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Eric Lagergren
Eric Lagergren was born in 1974 but didn’t give much thought to diabetes until March 2007, when he was diagnosed with Type 1. He now gives quite a bit of thought to the condition, and to help him better understand his life as a person with diabetes, he writes about it. Eric is the senior editor for the Testing Division at the University of Michigan’s English Language Institute in Ann Arbor.
How Much Doctoring is Too Much for a Type 1?
This is a tough topic to write succinctly and coherently about. And no doubt I’ll hear back from some readers both agreeing and disagreeing. I am interested in what you guys have to say. So, up front, I apologize for any incoherence. I may be all over the map on this topic.
It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Insulin
It’s that time of year here in Michigan that makes me very happy. Summer’s here, which means that the flower gardens that make up a majority of our lawn — front, back, and side of the house — are just about ready to go into full-color mode. My wife and I are also three weeks away from a weeklong vacation at a cabin we rented in a national forest on the other side of the state. So I’m excited for what’s to come…
Random Thoughts on My Diabetes and This Blog
What follows in this week’s blog entry is — for the most part — a nonnarrative about a few things regarding my self-management. Often I write about what’s happened in the past week or so, but the last week has been rather uneventful in my diabetes life. This morning as I took the dog on her hour-long walk, I tried but could not think of anything to write about this week. It’s a problem that doesn’t happen to me too often, because I can usually take a seemingly insignificant aspect of my life with diabetes and spin it out into a good thousand-word blog entry…
Another Endocrinologist Visit
My first ever visit to an endocrinologist was two weeks after being diagnosed with diabetes. It was an oddly comforting visit because it was in fact where Dr. Kumagai told my wife and me that I had Type 1…
Running Scared: A Legitimate Concern or Just an Excuse
In college I ran cross-country and track. In my mid- to late twenties I ran because I enjoyed it. In my thirties I haven’t really done much running. Oh, I’ve done and will probably again do the gym thing, spinning classes, all of that, but lately — and in no small part because of lovely weather and a beautiful hilly, forested cemetery two blocks from our house that has beautiful trails on which we take our dog on long walks — I’ve had the urge to start running…
My Routine, My Blood Glucose
Over the winter months it seemed to me that often, when I’d check my blood glucose, I was running 30–40 mg/dl higher than I’d have liked. I tweaked the basal rate on my insulin pump, and I worked some with my carbohydrate ratios, but from November through February the levels weren’t as consistent as I’d like, and my HbA1c at my endocrinologist’s visit indicated that I’d slipped some: I’d gone up almost one percentage point and was right around 7.0%…
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How Much Doctoring is Too Much for a Type 1?
Eric Lagergren
Lantus and Cancer: Further Study Needed
Diane Fennell
Is Weight Good for You?
David Spero
Just Call Me A Peripatetic Diabetic
Jan Chait
Food Group Superfoods: Fats (Part 11)
Amy Campbell
Diabetes and the Downturn
Find out about organizations and programs that can help with health-care expenses during tough times.
Keeping Active With Diabetes and Arthritis
Exercise can help control both diabetes and arthritis. Here’s how to get started and stay injury-free.
How Much Do You Know About Indigestion?
Learn what you can do to prevent indigestion, as well as when to seek medical help.
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