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David Mendosa

David Mendosa

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog
posted 11/11/2009, comments (0)

Bad Science

  Whenever I become conscious of a word or concept new to me, I began to notice it everywhere. All of you probably have had this experience. It is so common that we even have a nice big word for it thanks to the great Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung: Synchronicity.A couple of weeks ago a member of the diabetes support group that meets... Read moreChevron
Robert Albee

Robert Albee

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Never-ever see me as a disease; instead a kind of dervish!
posted 11/06/2009, comments (2)

Creating a Community-Based Diabetes Self-Management Program

  I am involved in creating a community-based diabetes self-manage- ment program operated by diabetics for diabetics. I am asking for your ideas on what to include in a beginning six-hour kickoff to be followed up by a weekly 60-90 minute meeting throughout the year. This is a format similar to a popular weight reduction program and numerous... Read moreChevron
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Gretchen Becker

Gretchen Becker

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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com
posted 11/06/2009, comments (3)

Newly Diagnosed: What Can I Eat?

You've recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and you don't know what you can eat.   One expert says you need to cut back on fat, but you can eat a lot of carbohydrate (starches and sugars). Another says you need to cut back on carbohydrate, and fat doesn't matter. A third says the important thing is the glycemic index. Your head is... Read moreChevron
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Kerri Sparling

Kerri Sparling

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I believe in the power of community.
posted 11/03/2009, comments (9)

The Power of We

As I grew up with diabetes, my mother wasn't just "my mother." She was also my nurse, my dietician, and my exercise physiologist. What she had was the powerful combination of necessity and love, driven by the need to take the best care possible of her diabetic child.   I don't have a clue what it takes to be the mother of a kid with... Read moreChevron
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Gina Capone

Gina Capone

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Founder of diabetestalkfest.com, dxd with Type 1 at age 25.
posted 11/02/2009, comments (2)

Mastering Diabetes at the Diabetes Research Institute, Day 2

This is Day 2 of a 5 day intensive mastering your diabetes program that I participated in at the Diabetes Research Institute. Please read DRI-Mastering your diabetes, Day 1 first. Every morning before we started our class we had to check in and go for our vitals, which included blood pressure and pulse. The only day that my blood pressure was on... Read moreChevron
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