Category: Diabetes
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W27
>A1Cs Q1. Is the A1C an adequate measure of diabetes control? No I do not believe it is because one can take care of themselves a month before the test is to be taken and get a good low number then go back to bad habits and be really uncontrolled thus the truth of the…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W26
>Diabetes Conferences Q1. Have you ever attended a Diabetes Conference? If so, which one? If not, why not? No, never had the chance to do so. I know there was one in the area that was hosted though UoT but I only learned of it after the fact. Q2. Did you have a good or…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W25
>Q1. Is the diabetes community is lacking support offline? To me to degrees yes it is lacking support offline, but even online some of the support is lacking since most seem to be type 1 aimed over type 2, many seem to still have the idea that if you are type 2 that you brought…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W24
>Out with the old. In with the New 1. What is one of your most memorable moments in diabetes for 2010? Working a 12 hour shift without a break and when shift was over testing to find that I was sitting at 3.2 (57), I have no idea how I got though the day without…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W23
>Diabetes and Relationships Q1.Has diabetes affected your daily relationships/friendships? How has your spouse/friends coped w/ you having diabetes? In general its not effected things to much because N knew about me being diabetic when we started dating. Though its not always been an easy deal with being active and working, I’ve had a few close…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W22
>Diabetes and Humor Q1. Do you use humor to cope with diabetes? How? Why? No I don’t use humor to cope with being diabetic, I don’t see the reason to do so its part of my life and in general I feel there are better coping skills that can be used. But hay if it…