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Jan Chait

New York City: Where the “Fun” Never Ends. (Part 2)

My continuous glucose monitor (CGM) woke me up with its three sharp beeps. I turned on the backlight and saw that my blood glucose was low…

Jan Chait

Bouncing BGs Lead to New Awareness

How ’bout those Colts? If I’d known a few years ago they’d go this far, I would have taken the football Peyton Manning autographed for my granddaughter and kept it in a safe place. However, she slept with it and the writing is all rubbed off…

Jan Chait

Dang! I Could’ve Had Sweet Pickles Instead!

I’m not perfect. In fact, I’m far from perfect, especially when it comes to remembering what my CDE drove into my head about my diabetes care. Oh, I eventually remembered what I should have done. Way too long after I should have done it…

Jan Chait

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

My friend Nancy is off to Budapest. Sandy is about to take off to Taiwan. I don’t even want to think about traveling…

Jan Chait

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

Surgery and IV antibiotics continue to send my blood glucose into the toilet a lot but, thanks to various and sundry government edicts, I don’t always have to mainline sugar to get it up to decent levels…

Jan Chait

Got Questions? Ask Them!

“They warned me about you,” my nurse said as he busied himself with blood pressure cuffs and other paraphernalia…

Eric Lagergren

Diabetes and iPhone: Another App Article?

Eric Lagergren

It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Insulin

Jan Chait

Searching My Brain for Something to Say

Eric Lagergren

No Food or Drink Allowed

Eric Lagergren

Hypoglycemia’s Dangerous Enough

Tara Dairman

Tight Control in the Hospital Questioned

Eric Lagergren

Beware Diabetic Complacency

Jan Chait

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

Amy Campbell

How Many Diabetes Educators Can You Fit Into One Convention Center?

Eric Lagergren

One Side Effect from a Low Blood Glucose

Eric Lagergren

Regarding the Diabetes

Eric Lagergren

The Positive Can Be Negative

Jan Chait

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

Eric Lagergren

Eat the Shelf

Eric Lagergren

Those Negative Inner Voices

Jan Chait

Where’s Your Brain When You Need It?

Jan Chait

South of the Border (and So Was My Glucose)

Eric Lagergren

It’s 3 AM. Do You Know What Your Blood Glucose Is?

Eric Lagergren

What Causes Stress and Relieves It at the Same Time?

Eric Lagergren

Drilling for Blood Glucose

Jan Chait

Take Your Best Stab, Then Hope for the Best

Andy Stuckey

Low Blood Glucose Story of the Week

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Be Aware of Hypoglycemia Unawareness

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: Charges Against Doug Burns Dropped

Tara Dairman

Low Blood Glucose Doesn’t Affect Long-Term Brain Function

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: Hypoglycemia Mix-Up Leads to Arrest

Andy Stuckey

Diabetes and Subconscious Behavior in New Jersey

Joe Nelson

Independence vs. Dependence

Andy Stuckey

A Trip to the DMV With My Diabetes Man-Purse

Andy Stuckey

Family Projects and Sneaky Low Blood Glucose

Jan Chait

Walking the Euglycemic Tightrope

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