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Turkey and Swine by Venus

Hello Everyone. Tuesdays are usually my blog day, but I am filling in for Tina
I hope everyone had a beautiful holiday for those of you who celebrated it. And for those who didn’t I hope you still had a wonderful weekend! Hopefully everyone’s blood sugars behaved and everyone enjoyed all the food they stuffed [...] [...]

You are lucky, you have diabetes

Blog by Coral!
I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner with family and/or friends. I did a surprisingly ok job at guestimating how much insulin to take for turkey, gravey, mashed potatoes, yams, green bean casserole, stuffing, fudge nut pie, pumpkin pie, and apple pie with whipped cream. Yummmm….
My oldest brother and his wife just [...] [...]

Thanksgiving Diabetic style

This post is by Stacey – read her bio here!
What is the first thing everyone thinks about when thinking about Thanksgiving?  I guarantee it’s food.  Of some sort.  Whether it be turkey or mashed potatoes or cranberry sauce or pumpkin pie or stuffing.  I think we can all agree that food is the main highlight of [...] [...]

A Complicated Relationship

As a Diabetic, especially as a Type 1 Diabetic, testing my BG is an integral part of my daily life. The number displayed depends on many factors. The numbers also dictates much of my activity throughout the day.
Every Type 1 has their favorite meter. I personally love my One Touch Ultra Link. However I have [...] [...]

Pump Drama continues

Post by Coral
I’m one of the last women in the group to get a pump… and it looks like it is going to take even longer than I had thought. Curious to find out what my health insurance would cover for a pump, I asked this wonderful woman from minimed if she could do a [...] [...]