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Diabetes Makeover Report: A Little Hand-Holding Goes a Long Way

By AmyT on June 4, 2009

When Melanie Imhoff submitted her entry to the New Year, New You Diabetes Makeover Contest held here in January, she described herself as a “52-year-old type 2 diabetic that has been overweight for many years.” She was on an insulin pump, but wanted to reduce her required doses, and be healthier overall. As a grandmother, she wanted to be able to “get on the floor” and play sports with her grandchildren, without “huffing and puffing…

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Diabetes Makeover Contest: And the Winners Are…

By AmyT on February 17, 2009

Wow, and I thought picking winners for our Holiday Sweepstakes diabetes wisdom contest was difficult!  But for the NEW YEAR, NEW YOU Diabetes Makeover competition, what we ended up judging were people’s life stories — their hard luck and their struggles with diabetes and related health conditions.   How do you place comparative value on that?!
Everyone wrote so eloquently about their situation — years of unstable blood sugars, struggles with weight loss, coping with neuropathy…

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