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AmyT on
February 24, 2009
I must admit, I love it when famous people who are newly diagnosed with diabetes waste zero time getting involved, and using their celebrity to raise awareness of the cause. You’ve surely heard about Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler’s diagnosis with type 1 diabetes last spring. He’s been very vocal about it. And he still managed to establish himself as one of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks with a Pro Bowl season in 2008.
As…
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By
AmyT on
February 20, 2009
In the aftermath of my recent cancer scare, I’m feeling lucky to be alive these days. But it doesn’t make the diabetes any easier. Ironically, the days I work out hardest are often my worst BG control days, since I’m so hungry and craving carbs…
All of these thoughts brought me back to this post, which first appeared on the Diabetes OC site when I was “Featured Blogger of the Week” over the holidays. (I’m…
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By
AmyT on
February 5, 2009
Mollie and Jackie Singer are 19-almost-20-year-old twins from Las Vegas, Nevada, who have spent the better part of their lives advocating on behalf of people with diabetes. Mollie was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 4 and she and her sister Jackie, along with their mom, Jackie, and their aunt Mollie (who are also twins — so yes, two sets of twins, both Mollie and Jackie!) — recently launched a new social network called…
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AmyT on
January 30, 2009
I am VERY busy and feeling torn in a lot of different directions lately, so if you asked me to rate my diabetes control at the moment, I wouldn’t even know where to begin.
A quick look at my meter averages doesn’t paint a very pretty picture: 14-day average = 142, 30-day average = 149, 60-day average = 148. If you go by the charts, that’s still an A1c of under 6.4, but daily averages…
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