The D-Log Cabin

Monday, August 19, 2013

FFL: The Hard Stuff

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When J was being born, amid the crazyness of water breaking and contractions and epidurals and hourly blood glucose checks and being dragge...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

Strip Safely (and carry a BIG stick)

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In the beginning of my diabetes journey, a blood glucose reading was a thing written in stone, the Gospel truth. "What's your numbe...
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Thursday, August 08, 2013

Imposter

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I'm a little upset right now. (Warning: what you are about to read will probably disgust you...proceed with caution. And if you should...
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Monday, August 05, 2013

Friends For Life: the Wednesday Prelude

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Decisions are hard for me. Which is how I found myself staring at the Friends for Life schedule, 15 minutes before the focus groups beg...
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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Ten Things that I wish the Nursing Profession knew about Hypoglyemia

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1. It's called hypoglycemia. It's not called freak-the-heck-out-and-dial-911-itis. Unless I'm unconscious. 2. Stop asking me if...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

On the Road with the Artificial Pancreas

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He is the most interesting man in the world. The "he", fyi, is Ed Damiano...a biomedical engineer turned Artificial Pancreas gu...
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Friday, July 19, 2013

Friends For Life:Part 1

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Let's talk about Friends for Life. (was it exciting? Did anybody fall into the pool? Were there any Diet Coke drink-offs? Did the spo...
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Thursday, July 04, 2013

If You Give a Toddler a Cookie

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  ...he'll want some milk with that (just pretend it's milk,ok?)   Afterwords, you'll clean up the kitchen floor... ...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Summa Time

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Most years involve some sort of surgery/body organ failure. (It's just how I roll, apparently) In 2012 it was my thyroid(6 months post C...
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Sunday, June 23, 2013

A Bucket List

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Here's a few of the things I'd love to see happen in this life of mine... 1. Win the lottery. (oh, wait, that will never happ...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Random Bits of Double Up Arrows

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Technology woes: I has them. On several fronts. You know how most of the US is finallllllly getting to transition to the new Omnipods? (a...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

My Sugr: A Diabetes App Review

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Several weeks ago, I got the chance to try out the My Sugr app (for a comprehensive review, you can read Scott's over at Scott's Di...
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Friday, June 07, 2013

A Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe: Friends for Life '13

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It's coming. Friend-for-life-itis: an uncharacteristic phenemena experienced by a person with diabetes, family member, or a health care ...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

The Friday Appy Hour: Savings

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If you own an Apple Device, this post is for you. I do indeed love my IBabies(not as much as the human baby, but still, a lot). And I love ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Day 6: Diabetes Art (#Dblog Week)

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This year Diabetes Art moves up from the Wildcard choices as we all channel our creativity with art in the broadest sense. Do some “traditi...
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Friday, May 17, 2013

Day 5: The Other Medical Condition

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Just like in the movie, today we’re doing a swap. If you could switch chronic diseases, which one would you choose to deal with instead ...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Day 3: Accomplishments, Large and Small

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We don’t always realize it, but each one of us had come a long way since diabetes first came into our life. It doesn’t matter if it’s been 5...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Memories: The Day the World Went White

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Today we’re going to share our most memorable diabetes day. You can take this anywhere.... your or your loved one's diagnosis, a bad ...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Day 2: We, the Undersigned

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Recently various petitions have been circulating the Diabetes Online Community, so today let’s pretend to write our own. Tell us who you...
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Monday, May 13, 2013

To Endo, With Love

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Often our health care team only sees us for about 15 minutes several times a year, and they might not have a sense of what our lives ...
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