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Kelsey Bonilla

posted 07/24/2008, comments (0)

Understanding Motherhood

It sounds so cliché, but it's true, you don't truly appreciate your parents until you become a parent yourself. In the last six months my understanding of what parenthood entails has grown tremendously. While chatting with my mom the other day, I started thinking about how she must have felt when I was diagnosed with type 1... Read more Chevron

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Victoria in San Antonio

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posted 07/22/2008, comment (1)

Type One for More Than 35 Years!

Well Hello. I have had type 1 for many, many years. I was first diagnosed way back when the only way of telling how your sugar levels were while at home was with a test tube and drips of urine. Ring a bell, anyone? But now a days, I am happy to say, I use Novolog and an insulin pump. In short, the switch to the pump 5... 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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DGV

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Workaholic, sugar lover, carbohydrate lover...all the things I sh

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posted 07/18/2008, comments (2)

Just started Byetta 5mcg tonight - Keeping fingers crossed!

I just began my Byetta at 12:20 a.m. tonight! I was so peachy proud of myself, as I am needle phobic and did not think I would be able to do it! After I injected it, I woke up my husband and told him...ran to my teenaged daughter's room and told her, then called my mother and sister and told them! I am type 2 and have been in... Read more Chevron

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Karen D.

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Type 1 Diabetic since 1974, insulin pump user for 2 years

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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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