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AmyT on
December 16, 2008
Thank you for all the fantastic tips on traveling with diabetes (in last week’s Holiday Sweepstakes)! This is one topic where we could all dig in, and offer some nitty gritty on how we handle air travel, schlepping all our D-gear, adjusting for time zone changes, long car trips and much more. And let me tell you, picking winners this week was more difficult than ever — with all the valuable detailed information everyone provided.…
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AmyT on
December 12, 2008
I’ll admit, for the first year after my diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes, I was almost afraid to leave the house. It was scary not knowing what might happen while I was away from home, and wondering whether I’d have the right supplies at hand in a moment of need.
Obviously, my life is a lot different now. We do take family trips regularly, including an annual sojourn to Germany every summer. I also fly…
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AmyT on
December 9, 2008
Congratulations, Diabetes Community, on sharing some awesome tips on how to stay physically active over the cold winter months when carbs are so painfully plentiful. This was of course last week’s contest question, to which we again received nearly 60 informative replies.
Overall, the wisdom of the community on this topic seems to focus on the following:
Try some mall walking; get a dog and enjoy the obligation to take it for walks; set an…
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AmyT on
December 5, 2008
Here it is: your weekly reminder about entering the Holiday Survival Sweepstakes. This week’s query has to do with exercise tips, as in how do you stay fit and active over the winter months? (see below)
Allow me to remind you that we’re encouraging fitness as best we can by offering two GRAND PRIZES from Fit4D.com: two Starter Memberships consisting of a full two months of complimentary personalized diabetes coaching customized to your goals and…
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AmyT on
December 2, 2008
OK, so it took me over an hour to read through this week’s 60-some-odd responses to the diabetes police. This was, in part, due to the head cold I picked up over Thanksgiving weekend. Blah. But the real reason was because the answers to this week’s Holiday Survival Sweepstakes query were so darn entertaining! I had to go back and re-read a bunch, and make notes for myself, because I am going to be using…
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