Q1. What is your current diabetes advocacy issue? Don’t have one at this point in time, then again not really been as active in my diabetic care as I have been in the past. Q2. What is it about this/your issue that makes you passionate? See above answer Q3. What … Continue reading
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#DSMA – You, not the condition
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 our Anniversary already? ARRG my … Continue reading
DSMA – Life with diabetes and…
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. Q3. How do your other … Continue reading
DSMA – What about local support?
Q1. thoughts on the words “diabetes support group”? if you could replace the word “support”, what would u replace it with? Q2. What resources have you used to connect with others offline? I haven’t actually dun anything to connect with anyone or groups offline who have D Q3. Were the … Continue reading
DSMA – Admiring our differences
DSMA’s topic this week is Admiring our Differences from Diabetes Blog Week 2011. DSMA needed to take moment to admire the differences of not only the condition but the people affected by diabetes. Questions 1) When did you get diagnosed with diabetes? What Type of diabetes do you live with?December … Continue reading
DSMA QnA: It’s 2012,now what?
Q1. Do you make New Year’s goals/resolutions to manage diabetes? yes or no? Yes, I made a goal to lower my A1C (I know I can do it its just a matter of getting into a better habit of control) Q2.Do you think setting goals/resolutions is realistic in managing diabetes? … Continue reading
#dsma Chat n Reply – W37
>Regulatory Agencies 1) What is your perception of the FDA or your country’s regulatory agency if outside the US? Never really given it much thought since the FDA is more in the news then my local one, all I do know is that if something gets approved down in the … Continue reading
#dsma Chat n Reply – W29
>Diabetes and Food Q1. What is the biggest misconception about diabetes and food? That we can’t have anything to do with “regular” sugar thus all we can have is artificial sweeteners. That or can’t have regular pop can only have diet crap, I mean diet pop. Q2. What is your … Continue reading
#dsma Chat n Reply – W28
>Diabetes: Fill-in-the blanks S1. I have lived with diabetes for 8 years. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. S2. Through diabetes I have learned that just because you are diabetic that people tend to assume that you brought it on yourself, vs it being something out of your hands … Continue reading
#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 … Continue reading