Tag Archives: type 1 diabetes

Diabetes on the Tube

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

I’ve been home for a few weeks now – 2 on bed rest, then 8 since having my twin boys.. (sheesh, has it been that long already??) One thing I’ve noticed is that there are a LOT of commercials on … Continue reading →

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DBlog Week: Accomplishments

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Today’s prompt: We don’t always realize it, but each one of us has come a long way since diabetes first came into our life. It doesn’t matter if it’s been 5 weeks, 5 years or 50 years; you’ve done something … Continue reading →

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Just call me R2D2 …. or maybe C3PO?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Wait .. those are droids not robots. Same difference, though, right? People keep asking me how I’m doing with the lack of sleep from being up with the twins all the time. And what I have realized is that in … Continue reading →

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Irony

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

One thing that some people might not know about a pregnant PWD, is the placenta (in my case two) gives off a hormone that makes you insulin resistant … so last week when I started waking up out of the … Continue reading →

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Corrections

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

So I’ve had something happening lately that I don’t recall happening before with my pump … and wondered if anyone else sees this with their own pumps? Since I’m pregnant, and quickly nearing the day when we’ll get to meet … Continue reading →

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OJ .. here goes nothin’

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Before I was diabetic … I used to drink milk and orange juice pretty frequently. After the big Dx (diagnosis) those were quickly added to the category of things that raise my blood sugar and are consumed in very little … Continue reading →

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Diabetes on CSI

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

Did anyone else catch last week’s episode of CSI:NY? We always DVR it (is that now considered an acceptable verb?) and D and I watched it over the weekend. It was a Valentine’s episode and had basically 3 episodes in … Continue reading →

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No age limit

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

I volunteer in the nursery at our church, and we have two twin toddler boys in my class that are relatively new. A couple of weeks ago, the Director of the nursery area mentioned to me that the boys have … Continue reading →

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Good to the last drop

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

So yesterday I finally made the switch from Humalog to Novolog. I milked every last drop out of that Humalog vial. And it was a bittersweet site change. If you’ve kept up with my blog, you know that the reason … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy Tips

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

Last weekend I was able to spend some quality time with some awesome DOC’ers and in addition to the tons of great info I received from the different speakers at the CWD Tech conference in DC, I picked up some … Continue reading →

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