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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
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Meters for Christmas

  If Santa gave you a new blood glucose meter for Christmas, my guess is that you didn’t get what you wanted. But I’m sure that you got what you needed.   In all the history of diabetes only two developments stand out for giving us control. The first was the discovery of insulin in the early 1920s, and the second was the... Read moreChevron
posted 12/25/2010, comments (7)|
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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
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Comparing Diabetes Blood Glucose Meter Accuracy

Anyone who has been trying to control his or her diabetes for more than a few days often gets disappointed with checking blood glucose levels. Our disappointment is sometimes not how high those levels go but how erratic our meters and test strips seem to be behaving.Meter accuracy is a pain -- an emotional pain that can be more than the physical... Read moreChevron
posted 11/23/2010, comments (14)|
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Amylia Grace

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internationally published poet, writer, research assistant, diabetes advocate and educator. Dx'd with T1DM in '89.
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Learning about Diabetes from other peoples' experiences

I have had diabetes for almost twenty-two years. You would think that I wouldn't make obvious mistakes with my diabetes care anymore. Wrong! I do. And today was a prime example. I often gauge my day by how the morning goes, which isn't really fair. Just because I wake up with a less than ideal bloodsugar level doesn't mean I'm going to stay there.... Read moreChevron
posted 11/18/2010, comments (0)|
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Ann Bartlett

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Wellness Center Owner, living with type 1
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Type 1 Diabetes and Dead in Bed Syndrome

This week has been a difficult week for the diabetes community, when it was revealed that young girl of 13 never woke up.  There have been 4 deaths of type 1 teens recently reported and many of us remember Cynthia Kahn who passed away earlier this year.  We have lost some great people simply “while they were... Read moreChevron
posted 10/23/2010, comment (1)|
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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.
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Mentally preparing yourself for the rigors of Diabetes

[How] To be or not to be--that is the question. -Shakespeare      Sometimes my cats forget they're cats, and they act like humans. I'll walk upstairs after throwing in a load of laundry to find that the chicken sandwich I left on my plate has vanished.  For a moment I think to myself "What the %@$? Who ate my sandwich?"... Read moreChevron
posted 10/21/2010, comments (0)|
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