Category: Diabetes
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#DSMA – Mental Health
The following Questions are taken from the DSMA Tweet Chat Q1. Do you know anyone that has experienced both diabetes and depression? What were the signs/symptoms? No I don’t know anyone with Diabetes who’s experienced depression as well Q2. Once you recognized symptoms (in yourself or others), how did you cope? What kinds of support…
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#DSMA – Emotions
The following Questions are taken from the DSMA Tweet Chat Q1. Testing blood glucose levels is part of managing diabetes. What is your first thought when your meter gives you higher or lower than your normal? Re-test just to make sure if still not sounding right move to back-up meter if that gives same reading…
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#DSMA – Food
The following Questions are taken from the DSMA Tweet Chat Q1. Do you take time to look at food labels? If so, do you look at grams of carbs or sugar (or both)? I’m always checking food labels though not always for the carb that is almost tircary the first thing I am always looking…
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#DSMA – You, not the condition
The following Questions are taken from the DSMA Tweet Chat 1. What is your favorite part of the day? Evening or night 2. What’s the hardest part of your average day? Having to get up before noon 3. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought? Its…
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#DSMA – Diabetes is Social
The following Questions are taken from the DSMA Tweet Chat Q1. Do you avoid certain social situations due to diabetes? Why? No, I see no reason to do so Q2. Has diabetes ever been an asset in certain social situations? How? Not that I can think of Q3. Has diabetes ever been a problem in…
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DSMA – Life with diabetes and…
The following Questions are taken from the DSMA Tweet Chat Q1. Aside from diabetes, are you living with other health conditions? PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) and Rosasha. Q2. Are your health conditions related to, because of, or separate from your diabetes?deprate from D, though the PCOS might be why I became D to start with.…