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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 22, 2008
It’s that time again. Another year has passed, and one can’t help wondering: was there any significant progress made in the diabetes world? I guess if you only count “progess” as steps towards a cure, that’s a difficult question to answer. For what it’s worth, here’s my own list of milestone events that occurred this year:
♦ The ACCORD study results were announced, and interpreted to sound like tight blood glucose control might kill you…
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AmyT on
December 14, 2008
See me this week over at the Diabetes Online Community website:
The “Featured Blogger” series is one innovation introduced by Gina Capone when she took over management of the grassroots online community site a few months ago. It’s a really neat way to get to know who’s behind all those hundreds of cool diabetes blogs, and why they do what they do. Thanks, Gina. And see y’all there, I hope!…
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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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