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Meg, the Noob

posted 07/25/2008, comments (0)

Following the Big Meltdown

Since a number of people have commented on my "Big Meltdown" post, I thought I should update you guys about what has been happening since then. Firstly, I went to the graduate funding guy at my university to discuss the possibility of getting bursaries or scholarships. He was quite positive about my chances, and I filled in all the... Read more Chevron

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Amy Tenderich

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posted 07/22/2008, comments (0)

Suddenly Celiac

Reprinted with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine. Back in 2003, when I was diagnosed, nobody seemed to know anything much about the connection between Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease. Or at least it wasn't mainstream, certainly not for my doctors at the time. Celiac is of course an intolerance to gluten, a composite of... Read more Chevron

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Ann Bartlett

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posted 07/21/2008, comments (0)

Diabetes and Frozen Shoulder

A year ago, I was walking my two dogs at the beach when one lurched in one direction and other decided to swing around behind me to catch up to the other. The result was one heck of a sore shoulder! For nearly 2 weeks I had trouble moving my shoulder without pain and I had many people telling me I had torn the rotator cuff and I... Read more Chevron

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WiltingFern

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posted 07/18/2008, comment (1)

Hello i'm WiltingFern, and i need to stop &$^%*ing up my life.

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes the day before i turned 12. It was almost comical as i sat terrifed at the idea of needles for the rest of my life (i had a record of nine nurses holding me down for my first insulin shot) I was gripping my backpack for dear life, because the contents inside suddenly became contraband (two mega-sized pixie... Read more Chevron

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Karen D.

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posted 07/15/2008, comments (4)

Struggling with Depression

After living with Type 1 diabetes for almost 35 years now, I have been really struggling to control episodes of severe hypoglycemia. My body no longer gives me any warning signs when my blood sugar is dropping and it happens so frequently and so rapidly that I feel the waking up on the floor of my home or office to many faces of paramedics,... Read more Chevron

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