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Don’t worry, I’ll still be providing diabetes news and updates here. And the “Putting a Face on Diabetes” interview series remains alive and well! (A little “health” humor there! Tee hee).
This is an exciting time for diabetics everywhere, as each day we know more about the disease and get closer to a cure.
Remember if you’re a Type 1 or Type 2 diabetic who is interested in being interviewed, please send me an email at: …read more

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The new rage with diabetic metering is no-code meters. I can’t tell you how many times I forgot to reprogram my meter. I never understood why coding was necessary with digital meters.
Now there is a new meter from Diabetic Care Services and Diabetic Express called the WaveSense Jazz™. “In addition to featuring one of the largest backlit digits for easy reading, WaveSense Jazz is one of the first meters to provide a score for a user’s glycemic variability.”
Glycemic variability is used to show intense fluctuations in blood sugar, and could help with overall …read more

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What are your goals for the New Year?
If you’re like me, you HATE when people ask about that! LOL. I hate goal making, but I do like to continually improve on things. Rather than create some large hurdle to climb, I try to look at it a different (and more manageable) way.
For example, rather than saying I want to “lose ten pounds” I say I want to work out five times a week for 30 minutes. In doing that, I probably am going to lose ten pounds because working out will …read more

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Depression is a big problem with diabetes. There have been times when I’ve gotten down about keeping my blood sugars in check. Anytime a chronic illness is involved, it becomes mentally taxing to deal with it every single day.
According to BD Diabetes, “In a study of more than 11,000 U.S. veterans with type 2 diabetes, the investigators found that over a decade, those diagnosed with depression consistently had a higher average hemoglobin A1C level.”
I’m not sure what to make of this study. As I said, I’ve experienced some down periods emotionally, but my …read more

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Weight is an important issue with any diabetic, including those who get gestational diabetes.
One source says, “Women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who gain more than the Institute of Medicine-recommended amount of weight are at increased risk for undesirable outcomes, including preterm delivery and cesarean delivery, research shows.”
Research also showed that women who had gained weight had larger babies and needed medical help with controlling their blood sugars.

I wrote about eating a half of a banana as part of my lunch the other day and didn’t think twice. I don’t know if I was half asleep or just expecting that everyone follows the same rules as me. I have always eaten bananas and have never had issues with them raising my bloodsugar to astounding proportions. Am I lucky or do others also share in this?
I have kept up to date on all of the dietary guidelines and such related to diabetes and have always read that diabetics should also strive for their five a day as well. …read more

This is a weird day for me. I am in the middle of working 11 hours but I went in this morning at 8 AM and came home at 2 PM and then I go back in at 6 PM till 11PM. Funny huh? They needed help this evening so I decided to split the day. Why do you need to know this? I am posting my journal entry now due to me getting home late and trying to kill some time before the kids get off the bus, haha:).
First of all… after the cinnamon muffin last night, 2 hr …read more

I am a bit late in posting this but I have my magic numbers from yesterday… My blood sugar trends have been really good lately. I don’t want to toot my own horn but… toot! Haha.
BS from early morning till evening… 94, 98, 103, 100. Yup, pretty darn good.
Breakfast… 1/2 cup Special K with skim milk. Total of 26 carbs.
Lunch (really like dinner because I worked in the evening and me needed one family meal)… Onion, pepper, salsa and cheese omelette and a half an apple.
Dinner… Low carb vanilla yogurt, nutty trail bar and a diet coke. 15 carbs …read more