Does the party include cake?

Today is my D-anniversary – six years since diagnosis.
I wrote about it here.
(If anything, click the link to see the disturbing post DKA weight loss version of me – I had dropped down to 104 lbs at hospital admission)

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Wonderful moments – here and there

If you have been following me on Twitter, you saw me mention that I had exciting news coming up.
Well, here it is! I am joining the group of Featured Bloggers over at Diabetes Daily.
When I started blogging in June of 2006, I thought it was just to keep in touch with family and friends that [...]

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30 minutes or less?

If you don’t get your pizza in time, you don’t have to pay for it.
Do you think we can work out the same deal for our insulin?

In almost (exactly) 5 years of pumping, this has only happened about three or four times. But man – it is nothing but frustrating when you can’t figure out [...]

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How simple is YOUR health?

Well, the goal of a recent package I received is to make mine a lot more simple!
During the holiday season, I participated in the DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Sweeptakes. I entered a few times, and managed to actually be selected as a winner once.
My prize was a starter kit from healthsimple. They have four different versions [...]

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diabetic-friendly banana split

I may have one of the oddest jobs out there. They pay me to think of things like this:

What are you looking at? Well it is a banana split slip-n-slide, of course!
How do you make one of those, you may be asking? Let’s see:

ice cream
chocolate sauce
strawberry sauce
whipped cream
banana
sprinkles
and about a gallon of cooking oil for extra [...]

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matchy matchy

I returned the iPro this morning. I guess we will be reviewing the results at my next appointment. I had to keep a food log while I was wearing it so the results would make sense. Let me tell you – I hate logging!
I am a little (read: alot) frustrated with my endo office right [...]

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So let’s talk ‘diabetic intervention’

I wasn’t able to watch the episode until 1 am last night because I was otherwise occupied (cough… One Tree Hill… cough) during the first airing.
When I was accurately diagnosed, I was in my senior year of college. Although, I moved back home for graduate school I went to all my appointments alone and basically [...]

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diabetic intervention tonight on A&E

Being laid up this weekend with a sore head and a sore toe, I watched a lot of TV. One commercial on A&E really caught my eye.
The show Intervention is about to do an episode with a Type 1 diabetic.
You can watch a preview of the clip by going to this page and click on [...]

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2008 Moments in Review

Since everyone else is doing it, I figured I better do my New Year’s Eve meme.
For a different view of the past year, check out the Moments of Wonderful Diabetes 365 page.
Anyway – Here it goes. The first sentence from the first post each month this year:
January: Happy New Year – here’s your antibiotic “Happy [...]

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Ninja kicks and cheese sticks

Whew! I can’t believe I haven’t posted in days! Even with two weeks off work, it doesn’t seem like enough time. My mom and I just got back last night from visiting my brother and his family in the Vegas area. Of course, you will all be subjected to those pictures later! Another great part [...]

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