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New Year's Comedy and Tragedy
January has been a month of ups and downs so far, and it's not even half over. I began the month with a lovely New Year's party; it's been a tradition amongst my friends to have New Year's at the same...
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Crunch
"Now, we place great trust in our devices. We try to believe that they will never fail us. We place our lives in the hands of plastic and metal and batteries and medical research, sure that they will...
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Low
Yesterday, as I was rushing from work to appointment (one hour on transit) to rehearsal (another 30-45 minutes), I felt that old, familiar, sinking feeling. Low blood sugar. Insufficient blood glucose....
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Sweet Sixteen/Broken
Today, my diabetes turns sixteen. It could drive a car (while I still can't, partially because I'm afraid of low blood glucose levels while driving) if it passed the written. Sweet Sixteen is both...
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Happy Blue Friday!
For those of you who haven't heard of it, Blue Friday is a weekly awareness "event" where blue is worn in support of diabetes awareness. It's pretty easy to do, especially when it's your favourite...
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This began with an "empty cartridge" alarm waking me up at 6am on a Sunday. My apologies to Alanis. Warning: much like the original, many of these situations do not fit the technical definition of...
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Understanding the Endo
Welcome to the official Diabetes Blog Week at Diaturgy! D-Blog Week, started by Karen at Bitter-Sweet Diabetes four years ago, was instrumental in getting this blog up and going, so I owe her a debt!...
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A Life Of Moments
Welcome to Day 3 of Diabetes Blog Week! Today's prompt: Memories.Today we’re going to share our most memorable diabetes day. You can take this anywhere.... your or your loved one's diagnosis, a bad...
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The Next Day: Diabetes Accomplishments, Big and Small
It's Day Four of Diabetes Blog Week! Today's topic is "Accomplishments, Big and Small"We don’t always realize it, but each one of us had come a long way since diabetes first came into our life. It...
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The Chronic (D-Blog Week, Day 5)
Just like in the movie, today we’re doing a swap. If you could switch chronic diseases, which one would you choose to deal with instead of diabetes? And while we’re considering other chronic...
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Ode to an Insulin Pump (D-Blog Week Day 6: Diabetes Art Day)
Today's D-Blog Week prompt:This year Diabetes Art moves up from the Wildcard choices as we all channel our creativity with art in the broadest sense. Do some “traditional” art like drawing, painting,...
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Sharing the Love (D-Blog Week, Day 7)
Today's prompt: As another Diabetes Blog Week draws to a close, let’s reflect on some of the great bloggers we’ve found this week. Give some love to three blog posts you’ve read and loved during...
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Cat Got Your Insulin Pump?
After the loss of our beloved 21-year-old cat Pumpkin at the start of this year, we were pretty heartbroken, and sure that we wouldn't love again for a good long time. Sometimes life has other plans,...
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Ten years ago today, I was sitting in the now-Toronto Centre for the Arts at my high school graduation. Unlike many people, I had a fantastic time in high school and couldn’t believe it was really...
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Check-In Day
Today is "D-Blog Check-In Day," a multi-hyphenate event proposed by Christopher of A Consequence Of Hypoglycemia. Basically, the idea is that the Diabetes Online Community is just that: a community!...
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BUFFY: Well, does it ever get easy?GILES: You mean life?BUFFY: Yeah. Does it get easy?GILES: What do you want me to say.BUFFY: Lie to me. GILES: Yes. It's terribly simple. The good-guys are stalwart...
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Thanks! (and Mr. Sandman)
Before I actually post anything, I'd like to thank everyone for the amazingly positive response that my last post, Liar, has received. Stephen at Happy-Medium.Net wrote a post for D-Blog Check day that...
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The Diabetes Phantom Tollbooth
As a child, my favorite book was The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster, with pictures by Jules Feiffer; much like Anna Quindlen of the New York Times opines, I thought it was "the best book ever."...
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Woke up this morning with a 2.9 low blood sugar, low enough that I couldn't feel part of my face. Had a gym date. Most days I'd go back to sleep, exhausted. I was exhausted. I hadn't slept, thinking...
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