Category: Diabetes
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W10
Topic: JDRF and ADA 1. Describe your experience with your local JDRF and ADA chapter? I have no contact with either the ADA or the JDRF since I’m not American, and the only contact I’ve had with anything to do with the CDA hasn’t been all that positive unfortunately. 2. Fundraising is needed to find…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W9
Topic: Diabetes and Mental Health 1. How has diabetes affected your emotions surrounding food & body image? This is a hard question to answer since until I had to go on insulin I didn’t really have an issue with food in general, I ate because I had to eat other wise I didn’t feel well…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W8
Topic: Meters & Insulin Pumps-the most important part of a PWD’s life Q1. Your thoughts on overnight pump replacements vs having a back up on hand? No idea since the pump has nothing to do with my own treatment as a Diabetic, but as to having a back up on hand, I feel that one…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – W7
Topic 1: Driving and Diabetes Q1. Do you test before you drive? I always test before I drive now that I’m on insulin – I know that driving for me is a stressor ad it can shot my levels up or bottom me out, so I have to make sure I’m in a stable zone…
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#dsma Chat n Reply – Week 6
Topic’s: Diabetes life, diaversary, music Q1. Living with diabetes-has shaped you into the person you are today? No its not what has shaped me into who I am today. Maybe if I’d had it since a child it might have helped do that, but getting told I have it as an adult well lots of…
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Still Learning about my Diabetes
Well I found out why I was really out of it when I started to drive home from my ex’s place of work with N I’d only taken in 80 cals for breakfast. I do NOT know what was I thinking only taking in that amount of calories for breakfast, I know it wasn’t that…