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Diabetes and Home Improvement

By AmyT on September 10, 2010

Kerri’s list of diabetes moving fun got me thinking: I haven’t updated you all on the renovation scene and hotel life yet.  So here’s my take.
You know you’re diabetic and moving out for a home remodel when:

Clearing out your bedroom for construction makes you realize you own more boxes full of medical wipes, test strip vials, expired prescription meds, insulin pump supplies, and various diabetic carry cases than anything else (with the exception…

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Circle/Slash Countertops for Your #BGnow Test

By AmyT on August 13, 2010

As of yesterday, my family and I are back in the US of A — and in the process of moving into a local Best Western Hotel, which will be our home for the next four months or so while our regular home undergoes surgery. I feel very fortunate that we’re able to make the upgrades, but it’s still going to be a “bumpy” four months here, with the five of us plus our calico…

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Enject’s GlucaPen: Diabetes’ Answer to the EpiPen

By AmyT on July 9, 2010

Haven’t you always wondered why Glucagon Emergency Kits are so effing complicated?  I mean, in the event of an actual emergency, if some PWD is lying unconscious on the floor, tasking a friend or family member to fumble with a delicate vial, gi-normous syringe, and what-looks-easy-but-in-reality is about a 12-step process to get the whole thing going only extends the nightmare for everyone involved!
Enter Enject, the smart folks who are developing a simple-to-use glucagon…

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