Living with Diabetes
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What are the best fruit snacks?
PublishedI bought a big box of Welch’s fruit snacks at Costco and thought THESE ARE THE BEST THINGS EVER for treating low blood sugar!! They taste really good and are easy to…
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Fruit Snacks are my new Favorite Low Treatment
PublishedI always have something in my pocket to treat low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) and my new favorite thing is Welch’s Fruit Snacks. Since I use insulin to treat my diabetes, getting low…
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Dentist Appointment Time, please no low blood glucose…
Published“I have a juicebox,” I told my dental hygienist, as my pump alarm beeped to warn me about an upcoming low blood glucose, as we were in the middle of a teeth…
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5 Tips for Eating out while Managing Diabetes
Published1. Get your glucose levels into normal range before the meal. One take away from the Sugar Surfing book is that to sugar surf successfully, a key point is to get the…
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Hypoglycemia Symptoms and the feelings from Cannabis use
PublishedMarijuana is what I called it for most of my life, but now cannabis is the popular term for this drug which is also now recognized as having medicinal properties. It still…
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Navigating the Munchies – Enjoying Cannabis
PublishedThis is the first in a series of blog posts about the intersection of cannabis and diabetes. Side note: Cannabis goes by a lot of names, including marijuana, pot, and weed. I’m…
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Eating Fruit for a Soft Landing
PublishedThe insulin in my pump can only change my blood glucose in one direction. Insulin lowers it. The tricky thing with treating diabetes with insulin is that too much insulin requires a…
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The Yeast Connection – Diabetes and Yeast Infections
PublishedHaving high blood glucose from diabetes can have effects on the whole body. I’ve written previously on how diabetes relates to gum health (oral health, mouth health), and now it’s time to…
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Managing Diabetes and Exercise – Avoiding Low Blood Sugar
PublishedWhen I first got my insulin pump, I thought exercise would be easy, but it actually took a lot of trial and error to figure out how to go on a bike…
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The Health Metrics that I’m Keeping Track of
PublishedI’m currently tracking my health in a spreadsheet because I want to be more aware of how I’m doing. I’m specifically interested in observing my mental health and diabetes wellness. In the…
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Flying and Pressure Changes Effect Insulin Pump
PublishedWhen thinking about taking a vacation and flying on a plane, as someone who uses an insulin pump, there are a lot of things on my mind, but the most concerning one…
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Improving my Gum Health with Aloe Vera Mouthwash
PublishedOne aspect of my health that has been a struggle is gum health. There is a connection between diabetes and gum disease, such as gingivitis or periodontitis, with symptoms like bleeding and…
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Pizza Night – Success with Diabetes!
PublishedPizza is notoriously hard to bolus for. The fat content in the pizza usually delays the effect of the carbohydrates on blood glucose. Pizza also tends to have a high number of…
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Smarties Candy for Treating Low Blood Glucose
PublishedSmarties to the Rescue Smarties are a “smart” choice for treating low blood glucose (hypoglycemia). They contain Dextrose, which is the same ingredient in glucose tablets. It’s a simple sugar that works…
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On Getting a Primary Care Doctor
PublishedFor over two years now, I’ve only had an endocrinologist. This was an issue a few months ago, when my endocrinologist was on vacation. I called her office for a prescription change,…
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Travel to Mexico with Insulin, Freestyle Libre
PublishedThis blog post is a report about a recent trip I took to Mexico. I had a lot of fears about traveling internationally with insulin and my diabetic supplies. Fears about going…
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Brush your teeth and check your blood glucose
PublishedBuilding on top of existing habits is a great way to form a new habit. A habit is something you don’t have to think about doing. You just do it. As a…
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My First Thanksgiving with Diabetes
PublishedThis feels like my first Thanksgiving with diabetes, but it’s actually my 5th or 6th. I don’t remember when I was officially diagnosed. I think the reason it feels like a first, is…
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3 Challenges of Carb Counting and Tracking Everything you Eat
PublishedImage Credit: “Three Stack”by cogdogblog is licensed under CC0 1.0 I’ve noticed that I can achieve better glucose control if I track the number of carbs that I eat. But, that’s…
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Vacation Retrospective – Planning for my diabetes and traveling to a warm climate
PublishedLast Spring, I went on a trip to Arizona. This was my second time traveling with insulin, but my first time traveling to a warmer climate. I was concerned about how to…