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AmyT on
December 27, 2010
I don’t need to remind you that it’s that time of year when diabetes management can slide from stress, travel, and holiday cookies, etc. Which is why I do think a reminder is in order about the awesome eBook we all created as D-community effort last year: Nuggets of Wisdom from the Diabetes Community.
The book was compiled from entries submitted to the DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Sweepstakes, in which hundreds of community members submitted their…
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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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AmyT on
December 23, 2008
The questions portion of the DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Sweepstakes has come to an end. Next Tuesday we will announce the Grand Prize drawing winners! Which means I’m writing every winner’s name on a piece of paper and literally throwing ‘em into a hat for random selection by one of my little girls.
This week, we had some excellent tips on offsetting the stress of the holidays. Overall, I’d say the strategies concentrated on planning ahead,…
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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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