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Jan Chait

Jan Chait

Jan Chait was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in January 1986. Since then, she has run the gamut of treatments, beginning with diet and exercise. She now uses an insulin pump to help treat her diabetes.


It’s Not Over ’til Somebody Sings

I had a bit of a disappointment over the weekend involving a social event but, on the plus side, was so wiped out afterwards that I collapsed into my recliner for hours of feet-up rest. With my foot up for a long period of time, the pain was much abated. If only that were realistic with work and such to be done…

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Keep on Truckin’. It’s Either Uphill or Downhill from Here.

Shhhh! Can you hear the sound of hammers? Can you smell the freshly cut wood? C’mon people! This is important! Close your eyes and concentrate…

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Changes in OR Protocol Ease My Mind

Surgery went well and I now have three new medicines — two that can cause diarrhea and one that can cause constipation. So far, they seem to be striking a balance, albeit an uneasy balance, such as you would experience trying to stand on a ball. With grease on it…

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With Diabetes, School is Always In Session

Diabetes sux. I took the grandchildren and one of their friends to an amusement park during the weekend and my blood glucose was so high I couldn’t allow myself to indulge in junk food…

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Looking Forward (?) to More Surgery. Will the Fourth Time Be the “Charm”?

“You people are lucky,” an endocrinologist friend once told me, referring to those of us who have diabetes. “You know when you’re getting sick. Me? I just wake up sick…”

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Chef Seeks Help Finding Snacks. Gluten-Containing Foods Need Not Apply.

Help! Does anybody have any ideas for inexpensive, child-friendly, gluten-free snacks? I have a new child in religious school who needs gluten-free food, and I cannot bring myself to provide one thing for the rest of the children and tell him, “You can’t have that; this is for you…”

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Shake a Leg!

Spending My Days In the Arms of Morpheus

Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired (Not to Mention Hypoglycemic)

No Time (or Desire) to Cook? Let Your Grocer Do the Work

Eating Out

Food for Thought

I’ll Take the High Road and I’ll Take the Low Road and I’ll be Frustrated Afore Ye

Got Questions? Ask Them!

There’s a Hospital Stay in My Future. Yikes!

Summertime and the Eating is Awesome

Improving My HbA1c and How You Can, Too

Just Call Me A Peripatetic Diabetic

Searching My Brain for Something to Say

Now How Did That Happen?

Finally! A Stress-Free Weekend

Anticipation Ends in Disappointment

Low Glucose Leads to High Anxiety

Sometimes Things Really Do Suck

Visit to Grocery Store Leads to Whole Rant

This and That About One Thing and Another

Is ‘Globesity’ the Next Factor in Global Warming?

Travel Helps Broaden Physical Abilities

Food For Thought

A Good Doctor is Hard to Find

Achilles Was a Heel

My Week? Oh, It Was Sew-Sew

Sizing up the Attitudes

Bias Weighs on My Mind

Careful, Your Prejudice is Showing

Freebies and Washing and Blood Counts, Oh My!

Habits Need Changing…But Not Mine!

Can Diabetes Education Be Music to Your Ears?

"Shape Up!" Jan Tells Herself

What’s Up, Doc…Doc…Doc…Doc…?

A Good Forum is Not So Hard to Find

2008 is Gone. Good.

It Can Only Get Better From Here

One More Death Too Many

The Great Thanksgiving Buffet Disaster

Visit to the "Old World" Brings New Surprises

Taking Care of Me

The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth (Mostly)

Crazy? Or Just Crazed?

What Can You Give to Help Others?

Will the Goblins Be Gobblin’ at My House This Year?

Trying to Stay Flexible

Obsession Isn’t Always a Perfume

Navigating a New Toy

Blowing My Top (If Not My Chai Latte)

The Right Stuff

Put Yourself in the Driver’s Seat When it Comes to Your Health

Loss Leads to Indecision

It’s About Time

Something From Nothing: I Coulda Written for Seinfeld

Oh, the Things You’ll See, the People You’ll Meet

Things That Bug Us

Getting the Blues Over Diabetes Depiction

Weighing In…On Several Topics

Happy Campers, Despite Having Diabetes

Blast It! Starting on Multiple Meds Makes Sense

Traveling May Be Expensive, But Friends Are Priceless

Jan’s Very Bad, Awful, Diet- and BG-Blowing Day

Mother Nature Opens a Flood of Questions

Pump Up Your Education

A Little Glitz, a Little Glam, to Give My Diabetes Stuff Some BAM!

Insurance Costs? Who Cares?

Vacations, Like Diabetes, Can Have Their Ups and Downs

One More Reason to Manage Our Diabetes

Fishing for Freedom from Harassment

Parents Charged in Diabetes Death

What Does That Have To Do With Diabetes?

Support Comes in Many Forums

Exploring the Gluten-Free World

Having Diabetes Means Coping With Change

There’s More Than One Way to Answer a Prayer

Cruising My Way to a Goal

Finding My Inner Beach Ball

Where’s Your Brain When You Need It?

South of the Border (and So Was My Glucose)

"Be Prepared": Not Just the Boy Scouts’ Marching Song

Medicine Doesn’t Offer Any Guarantees

Call Me Irrepressible

In Praise of Pharmacists

Some Days Are for the Birds

Setting Priorities: Diabetes Doesn’t Always Come First

Sticking Point: Getting to the Tip of the Problem

When Progress Isn’t a Positive Thing

Diabetes Costs, by the Mile and by the Gallon

Jan Cleans Out Files, Comes Up With Blog Entry

All Pumped Up—Again

Is Today’s Throwaway Society Going Too Far?

Just Stop Already!

Deadlines Eat Into Food Choices

Sometimes It Takes a Smarty Pants To Show You The Way

"Thimk" Before You Act

Laughter: Almost As Good As Blood Glucose Control

Byetta Garners Pancreatitis Warning

Your Treatment…Or Your Life?

Diabetes-Savvy Mental Health Professionals Needed

In the Hospital, Resistance is Futile

Fitting Diabetes Into Your Lifestyle

Take Your Best Stab, Then Hope for the Best

Bits and Pieces of This and That

Load the Code for the Proper Mode

Igor, Prepare the Lab

The "Heart" of Diabetes: More Than Just Blood Glucose

Adventures in Scooterland

Back From (Another) Trip

Serving the Public: A Little Information Wouldn’t Hurt

There’s a Reason We Don’t Call it "Hibegon"

Tales of Hyperglycemia, Procrastination, and a Full Moon

Get a Clue! Keeping Track of Blood Glucose Shouldn’t Be a Mystery

Meal Plan. Check. Medicines. Check. Blood Glucose Monitoring Materials. Ch…Oops!

Patient, Heal Thyself?

Laughter: A Good Medicine to Add to Your Arsenal

Fatal Distraction

"Fat and Lazy," or Type 2 Diabetes—Which Came First?

Pondering the Intensity of Preventing Type 2 diabetes

The Best Medicine?

Tackling a Weighty Subject

Escaping the Whirlwind

Fish Story

Out of Sight, Out of Mind?

Stressed? That’s Life!

Making Food—and Diabetes—Easier To Swallow

Ear’s the Deal: We’re All Corny

Trying Times

Practicing Medicine Without a License

Just Itching to Share the News

Will Maintaining Blood Glucose Ever Become Easy? Dream On, Alice!

Type 1 Envy

Get Packing! But What? And IN What?

Scared Trait. Is It Helpful?

Got Those Low-down, Fatty-Food-Eatin’, No-Carb-Countin’, High-Blood-Glucose Blues

Will They Ever Learn?

Turn Off the Alarm Clock—I’m Busy Sleeping

Symlin: Sometimes the Positives Outweigh the Negatives

Alterations: Not Just for Seamstresses

Up in Smoke: Changing Bad Habits

Lousy Beat and the Lyrics Are Rotten. I’ll Give It a Zero.

What Does Your Doc Know About Diabetes?

Sleepless (But Not in Seattle)

Giving Thanks—Even For Diabetes

Flying With Sharp Objects

Diabetes: Portrayal vs. Reality

Trying to Control the Uncontrollable

Should You Be Eating That?

Freedom at the End of a Leash

New Monitoring Technology Brings Movies Instead of Snapshots

Diabetes and Life and Vice Versa

Walking the Euglycemic Tightrope

Fast Days Need Slow Consideration

Life After Insulin (Yes, There is One)

Knowledge Amid Chaos

Darned If I Can Think of One Reason…

Tendon-cy for Injury

When a Camp is a Support Group

Terrorist-Inspired Diabetes Terrors Weigh on Mind

Everything I Knew About Diabetes, I Learned From My Grandmother

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