May 22, 2008

Blood on My Hands

Eric Lagergren

My blood glucose monitoring routine's pretty routine (although probably not textbook). I unzip my kit and fold it open. On the left is my lancet pen (an Accu-Chek Multiclix), the test strips (FreeStyle, which go with the CozMonitor glucose monitor that piggybacks on my insulin pump), and the tiny FreeStyle Flash monitor I use if I'm not wearing my pump. On the right is a zippered pouch with an extra glucose monitor battery, a couple of extra lancet drums, and usually an AAA battery for my insulin pump. Oh, and there's the piece of paper towel or tissue folded to about two inches square, on which are dried streaks and drops of dried blood from the previous few days of monitoring.

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May 21, 2008

"Angry with God"

David Spero

Last week, I got an e-mail from a woman I didn’t know. She had bought my first book, The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health When You Have a Chronic Illness. There’s a page in there about the value of faith, and she wanted some advice.

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May 20, 2008

Vacations, Like Diabetes, Can Have Their Ups and Downs

Jan Chait

There was no heat in our stateroom for the first three days of last week's Alaska cruise. It was, for the most part, chilly and rainy—er, outside that is. Inside, it was just cold. The seas were high a couple of times, causing the ship to climb up one side of a wave and slide down the opposite side, a feat that prompted the captain to quip, "I’ll bet you've never been surfing on an 85,000-ton surfboard before." In the ship's shopping area, items were literally flying off the shelves.

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May 19, 2008

Stevia: A Sweetener Shrouded in Mystery and Debate

Amy Campbell

Over the past several weeks, we’ve taken a closer look at various nutritive, or caloric, sweeteners, including high-fructose corn syrup. Thank you all for your comments, questions, and suggestions. The use of sweeteners is obviously an important, and often emotionally charged, topic.

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May 16, 2008

Low-GI Diet May Help Kids With Type 1

Tara Dairman

A small study published in the April 2008 issue of Diabetes Care has shown that a diet low on the glycemic index may lead to better blood glucose control in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes.

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May 15, 2008

What We’re Reading: Free Insulin Pen Offer

Web Team

Even with health insurance, having diabetes can be an expensive endeavor, with all the blood glucose strips, lancets, medicines, and other assorted medical paraphernalia needing to be purchased (to say nothing of the routine checkups with various health-care providers). This makes offers of free diabetes devices, such as the one extended by this Eli Lilly and Company coupon, all the more welcome.

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May 15, 2008

What's the Buzz All About?

Eric Lagergren

May 14, 2008

Power Naps, Health Naps

David Spero

May 13, 2008

One More Reason to Manage Our Diabetes

Jan Chait

May 12, 2008

High-Fructose Corn Syrup: The Controversy Continues

Amy Campbell

May 09, 2008

"National Diabetes Goal" Set

Tara Dairman

May 08, 2008

What We're Reading: Insulin Pump Safety

Web Team

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