science (and I'm no pancreas).Diabetes is a... Read moreChevron
posted 05/23/2012, comments (0)|
David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

The Nova Max Plus Meter

Nobody questions our need for blood glucose meters to be accurate. Yet only a few of the meter manufacturers seem to be doing anything about it. People with diabetes rely on our meters to see what the food we eat, the exercise we get, and the medication we take does to our blood glucose levels. Only when we know that our levels are too high or... Read moreChevron
David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

Myths about Coconut and MCT Oils

One type of saturated fat is especially valuable for those of us who have diabetes. Oils like coconut and MCT are the easiest for us to use, as I have written in my last four posts here, including “The Best Saturated Fats.”But too many people avoid these great fats because they believe myths about them. When I interviewed Ron Rosedale,... Read moreChevron
Amylia Grace

Amylia Grace, Health Guide

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internationally published poet, writer, research assistant, diabetes advocate and educator. Dx'd with T1DM in '89.

A Bad Diabetes Day: Dealing with the Lows of a High A1C

Today is one of those days. You know the ones. Sorta down. Kinda mopey. A little too high in the glucose department to be chipper. A rogue drawer handle ripped my infusion site out first thing this morning. I then realized I had only one infusion set to my name. And then the insurance frustrations.   New year? A new, even higher deductible... Read moreChevron