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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.
Nov 25, 2008
Visit to the "Old World" Brings New Surprises
Ya gotta love a place where a swing band serendipitously belts out "Back Home Again in Indiana" (lyrics here) on your first foray out around town. On this night, however, the moonlight was shining not on the Wabash, but on the Vltava, the river that separates the east and west sides of Prague.
The whole joint was jumping. And on a Monday night, yet! Turns out there was a reason.
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Nov 18, 2008
Taking Care of Me
We're too busy. We're too busy from a very young age. A couple of weeks ago, I had to arrange for six children, aged 6–11, to be at the same place at the same time. The lady we (the children, some parents, and another person) were supposed to meet with had told me she could be available at any time, so I took her at her word and just worked with the children's parents.
Once I got the children together, I called back.
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Nov 11, 2008
The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth (Mostly)
My long-awaited trip to visit my best friend in Germany is upon me. The light is near, but the end of the tunnel has been filled with potholes. Just when I'm trying to get things done and get ahead a bit so I can fly off on Thursday with nothing hanging over my head, things start to unravel.
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Nov 04, 2008
Crazy? Or Just Crazed?
Do you ever go through a period of time when things are just crazy? That's about where I've been lately. I may as well not even plan anything, because something else seems to come along to upset my schedule. Even when I do manage to get something done on time, outside factors conspire and it gets put off somewhere else along the line.
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Oct 28, 2008
What Can You Give to Help Others?
On Sunday, I got up at some miserably early hour—even earlier than usual—to prepare fleece so the children in religious school could make blankets for needy babies. Another teacher and I met at the synagogue before the children arrived to trim fleece and cut fringe around the edges so the children could tie two pieces of fabric together to make nice, warm, double-layered blankets.
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Oct 21, 2008
Will the Goblins Be Gobblin’ at My House This Year?
Oct 15, 2008
Trying to Stay Flexible
Oct 07, 2008
Obsession Isn't Always a Perfume
Sep 30, 2008
Navigating a New Toy
Sep 23, 2008
Blowing My Top (If Not My Chai Latte)
Sep 16, 2008
The Right Stuff
Sep 02, 2008
Loss Leads to Indecision
Aug 26, 2008
It's About Time
Aug 12, 2008
Oh, the Things You'll See, the People You'll Meet
Aug 05, 2008
Things That Bug Us
Jul 29, 2008
Getting the Blues Over Diabetes Depiction
Jul 22, 2008
Weighing In...On Several Topics
Jul 15, 2008
Happy Campers, Despite Having Diabetes
Jul 08, 2008
Blast It! Starting on Multiple Meds Makes Sense
Jun 24, 2008
Jan's Very Bad, Awful, Diet- and BG-Blowing Day
Jun 17, 2008
Mother Nature Opens a Flood of Questions
Jun 10, 2008
Pump Up Your Education
May 28, 2008
Insurance Costs? Who Cares?
May 13, 2008
One More Reason to Manage Our Diabetes
May 06, 2008
Fishing for Freedom from Harassment
Apr 29, 2008
Parents Charged in Diabetes Death
Apr 29, 2008
What Does That Have To Do With Diabetes?
Apr 22, 2008
Support Comes in Many Forums
Apr 15, 2008
Exploring the Gluten-Free World
Apr 08, 2008
Having Diabetes Means Coping With Change
Apr 01, 2008
There's More Than One Way to Answer a Prayer
Mar 25, 2008
Cruising My Way to a Goal
Mar 18, 2008
Finding My Inner Beach Ball
Mar 11, 2008
Where's Your Brain When You Need It?
Mar 04, 2008
South of the Border (and So Was My Glucose)
Feb 19, 2008
Medicine Doesn't Offer Any Guarantees
Feb 12, 2008
Call Me Irrepressible
Feb 05, 2008
In Praise of Pharmacists
Jan 29, 2008
Some Days Are for the Birds
Jan 15, 2008
Sticking Point: Getting to the Tip of the Problem
Jan 08, 2008
When Progress Isn't a Positive Thing
Jan 02, 2008
Diabetes Costs, by the Mile and by the Gallon
Dec 18, 2007
Jan Cleans Out Files, Comes Up With Blog Entry
Dec 11, 2007
All Pumped Up—Again
Dec 04, 2007
Is Today's Throwaway Society Going Too Far?
Nov 27, 2007
Just Stop Already!
Nov 20, 2007
Deadlines Eat Into Food Choices
Nov 06, 2007
"Thimk" Before You Act
Oct 30, 2007
Laughter: Almost As Good As Blood Glucose Control
Oct 23, 2007
Byetta Garners Pancreatitis Warning
Oct 16, 2007
Your Treatment...Or Your Life?
Oct 09, 2007
Diabetes-Savvy Mental Health Professionals Needed
Oct 02, 2007
In the Hospital, Resistance is Futile
Sep 25, 2007
Fitting Diabetes Into Your Lifestyle
Sep 18, 2007
Take Your Best Stab, Then Hope for the Best
Sep 11, 2007
Bits and Pieces of This and That
Sep 04, 2007
Load the Code for the Proper Mode
Aug 28, 2007
Igor, Prepare the Lab
Aug 15, 2007
Adventures in Scooterland
Aug 07, 2007
Back From (Another) Trip
Jul 24, 2007
There's a Reason We Don't Call it "Hibegon"
Jun 26, 2007
Patient, Heal Thyself?
Jun 19, 2007
Laughter: A Good Medicine to Add to Your Arsenal
Jun 13, 2007
Fatal Distraction
Jun 05, 2007
"Fat and Lazy," or Type 2 Diabetes—Which Came First?
May 23, 2007
The Best Medicine?
May 15, 2007
Tackling a Weighty Subject
May 08, 2007
Escaping the Whirlwind
May 01, 2007
Fish Story
Apr 24, 2007
Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
Apr 17, 2007
Stressed? That's Life!
Apr 10, 2007
Making Food—and Diabetes—Easier To Swallow
Apr 03, 2007
Ear’s the Deal: We're All Corny
Mar 27, 2007
Trying Times
Mar 20, 2007
Practicing Medicine Without a License
Mar 13, 2007
Just Itching to Share the News
Feb 27, 2007
Type 1 Envy
Feb 20, 2007
Get Packing! But What? And IN What?
Feb 13, 2007
Scared Trait. Is It Helpful?
Jan 30, 2007
Will They Ever Learn?
Jan 23, 2007
Turn Off the Alarm Clock—I'm Busy Sleeping
Jan 09, 2007
Alterations: Not Just for Seamstresses
Jan 03, 2007
Up in Smoke: Changing Bad Habits
Dec 12, 2006
What Does Your Doc Know About Diabetes?
Dec 05, 2006
Sleepless (But Not in Seattle)
Nov 28, 2006
Giving Thanks—Even For Diabetes
Nov 21, 2006
Flying With Sharp Objects
Nov 14, 2006
Diabetes: Portrayal vs. Reality
Nov 07, 2006
Trying to Control the Uncontrollable
Oct 31, 2006
Should You Be Eating That?
Oct 24, 2006
Freedom at the End of a Leash
Oct 11, 2006
Diabetes and Life and Vice Versa
Oct 03, 2006
Walking the Euglycemic Tightrope
Sep 26, 2006
Fast Days Need Slow Consideration
Sep 19, 2006
Life After Insulin (Yes, There is One)
Sep 12, 2006
Knowledge Amid Chaos
Sep 05, 2006
Darned If I Can Think of One Reason...
Aug 29, 2006
Tendon-cy for Injury
Aug 22, 2006
When a Camp is a Support Group
Aug 16, 2006
Terrorist-Inspired Diabetes Terrors Weigh on Mind
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