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A Cleaning.
“Your appointment is at … at 2 pm.” “Yes.” “It’s 1.30 pm. You’re a little bit early.” The receptionist looked up at me. “No one is ever early.” “I was afraid that if I didn’t come early, I would...
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Extracare Your FACE … and Your Diabetes.
I spend a fair amount of time, and money, at CVS. First off, they’re a Rhode Island-based company (anchored in Woonsocket, RI, which is a town name that’s fun to say), and secondly, as a person with...
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My type 1 diabetes is managed on a day-to-day basis by me. I do my blood sugar checks, I make insulin decisions that correlate with the food I’m eating or the exercise I’m doing. I have decided to...
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Power of Patient Communities.
At the end of November, I had the opportunity to contribute an article to Pharmaphorum, which is a UK-based publication with the mission to “connect healthcare thought leaders to support the pharma...
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Macular Edema and Pac-Man.
I had been sitting in the darkened waiting room where people sit patiently, waiting for the dilation drops to take effect on their eyeballs. The room is quiet and dim, with a television set at the...
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Projecting Positivity.
Did you see the “What If All the Guns in Movies Were Replaced with Thumbs Up?” article? If not, you should check it out, because it encapsulates the motivation I feel about what can be accomplished in...
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Smash.
It slipped out of my hand and smacked against the tile floor, making a thick, heavy sound that went silent and caused guilt almost immediately, like dropping your mom’s favorite Christmas tree...
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We’re Gonna Need More Novocaine.
It’s not that I don’t like the dentist (she’s very nice), but that I don’t like dental work. Of all the health-related things I have to do on a daily/monthly/yearly basis, dental works tops the list...
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Guest Post: Crusading for CGM Coverage.
I’ve used a Dexcom continuous glucose monitor (from the 3-day STS system to the G4 Platinum) since 2006, and the positive influence it has had on my diabetes management and overall quality of life is...
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Think Like a Pancreas: The Blog.
I’ve known Gary for several years, and most of my interactions with him have been silly (confessing that my daughter busts out dance moves to the Philadelphia 76er’s theme song), so I leaned on his...
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Warning: The One About UTIs.
The last time I had a urinary tract infection was about ten years ago. I used to get them every once in a while, and while I’m sure it was horrible at the time, these infections weren’t frequent enough...
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Don’t Mind Me.
Don’t mind me … … I’ll just be sitting here with 1 unit of Humalog left in my pump because I went to bed with 9 units left and tried to use my insulin to the very last drop. I’ll let my dawn...
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Lies.
I used to lie to my pediatric endocrinologist. (Not proud of this.) She’d sit at her desk and look through the logbook with all my blood sugars mapped out (this was back in the day when my mom and I...
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Looking in the Windows.
Following through on these eye doctor appointments at Joslin’s eye clinic usually means carving out 5+ hours in the day. Even though Rhode Island is assumed to have a short commute to Boston proper,...
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Walking with Friends.
I think it’s safe to say that the threat of snow is behind us. (If not, this cat is going to be pissed.) And now that the weather is improved and exercising outside can be A Thing, I’ve taken to...
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Guest Post: Becoming a CDE.
Abby has been busy. Busy doing what, you ask? Earning her certified diabetes educator credentials! And she’s done it! (Congratulations, Abby!! Hard earned, and well deserved. The diabetes...
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Tootsie Roll of Doom.
(image source) Low blood sugars can sound like stories told ’round the campfire, with great embellishments and drama as to who can tolerate the lowest number without tipping over. “Low? I wasn’t just...
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Missing Meter.
The initial search through my bag was kind of nonchalant. “Where is my meter bag?” Bright pink with a smiling bear on one side, it’s a hard bag to misplace, even in the seemingly unending abyss of my...
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The lows that have been creeping in lately need to stop. They are inconvenient at best, completely debilitating at their worst and the in-between is a muddled mess of glucose tab dust and frustration....
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Build Your Own Doctor’s Appointment.
In Providence, there’s a great burger place called Luxe Burger, and they have this menu where you can build your own burger. Patrons can make use of a sheet of paper that helps you build a burger to...
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