Comments on: Zen and the Art of Diabetes Advocacy http://www.diabetesmine.com/2006/03/zen_and_the_art.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:35:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Becky http://www.diabetesmine.com/2006/03/zen_and_the_art.html/comment-page-1#comment-35289 Becky Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:18:56 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/30/zen-and-the-art-of-diabetes-advocacy/#comment-35289 Thanks for turning me onto Scott's website. It's great! Plus my husband is looking for an asp.net book so I think I'll buy Scott's book for him. Then he can check out Scott's blog for diabetes and programming info :) Thanks for turning me onto Scott’s website. It’s great! Plus my husband is looking for an asp.net book so I think I’ll buy Scott’s book for him. Then he can check out Scott’s blog for diabetes and programming info :)

]]> By: AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/2006/03/zen_and_the_art.html/comment-page-1#comment-35288 AmyT Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:38:01 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/30/zen-and-the-art-of-diabetes-advocacy/#comment-35288 Thanks for your input as always, Nick, but I personally am not ready to give up carbs. Not now, and probably not ever. So if I want to get "reborn," it's likely going to be through some new medical device :) Thanks for your input as always, Nick, but I personally am not ready to give up carbs. Not now, and probably not ever. So if I want to get “reborn,” it’s likely going to be through some new medical device :)

]]> By: Nick http://www.diabetesmine.com/2006/03/zen_and_the_art.html/comment-page-1#comment-35287 Nick Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:59:57 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2006/03/30/zen-and-the-art-of-diabetes-advocacy/#comment-35287 Okay, I remembered seeing wedding photos on his website when he said "my wife's from Zimbabwe" You know, I'm type 1 and I only had one blood sugar over 200 mg/dl this month. That was when my pump fell without safety loops, right after lunch, landing a couple inches above the floor, swinging by the tubing. The cannula didn't come completely out, so by the time I discovered it was no longer working, my blood sugar was 220. Other than that, my highest BS was 173. In the last seven days, my highest BS has been 140. Most days my postprandial blood sugars peak at 90-100. I cheat, however, by following the Bernstein diet & exercise program. I finally reduced the standard deviation in my blood sugar to one third of the mean. YAHOO! And I no longer consult an endocrinologist. So I can honestly claim to be a "reborn diabetic" as well. Okay, I remembered seeing wedding photos on his website when he said “my wife’s from Zimbabwe”

You know, I’m type 1 and I only had one blood sugar over 200 mg/dl this month. That was when my pump fell without safety loops, right after lunch, landing a couple inches above the floor, swinging by the tubing. The cannula didn’t come completely out, so by the time I discovered it was no longer working, my blood sugar was 220.

Other than that, my highest BS was 173.
In the last seven days, my highest BS has been 140. Most days my postprandial blood sugars peak at 90-100. I cheat, however, by following the Bernstein diet & exercise program. I finally reduced the standard deviation in my blood sugar to one third of the mean. YAHOO! And I no longer consult an endocrinologist. So I can honestly claim to be a “reborn diabetic” as well.

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