November 15, 2007 – 9:33 pm
I called the diabetes educator on call at 4:45pm. The new educator called back at 5:15. In my opinion, 30 minutes is way too long for a return call from a pager dedicated only to diabetes emergencies. Every other educator (I’ve spoken to quite a few this week) has called back in [...]
November 15, 2007 – 1:25 pm
I just read a wonderful post about diabetes by Kerri at sixuntilme.com.
I found an article at CNNMoney.com about the hour-long documentary, narrated by Glenn Close, that Kerri references in her blog post. It’s airing on the Discovery Health channel at 9:00am on November 18, 2007, and at 8:00am on December 2 [...]
November 14, 2007 – 7:18 pm
We’ve been home again today. DD11’s blood sugar came down through the night last night. She was just under 300 this morning with low ketones. I was actually up and ready to go to work when she ran to the bathroom and began dry heaving. Mom had said that she’d stay home with her, but [...]
November 14, 2007 – 7:18 pm
We’ve been home again today. DD11’s blood sugar came down through the night last night. She was just under 300 this morning with low ketones. I was actually up and ready to go to work when she ran to the bathroom and began dry heaving. Mom had said that she’d stay home with her, but [...]
November 13, 2007 – 2:18 pm
I was home from work yesterday with DD11. Cough, cold, fever. Today she went to school, but called around 11:30am after throwing up twice (she was sent back to class after calling me to pick her up, by the way, but that’s another post for a different day).
My dad picked her up from school [...]
October 25, 2007 – 4:32 pm
I just read an article titled,“Activists Fight to Rewrite Disability Act,” by Joseph Shapiro
at npr.org. It’s about a Wal-Mart pharmacist in Nebraska who was fired because he is diabetic. He wears an insulin pump like DD(age11) does. I’m appalled that things like this are still going on.
Discrimination because the man has diabetes [...]
October 23, 2007 – 8:27 pm
DD(age 11)’s blood sugar numbers have been running a little higher than normal lately. About a week ago, I watched DD pour a bowl of cereal and asked her how much she’d poured. She said, “One serving.. one cup.” When we measured it, it was 1 1/2 cups. She’d have only [...]
August 23, 2007 – 11:56 am
I was just now looking through my photos and came across this photo of DD. She was at diabetes camp this summer when it was taken. It was the day of the Carnival and she had been voted Carnival Queen of her cabin by her cabinmates. The jester’s hat is her crown. [...]
August 22, 2007 – 12:48 pm
Me:I went for my 3 week post-surgery check-up yesterday afternoon. All is well. Stitches are healing, less spotting, have lost 15 pounds since pre-op appointment the Monday before surgery.
Dr. W told me that I had adenomyosis. That diagnosis explains a lot of things. I was in pain all the time & feel better now than [...]
August 10, 2007 – 10:09 pm
Today I drove my car for the first time in over 2 weeks.. since the day before my surgery, actually. It felt weird to be driving after two weeks of not being able to. It took me all morning to get up the nerve because I was scared it would [...]
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