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Living In Quarantine as a Diabetic

Being a diabetic places you in the high risk category for this virus and thus we have to do a little more prep work than the normal Joe. Be sure to:* Keep MD, pharm and insurance # listed*List of medications and doses*Keep simple carbohydrates on hand if you are at risk for a low bloodContinue reading “Living In Quarantine as a Diabetic”

Preparing for quarantine as a diabetic

Living in Troubled Times

Even though I have lived with DM1 for approximately 53 years, this is the first time that I have been troubled because I am in a high risk group as are all of us who have a chronic disease. I’ve always been healthy, decent to great A1Cs and although most of us are high riskContinue reading “Living in Troubled Times”

Well, sorry that I haven’t been writing in a while, but in the last two days or so, my blood sugars have been above normal consistently. I don’t know about you, but I have never slept well and it doesn’t help matters when I have to get up to pee at least once a nightContinue reading

And Life Goes On

I just can’t believe that in the last 51 years, I’ve never taken a “diabetes vacation.” I have many patients who have had insulin pumps and have gone to injections. So what is the disadvantage of going on vacation from diabetes? Well, a short time period is normal, but when it starts to affect yourContinue reading “And Life Goes On”

Physiology Sucks

Anybody who has a chronic disease for any length of time has thought, “why is my body doing this????” Especially when your blood sugars does the opposite of what you expect it to do. You just want to get off the roller coaster ride for awhile. This is also known as “diabetes burn-out” and itContinue reading “Physiology Sucks”

My First Blog Post

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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