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Kerri Sparling

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posted 10/14/2009, comments (6)

Joining the Team!

My name is Kerri Sparling and my favorite color used to be blue, but I think it's slowly transitioning to green. My husband and I have been married a little over a year and we battle regularly against the three cats who somehow came to live in our house. I love a clean car, I enjoy working out (I know - ridiculous, eh?), and I'm... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Fran Cogen

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Director, Child/Adolescent Diabetes Program at Children's Nat'l

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posted 10/13/2009, comments (4)

Diagnosing Diabetes

Upon perusal of the diabetes sections of the MyDiabetesCentral.com, it appears that many people still have questions on just how diabetes is diagnosed. I just answered an inquiry asking if a blood sugar of 80 mg/dl is normal in a 7-year-old child. I thought it might be helpful to discuss diabetes in terms of diagnosis and typical presentations in... Read more Chevron

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Housekitten

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posted 10/02/2009, comments (0)

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My Mom is an 80 year old woman who weighs in at a whopping 101 pounds. Last year she had a surgical procudure called the Whipple and has had about 1/4 to 1/3 of her pancreas removed. She is now having blood sgars in the range of 140-190. She has seen a dietician and she recommend counting carbs and not going over 30-45 carbs per... Read more Chevron

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Ann Bartlett

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posted 10/01/2009, comments (10)

Making Friends With Diabetes

Next Easter, I will have lived with type 1 diabetes for 40 years. And for 37 of those 40 years, I never embraced another person living with diabetes as a friend. It was not personal rebuke for others who had diabetes, but felt I would not know how to relate to someone else. All my friends always made the comment, "I... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Fran Cogen

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posted 09/29/2009, comments (3)

Guidelines for Sleepovers and Tips for Substitute Caregivers

As always, intriguing blog topics are generated by my patients and families. Last week, one of parents expressed a wish to have a handout developed to give to surrogates that may be temporarily responsible for their child or teen with diabetes. Typically this scenario relates to overnighters in which the child is visiting a friend or an invited... Read more Chevron

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