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kellykunik@gmail.comk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.comBlogger1440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-89471454382826867072023-10-31T15:26:00.003-04:002023-11-01T01:09:44.216-04:0046<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLekHndY5gZ-Vepa_oZBiONG520nTigM3q-afkYSxPyDvPnoENVpGIEm6NMdF7Q3yu9-QpQZXtCvJmhvehR-wIdtma8IlZY7C24dbNt32UpheM7Hxw19yjHZ-T9-tJPN2syQR6dyuKasSMGpnac1VxE90RACqIXSzcjHH4jx4Ui8Yo-lZxsI8Rdkt0krE/s1284/k2%20haunted.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1284" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLekHndY5gZ-Vepa_oZBiONG520nTigM3q-afkYSxPyDvPnoENVpGIEm6NMdF7Q3yu9-QpQZXtCvJmhvehR-wIdtma8IlZY7C24dbNt32UpheM7Hxw19yjHZ-T9-tJPN2syQR6dyuKasSMGpnac1VxE90RACqIXSzcjHH4jx4Ui8Yo-lZxsI8Rdkt0krE/w400-h299/k2%20haunted.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Selfie in front of Haunted House - not my house ;) </b></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hey, it's me - back from who the hell knows, but blogging just the same. </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't tell you how many times I've sat staring at my screen to write an actual post, but this time I really am back. I miss blogging, I miss being a full participant in the DOC, instead of a part-time participant/and a constant lurker. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I'm reframing and here I am.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Much has happened - some good stuff, some NOT So good - I'm saving the deets for other posts. </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today's post is devoted to the number 46 - NO, NOT THAT 46, BITE YOUR TONGUE!</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm talking 46 years living my life with t1D.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A. HOW THE HELL IS IT YEAR 46? </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">B. HOW THE HELL IS MY DIABETES OLDER THAN I AM? EASY, I'M A WITCH ;) </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Celebrating year 46 is different this year - As of yesterday, I've been sidelined thanks to a torn medial band of my Planter Fascia - currently sporting a really ugly ortho shoe (but oh so much more comfortable than a boot,) shiny chrome crutches, and a cortisone shot that hurt like a bitch and requires a skyhigh temp basal rate. </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">So yeah, this year's diaversary will be quiter - but a celebration none less. </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's my Diabetes Gratitude list for year 46 - Hope you dig~</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. The color yellow. Yellow is bright and shiny and makes me smile. Quite frankly, I could use more bright and shiny in my life - YAY YELLOW.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. Rooibos tea - If you don't know what it is, check it out and give it a try. I suggest Pumpkin, Chai, and Vanilla flavored rooibos teas.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. The ocean: We are 3/4's salt water for a reason. No wonder the ocean feels like coming home</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">4. Dogs. I love dogs! Dogs are the best and I will fight you on it!</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">5. Nailing a carb bolus for totally bolus worthy grub!</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">6. Cheese.</span><a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2011/03/confessions-of-cheese-slut.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank"> I am cheese slut. I own it</a>.<br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. The color purple. Purple is regal and beautiful and comes in multitude of shades that make me feel good and bring out my eyes ;) </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">8. Shells: Shells are beautiful; intricate, sculptures from the sea that turn into sand. Without shells there would be no beach. Think about that next time you see a shell. Never overlook the broken shells - they posed a beauty all their own - gifts from the sea that are no less valuable than their non chipped counterparts. Broken shells prove time and again that broken is indeed beautiful, be it our pancreati or a shell.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">9. Red lipstick.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">10. Soup: I'm a Souper... dare I say a Super Souper. For real, I make over 20 types of soup from scratch - and counting. Making soup is one of my Love Languages. If I make you soup from scratch, it means I care about you very much and love you lots.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">11. Diabetes Tech: I love and appreciate my diabetes tech. With that being said. It's not perfect - nothing works as well as a fully functioning pancreas. There are too many who can't afford said tech - or have insurance that won't cover (or cover enough,) for said diabetes tech. That shit's gotta change.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">12 PBS: If you don't watch PBS - maybe you think it's too stuffy, or that it doesn't have shows you'd be interested in - you'd be wrong. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My current PBS obsession is season 2 of </span><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/episodes/annika-s2-e1/#" style="font-family: verdana;">Annika</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. Membership for </span><a href="https://help.pbs.org/support/solutions/articles/5000694863-does-pbs-passport-cost-anything-" style="font-family: verdana;">PBS Passport </a><span style="font-family: verdana;">is $5 bucks a month and totally worth it! Also, your monthly fee is tax deductible.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">13. Reading. LOVE to read - I just wish I had time to read the books I want to read, not the things I have to read. With that being said, I make time to read and sometimes reread. I've also discovered fan fiction - VERY INTERESTING.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">14. A well made leather boot with a sexy heel - which I can't wear right now, BUT SOON.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">15. Manatees. Manatees are amazing and incredibly underrated. Dophins get more screen time because of their antics, orcas make the news because they show off their smarts AND bitchiness - they toss seals around like a football before they go in for the kill. GOOGLE IT. Sharks, don't even get me started. Three words: JAWS and SHARK WEEK. Whales...whales are all sorts of majestical - they deserve the spotlight... for the most part. If you love manatees - you know how smart and loving and wise they are - much more so than they let on... at least at first glance. If you don't know about manatees, take the time to find out abou them.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">16. My nieces & nephews. I LOVE THEM. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM. MY WORLD IS A MUCH BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF THEM.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">17 The DOC. I love you, I am so incredibly grateful to have you in my life. You've changed my world.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">18. Insulin: Without insulin I'd be dead. Actually, without insulin l wouldn't have existed because my father would have died before he had a chance to make me with my mom. With that being said, INSULIN IS STILL TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE. TOO MANY ARE GOING WITH OUT OR RATIONING TO MAKE THEIR STASH LAST LONGER. THAT SHIT'S GOTTA CHANGE.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">19. The beach in the winter = MAGICAL.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">20. Friends who are family - You know who you are - I love you. I am grateful for you.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">21. My dishwasher.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">22. Jewelry. Yep, I love jewelry. Real, fake, custom, vintage, or made from macaroni, like the necklace my nephew made me when he was in nursery school. I LOVE JEWELRY.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">23. Daffodils: Daffodils are bright, beautiful, give me hope, make me happy, and remind me of my mom. Daffodils are resiliant. </span><a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2010/04/embrace-daffodils.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">I try to embrace my inner daffodil whenever I can</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. And between you and me, I need to remember to embrace my inner daffodil more.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">24. Dark chocolate.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">25. Vanilla. FTR, vanilla is not boring - I love it more than chocolate. There I said it - I stand by more words.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">26. Vodka: Potatoes and grains are the fruit of my people. Vodka is potatoes and or grain in liquid form.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">27. Going to the movies. </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">28. Broadway Musicals: I LOVE BROADWAY AND BROADWAY MUSICALS. I LOVE SHOWTUNES. And it sucks to be you if you don't.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">29. Really good sex.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">30. Frida Kahlo: Her art is addictive, her story is compelling, inspiring and it will break your heart.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">31. Spicy food. Spicy food is my favorite. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">About half the dishes I make from scratch are spicy - it’s part of who I a. If anyone wants to buy me a Diaversary gift - I'm running out of Siriracha thanks to the 2023 Sriracha Shortage, more on said shortage can be found,</span><a href="https://www.cozymeal.com/magazine/sriracha-shortage" style="font-family: verdana;"> HERE</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">32. Spending time with friends and family. We all need more time with those we love and who love us.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">33. Sleeping late. FTR, I was off today and wanted to sleep until 8AM. I was up at 5:30. W.T.F.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">34. Hoka Bondi's. Like walking on clouds. The Bondis are especially good if you happen to have high arches and a wide toe box. They also fit most custom orthotics. I'm going to need multiple pairs once I'm done with the crutches. CC: </span><a href="http://HOKA.com" style="font-family: verdana;">HOKA.com</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">35. Fresh mint in my water - or my mojito/vodka. Little things mean a lot. Fresh mint is refreshing and delish. I suggest you grow some in a pot. DO NOT plant mint in the ground - it will takeover your entire garden and strangle any and all plants and shrubs.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">36. </span><a href="http://blackviolin.net/videos/" style="font-family: verdana;">Black Violin</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> - also</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlackViolinMusic" style="font-family: verdana;"> Black Violin</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">37. </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/postmodernjukebox" style="font-family: verdana;">Post Modern Jukebox</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">38. I love long walks.... which I currently cannot participate in - BUT SOON!</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">39. Halloween: I love dressing up and being someone/something else for the night. I'm a theater geek so it totally makes sense.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">40. The colors green and blue and in all shades. The colors of earth and water. Also, both color spectrums bring out my eyes and since this is all about me.....</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">41. #Proudauntiealert in all dimensions: In no particular order, just a sprinkling of many, many, moments #proudauntiealerts can be found </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyvvO5hOpXp/" style="font-family: verdana;">HERE</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_liv_project/" style="font-family: verdana;">HERE</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> & </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/antonmilioti/" style="font-family: verdana;">HERE</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">42. Bolus worthy pizza. If you know, you know.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">43. </span><a href="http://Childrenwithdiabetes.org" style="font-family: verdana;">Childrenwithdiabetes.org</a><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">44. Peanut Butter. I wish I hated peanut butter, but I don't. That will never happen.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">45. Massages. God I love a good massage - and I've been told by HCPs that I need them. If only insurance covered them. SIGH.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">46. YOU. I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU.</span></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm grateful that you're here on this planet and reading my blog. Take my word that the world is much better place with you in it. YOU ARE EXCEPTIONAL.</span> </p></div></blockquote></blockquote>k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-49336929216060585202022-10-31T14:42:00.000-04:002022-10-31T14:42:30.913-04:0045<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Hey, it’s been a while and I'm sorry about that. Between trying to navigate a
Covid world; a move that was anything but easy, and some other stuff I’m still
trying to process, blog post reserve has been drained. Burnout was and is is
real. The good news: <div><br /></div><div>A. I’m working onseveral new posts, including one on my
thoughts on the Omnipod 5, one on local D buddies. Happy to say that blog posts
in process are very real and will be posted soon and I am so very glad and
thankful! </div><div><i>B. Today is my 45th Diaversary! <b></b></i>
Yep, today marks 45 years of living with diabetes. 45 years ago a little girl
with a big imagination and extensive vocabulary entered the hospital on
Halloween morning with a busted pancreas and was diagnosed with T1. </div><div>This year’s
celebration is quiet, mostly because it’s Monday during a week that requires a
lot of juggling on my end.</div><div> Every year on October 31st I write a list of things
I’m grateful for and in no particular order. Here’s this year’s list. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Cheese -
in all shapes and forms</li><li> My nieces and nephews </li><li>Good books </li><li>Tasty tea -
super addicted to Rooibos</li><li> Salt air </li><li>Dark chocolate topped with sea-salt</li><li> The color green </li><li>Cheeseburger, medium rare, topped with the works - bonus
points for jalapeños </li><li>Vintage Costume Jewelry - I collect it </li><li>“Real
Jewelry.” I collect that too :) </li><li>Dogs. Dogs are awesome and I’ll fight you on
that </li><li>Cooking for the people I love </li><li>Making a tasty meal from scratch for
myself. Cleaning up after? Not so much </li><li>Traveling - I miss traveling. I need
to travel. I have over 55,000 air miles - time to cash them in </li><li> The color
yellow. I love yellow - it reminds me of my mom and daffodils and the sun. Truth
be told I had a thing for yellow and purple as a little girl. Still do </li><li>Really good extra virgin olive oil </li><li>Exploring - going to a new place and
discovering its nooks and crannies; locals and spots that make said place magic</li><li>Clouds </li><li>Photography - I love taking pictures </li><li>Spicy sushi </li><li>A meal out with friends </li><li>Atlantic City Italian bread. GOOGLE IT </li><li>My
DOC family and friends - <a href="https://childrenwithdiabetes.com">you are my Friends For Life </a></li><li>Swimming in the ocean </li><li>PBS </li><li>Peanut Butter </li><li> Manatees </li><li>My friends kids </li><li>Hanging out with
my nieces and nephews as friends</li><li>The smell of honeysuckle bushes </li><li>Sriracha </li><li>Live theater </li><li>Going to the movies</li><li>A horse named Stormy </li><li>A
dog named Misty </li><li>A cat named kidden </li><li>Serving my tea from a yellow
porcelain teapot I bought for 10 bucks at an estate sale years ago </li><li>Presecco
and wine </li><li>Tito’s Vodka </li><li>golden hour </li><li>The beach </li><li>My parents </li><li> My sister </li><li> My busted pancreas, aka my diabetes dragon. FTR,
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CV6X7VJsnp3/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D" target="_blank">I've made friends with my diabetes dragon - her name is Mabel</a> </li><li> Me </li><li> YOU.</li></ol></div>k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-40432165801327712992021-10-31T14:07:00.001-04:002021-10-31T14:07:25.914-04:0044<p> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBUBrxKkOsPd9rpvPGToQ79NY1MlWWAPwojRXeCHeEDco2HAOXkDZHLFNdHaxmIqt1QpqckFBM2LKxPiutfcF60XtvhfodweUNzhM_F3caLjq6gD9R66o1aT_CkSbx8H2z4FqJ4dSX2o/s640/kelly+color+mirrors+SF+watermark.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBUBrxKkOsPd9rpvPGToQ79NY1MlWWAPwojRXeCHeEDco2HAOXkDZHLFNdHaxmIqt1QpqckFBM2LKxPiutfcF60XtvhfodweUNzhM_F3caLjq6gD9R66o1aT_CkSbx8H2z4FqJ4dSX2o/w300-h400/kelly+color+mirrors+SF+watermark.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I'm still here :) <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">44 years ago today I was diagnosed with diabetes. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">44 years of living with a busted pancreas. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">44 years that I've been here, that I wouldn't have been if insulin had never been discovered. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">As Diaversary tradition and in no particular order - my diabetes life gratitude list.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>####</span></p><ol>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’m still here</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Rooibos tea - my latest obsession. Actually, I’ve been drinking it since maybe 2005, but the last few years I’ve become OBSESSED with it</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Being an auntie to my nieces and nephews - I love them more than words can express</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My sister Cathy</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My family</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The Diabetes Online Community - Finding my tribe ROCKED MY WORLD & continues to do so, each and every day</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Sex</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The beach</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The ocean - there’s a reason we are three-quarters saltwater</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’m a kickass soup-maker with an impressive soup repertoire</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Trump no longer presides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Wide shoes that aren’t ugly</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Theater - I can’t wait to go back!</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Books</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.kinder.com/us/en/bueno-us-landing-page"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Beuno Bars</span></a><span style="font-kerning: none;"> - Seriously, GIVE THEM A TRY</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Teal Green and Chartreuse </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Friends who are family. You know who you are and I love you</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Dogs</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Photography. I love taking pictures</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> and people em to like my images. Also love learning about the history of photography and photographers</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> Peanut Butter. I LOVE IT</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Kismet. When it happens it’s magic in action </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Being my mother’s daughter. <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2011/09/and-heavens-have-bright-new-shining.html" target="_blank">Marjory</a> was the strongest, kindest woman I ever met. Being her daughter is an honor</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I found a hidden twenty in my wallet last week - AWESOME</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Insulin. It keeps me alive. Unfortunately, it’s fucking expensive and people are dying because they can’t fucking afford it and that’s gotta change!</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">A bold Lipstick - it’s seriously life-changing, empowering, and energizing</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">A really gorgeous and well-made coat. Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/coatporn/"> #coatporn</a>, you’ll see what I’m talking about </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Having a roof over my head</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Diabetes Advocacy </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Purple</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Indie coffee and tea shops</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Diabetes technology</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> Movies</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/petesouza/" target="_blank">Pete Souza</a> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Dorothea Lange - If you don’t know about her - watch <a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Masters-Dorothea-Lange-Lightning/dp/B00N652FVS/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=2AJ6OENJIQWQ6&dchild=1&keywords=dorothea+lange+grab+a+hunk+of+lightning&qid=1635703009&sprefix=dorothea+lange+grab+a+hunk+of+lightning%2Caps%2C210&sr=8-1-fkmr0" target="_blank">Grab A hunk Of Lightning</a> and prepare to be inspired</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Traveling. I miss it-can't wait to get back to it!</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Manatees</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Gardening</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Having enough oat milk for my morning coffee</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Perfectly seasoned, well-done home-fries </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Music</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Reconnecting with old friends</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Making new friends</span></span></li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Getting lost in nature - on purpose. </span></li></ol>k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-44936652762860025032020-10-31T17:40:00.035-04:002020-11-01T12:14:23.905-05:00Diaversary<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-HiwHzwyQQVzkJ9NtTpNBqkUo1fpnNxP9NSMezMIWzNNPAV_f2bCsOaE5Pf61iz8ImQNobvOW_-quj2oyBbcHEF8ypInjbhQrUKdbRTqUYrtQ0v9zinxsAbfCXujLdhQpkd-c0MaFJI/s1440/kelmoir+Rose.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-HiwHzwyQQVzkJ9NtTpNBqkUo1fpnNxP9NSMezMIWzNNPAV_f2bCsOaE5Pf61iz8ImQNobvOW_-quj2oyBbcHEF8ypInjbhQrUKdbRTqUYrtQ0v9zinxsAbfCXujLdhQpkd-c0MaFJI/w320-h213/kelmoir+Rose.JPG" title="Kelmoir Rose" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Me embracing my inner Moira Rose on my Diaversary. Video to follow. </span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> It’s been quite a while since I’ve written on my blog - between COVID; lockdown, work, delaying my big COVID meltdown until end of June/beginning of July and followed two weeks late by a Lis Franc sprain at the end of July, working, and hustling for work, pen to paper and writing about myself for my own blog was damn impossible. </span><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> I kept promising myself I was going to write a blog post tomorrow - but then when tomorrow arrived I’d push it off again. </span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">But I’m writing one today!</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">43 years ago today I was diagnosed with diabetes and spent my Halloween in the hospital instead of trick or treating and have spent the past 43 years living and sharing good, the bad, and the <i>diabetesalicious</i> of it all. </span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Every year I write a <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/search/label/Diaversary" target="_blank">Diaversersary</a> post listing things I love/ I’m thankful for and in no particular order. - with the total corresponding to the number of years I've had diabetes. </span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">2020, I won’t let you take that away. </span></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">So here’s my 2020 list of 43 things that I'm grateful for and hope you can relate!</span></span></p>
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<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My people. My friends, family,including YOU. You all make my world a better place!</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Speaking of friends - <a href="https://lucytheelephant.org" target="_blank">Lucy the Elephant</a>.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Smart Insulin - you’ve made my life easier and my body healthier. With that being said, let's get your prices lower - people are dying because they can't afford it!</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My garden. It made my summer, which was spent social distancing and nursing a bum ankle much easier to bear. It also made my salads much tastier. </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://dovechocolate.com/tagged/doveicecream" target="_blank">Dove Ice Cream Mini Bars, variety pack</a>. Seriously life-changing.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Sex</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Speaking of life-changing, I’m thankful for <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2020/02/diabetes-bg-a1c-heres-what-happened.html" target="_blank">Time in Range</a> - it’s a diabetes game changer!</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My honest and caring mechanic - Thanks for being honest and giving me a great price when my car was having issues - Very much appreciated!</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The beach. Even though I didn’t spend a lot of time on this year (because people were being idiots re: social distancing,) I’m so grateful to have grown up at the beach and to have access to it as an adult.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The Ocean. See number 8.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Being able to attend <a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5079" target="_blank">MOMA’s Dorothea Lange' Words & Pictures Exhibit</a> this past September.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.biography.com/artist/dorothea-lange" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Dorothea Lange’s photography</span></a></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Being an Aunt because it's a fucking gift from the heavens. I love my nieces and nephew so much! 12 unique and individual works of art.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Democracy. </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg - May her memory be a revolution.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Music. Silly to say, but music makes my heart sing.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Waking up and realizing that I have an hour before my alarm goes off.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Becoming a better baker. Thanks to my friend Pam (who bought me a beautiful and solid bundt pan last Christmas because she thought it would help me chill I made my first bundt cake from scratch a few months later. During lockdown I perfect banana and banana blueberry muffins, this week I’m attempting pumpkin :) </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">NetFlix - you know why.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Hoka ONES. Seriously comfy sneakers.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Schitt’s Creek: Best. Show. Ever. </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13152194-tiny-beautiful-things" target="_blank">Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life From Dear Sugar</a> - book by Cheryl Strayed . READ IT.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My camera. I bought a Canon 35 mm camera a few years ago with 300 and 80 degree lenses. LOVE IT.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Insulin pumps - making my life easier since 2002.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Dark chocolate caramels with sea salt. AMAZING.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My Mac laptop I bought 16 months ago.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> CGM. It makes life easier - except when it doesn’t. </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Dogs. DOGS RULE</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Homemade Soup. I have mad soup skillz.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The color green. It makes me feel healthy, beautiful, balanced - and it makes my eyes pop!</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> Paper plates - Lockdown means dishes are never done. Paper plates make my life easier. The environmentalist in me struggles with this, the chief dishwasher (ME,) is thankful and works especially hard to be environmentally conscious in other areas of my life.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/food/sweetzels-spiced-wafers-ivins-cookies-acme-fall-philadelphia-20190925.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Both Sweetzels and Ivins Spiced Wafers</span></a></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Cheese. I’m a cheese lover and self-proclaimed cheese slut. </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">PBS </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Lipstick. I wear it every day and under my mask!</span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/raycollinsphoto/" target="_blank">Ray Collins Photography</a> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Reeses Peanut Butter Cups</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.peanutchews.com" target="_blank">Goldenberg Peanut Chews</a> - Original Dark Chocolate</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Prosecco </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Nature</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Jewel color tones. I’m just not into tan -with that being said, I appreciate a warm and smartly tailored camel hair coat.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Jewelry. I love jewelry - whether it’s a macaroni necklace a little made me, costume, or the “real stuff - I LOVE SPARKLE.</span></span></li>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Three things about me and which I think you already know… but just in case you don’t: </span></span></div>
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<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’m all about us (every single person living with diabetes and no matter the type,) working together as a diabetes team! I live with t1 diabetes - I always support, continually learn from, and actively fight for my LADA Diabetes and T2 diabetes brothers and sisters - ALWAYS. </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’m all about people with diabetes having as many options and choices as possible when it comes to living with diabetes - in the form of treatment plans (medications, meal plans, diabetes robot parts,) being an active participant in your diabetes - using your diabetes voice and partnering with your Doctor re your diabetes treatment, and participating in the DOC (diabetes online community,) including digital diabetes spaces that fit the individual PWD (person with diabetes,) needs. </span></span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Diabetes isn’t one size fits all, what works for one person, may not work for another. Diabetes choices and options are key components that make living our diabetes lives easier! </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Which is why when Healthline reached out to me and wanted to share their new app - appropriately named,<a href="https://go.onelink.me/7Sv9/b22d73cf"> T2D Healthline</a> - I agreed to listen to what they had to say. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And you know what? I liked what I heard. It’s good stuff. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I agreed to partner with T2D Healthline to help spread the word (and host some app chats,) about their new free app, which is why I’m sharing this information with you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What you do with the info is up to you! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In a nutshell, the T2D Healthline app provides people living with type 2 diabetes another alternative in the form of community, a place to connect and share with others who “get it.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The free app allows you to engage in realtime chats, have access to a virtual library of Healthline articles, icebreaker questions to help you… well, break the ice with other community members. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The app also provides you with a daily “match” option. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As in being matched up with a new t2 buddy, daily <i>(and only if you want, the choice is up to you - no pressure,) </i>while providing a private/safe space to connect with others looking to receive (and provide,) support re: living with type 2 diabetes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And some other cool stuff~ </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bottom line: We need to keep and stay connected - especially right now - to say it’s been a strange spring is an understatement! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Keeping connected with others helps us to feel less isolated, more empowered, and better equipped to handle our lives… and our lives with diabetes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Download Healthline’s free T2D Healthline App, <b><a href="https://go.onelink.me/7Sv9/b22d73cf">HERE</a>. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check it out, explore, connect, let me know what you think! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hey DOC - </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sorry for the radio silence on the bloggo. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Like all of you, I’ve had a lot on my plate and much to take in with what’s going on re: the Coronavirus pandemic. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Prepping re: supplies - as in food and filling RXs, trying to rearrange work gigs, working from home is not business as usual because life isn't business as usual. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Focus is hard to come by as of late - FOR EVERYONE. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I live by myself - it's been hard dealing with what's been going on alone. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know I’m not the only one who is struggling with feelings of isolation and loneliness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’m worrying. A lot. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I worry about me, my family, my friends who are family - including my you dearest DOC. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Worries galore and in all dimensions: Work, income, diabetes, my country-everyone else around the globe dealing with this pandemic. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sleep has been crappy, lack of human interactions from less than 6 to 10 feet a part has been rough - but I’m doing it - And I’m staying home as much as I can! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Every day the news overwhelms us all more than the previous day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seriously guys, this episode of Black Mirror sucks!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And yes, I’m angry and grieving because it didn't have to get to this point.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But it did. We are here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not that I've stated all of the above to you - I feel better!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE. </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now we need to fight - some of us from our homes/home offices, others from the front lines. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And every single one of us needs to vote in November - make sure you are registered and continue to triple check your status. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>And WE MUST stay connected and practice self-care. </u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our diabetes online community has always been leading the pack when it comes to connecting in the digital world! It’s almost like we invented it - we didn’t, but you know what I mean! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Keep connecting! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tweet, write, Skype, Zoom, text, phone a friend and use all your digital lifelines on a daily basis. Pick up the phone when a loved one rings - you both will feel better!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Connecting allows us to… well, CONNECT. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sharing prevents us from holding it all inside. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Being able to say things out loud to our selves and others lets us know we are being heard and that makes it easier to focus, feel much-needed normalcy </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’ve started dividing tasks into increments of time (THANKS Team egg timer and iPhone timer,) and rewarding myself when tasks get moved to the <b><i>“Completed,”</i></b> pile.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm willing to hunker down for as long as possible and as long as I am able to work from home to stop the spread </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And I am so incredibly grateful to the healthcare workers, cashiers, restaurant workers providing takeout for the masses, grocery store and pharmacy workers, cashiers, postal employees, police, fire, and EMTs - every single person running towards the flames because it's their job. I pray for their safety every night. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I pray for all of us to stay safe. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When this all over, I'm hugging every single loved one, friend, and coworker tightly - I’m going to drag my friends out in the sun f</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or drinks and good food. </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And I can't wait. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Until then, stay safe, stay in touch and let’s stay connected! </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Diabetes is so damn different every day and at every turn - it's a goddamn crapshoot!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For example, 3 days ago I filled up a new<a href="https://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2020/03/this-is-my-brain-this-is-my-brain-on.html"> omnipod </a>with 150 units of insulin (180 unit is normally too much,/as in too wasteful for me,) and placed it on my side boob.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">95% of the time, boob sites work really well for me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This boob site is working exceptionally well.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We’re talking almost a solid flatline on my <a href="http://dexcom.com/">Dexcom</a> for the past 72 hours, except for normal post-meal spikes and 3 actual low blood sugars. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All of the above had me seriously thinking: <i>Oh my God, did somebody kickstart my pancreas and neglect to tell me?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, pod expires in two hours, at 6:11 pm tonight. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I currently have 36 units in my pod. Even if I keep it in for an additional 3 hours (half the 6 hour grace period after the time on your pod officially runs out,) and bolus for my dinner, I’ll still have more than 31 units left. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do I really want to start a new pod at almost 10 pm at night and post-meal? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I DO NOT. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">WHY? Because then I’ll have to stay up and make sure everything is copasetic with my new site/pod. If</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> it isn’t - I have to start the process all over again.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I have to work tomorrow - I don't want to be up super late!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not to mention the fact that if I change out this pod late night tonight, that means in all probability, I'll have to change out the next pod late at night- unless I can sync my morning alarm with the 6 hour grace period and make sure I have enough insulin in said pod during that grace period. Or I run out of insulin before the pod times out. Or an occlusion alarm goes off. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Or 390 other different diabetes wrenches getting thrown into the equation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This isn't projecting, this is what is required for those of us wearing diabetes robotical parts. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">SIGH. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If I put less insulin in my new pod, there’s a 50% chance that diabetes will switch it’s bitch-switch and I’ll go through my normal 150 units in less than 72 hours and will have to change out my site early - unless of course, that doesn’t happen. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again - who the hell knows what will be required from a new infusion site and no matter what brand of robot pancreas you’re using. YES, the same happens with tubed pumps.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Or like... do I put less insulin in the new pod and do correction injections from the remaining insulin in my previous pod? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For fuck sake, insulin is the 5th most expensive insulin on the planet and I don’t want to waste it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yeah, this is only a small portion of the mostly necessary and seriously annoying diabetes minutia that runs through people living with diabetes minds and on a daily basis. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is also why when a healthcare professional asks me how much insulin I take a day I look at them with daggers in my eyes. OK, maybe not daggers - especially if they're nice. But I definitely channel my inner 13-year-old self and roll my eyes at them and I'm all like, <i><b>WHATEVER.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Every day <a href="https://diatribe.org/42factors">with diabetes is different - and requires a different amount of insulin - and for dozens of different reasons</a>. And there are dozens if not hundreds, maybe thousands, (but for real it feels like MILLIONS,) of different diabetes scenarios having nothing to do with site changes or insulin or carbs. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">AND SOMETIMES IT'S GODDAMN EXHAUSTING. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This my brain. This is my brain on diabetes. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-78991790251478684432020-02-12T00:00:00.000-05:002020-03-05T18:28:58.253-05:00#SpareARose 2020 & A DOC Valentine<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>The following #SpareARose Valentine's Day poem was originally published <a href="https://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2013/02/sparearose-valentine-to-diabetes-on.html">here </a>on the blog in 2013 (</i></span></span><i style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I've updated & republished the poem because it makes me smile,)</i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> the first year of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23sparearose&src=typed_query&f=live">#SpareARose</a>. </i></span></div>
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<i style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Seven years later - I'm proud that our amazing DOC continues to help spare roses and save thousands of children living with diabetes - providing them with our life-saving elixir of life, insulin. </i></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Follow the steps and click on the link above, and learn how for the cost of one rose this Valentine's Day, you can #SpareARose and can provide one month's worth of life-saving insulin to a child who desperately needs it!! </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Dear DOC - I LOVE YOU!</i></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fyi: The cute little redhead in the pic is my niece Tess, circa the mid-1990s!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dearest DOC- </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You make me smile, you make laugh - you understand my occasional need for <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2020/02/diabetes-bg-a1c-heres-what-happened.html">time-In-Range charts and graphs. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You tell m<i>e "I will" </i>and<i> "I can,"</i> whenever I have doubts - </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You answer my diabetes questions - even the ones about Brussels sprouts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You see the best in me - even when I can't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> You listen with understanding whenever I go off on one of my <i>"G*ddamn Diabetes Police/diabetes and the media's stupidity,</i> rants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You have been there for me on<a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2011/09/and-heavens-have-bright-new-shining.html"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(85, 138, 26); color: #558a1a;"><b>my darkest of days</b></span><span style="color: #420178; font-family: "times"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">.</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You've waited patiently on<a href="https://twitter.com/diabetesalish"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(85, 138, 26); color: #558a1a;"><b> the twitter </b></span></a>with me during a high/low blood sugar haze. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And hopefully - I've been there for you in some small way - </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Even if it's just making you smile on a particularly craptastical day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Together we move mountains - Alone we trudge up hills. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Together we help others living with diabetes, both online and off...</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And unfortunately, the only thing I can think of that rhymes with <i>"off"</i> in terms of the next line...is Hasselhoff. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">NOPE.<br />And now you can never, ever unsee this. </span></i></b></td></tr>
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So I'm done with prose - I've mostly run out of rhyme. <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I love you all so very much and thanks for your time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One last thing before I go - please darling DOC don't forget to <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23sparearose&src=typd"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(85, 138, 26); color: #558a1a;"><b>#sparearose</b></span></a> - As in<a href="https://lfacinternational.org/sparearose/?fbclid=IwAR2uE0nW1k_fzEhQ1foAhANO4sLkiRg31zFWHTk4EpyohO7JcQ4w0nOZLvE"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); color: #0000e9;"> </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(85, 138, 26); color: #558a1a;"><b>Spare a rose, save a child</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); color: #0000e9;"> </span></a>living with diabetes in a faraway place, </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">where insulin isn't readily available and many hearts break. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Damn straight 5 bucks goes a hell of a long way, to save a child with diabetes this Saint Valentine's Day~ </span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Xoxoxoxo k2~</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This is what happened when I committed to focusing on TiR (Time In Range,) for 99 days, </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> re-embraced my inner D scientist and used my body as lab and experiment.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Diabetes Weaponry:</b> <a href="http://myomnipod.com/">Omnipod</a> OG, Omnipod PDM, <a href="http://dexcom.com/">Dexcom G6</a>, <a href="http://glooko.com/">Glooko</a>, G6 App, Clarity App, Apple Laptop,6+iPhone, The Diabetes Online Community. </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I've tried all sorts of things to get back in my diabetes comfort zone. Some things helped, some things didn’t. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My a1c has fluctuated between 7 and 7.8 since 2011 - with the exception of one lone 6.9 in January of 2017.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">A1C: 7.8. </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The </span><a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2008/02/yo-dude-im-p-e-r-s-o-n.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">“Rocking Dr. J”</span></b></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and I were incredibly frustrated in all dimensions. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Dr. J, his right hand and my AMAZING Diabetes Care & Education Specialist Cheryl, and I had managed my diabetes together since the late ’90s and we’d achieved much. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But we'd encounter A1c roadblocks in recent years, and 2019s continual A1C creep in the wrong direction was a collective drain on my Diabetes team.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Dr. J looked at me and asked: <i>Kelly, do you what Time In Range is?</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Indeed I did. TiR (Time in Range,) is the amount of time you spend in your preferred blood glucose target range on a daily basis. It doesn’t mean you don’t have high blood sugars. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My personal time in range is set between 70 and 180 during the day, with an evening TiR between 70-170. Clearly, that wasn't happening. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I agreed to upload my Omnipod PDM and Cgm data to Cheryl so we could make tweaks, and promised that for the next 99 days I’d focus on TiR. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I uploaded my devices to Glooko and Clarity, emailed Cheryl and sent her a share code. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My TiR for the previous 3 months was 57%, thirteen percent lower then the 70% goal we’d set when I started CGMing in March of 2019.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Cheryl noticed that my overnight basal seemed too high and the culprit might be my constantly fiddling with my temp basals - which seemed to be “<i>reactive</i> re: increased glucose levels, not <i>proactive</i> - as in preventing them.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I continued with my separate morning coffee bolus (which I've been doing for a couple of years now,) followed by my breakfast meal bolus. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Depending on my blood sugar and the dinner I was making, I began giving a blood glucose correction bolus while prepping/making my dinner, followed by a carb/bg bolus 10 minutes before the meal was ready. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Patience is a virtue - one I have - except when I don't. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">After I gave myself a meal or correction bolus, I did my best not to automatically rage-bolusing if my BG went passed a certain number and under a certain amount of time,</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">If my CGM arrow was flat - I forced myself to wait. Nine times out of ten, my glucose number would start decreasing - just like it was supposed to. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I covered (DTM) the Diabetes Technological Society’s meeting for <a href="http://ascensia.com/">Ascensia Diabetes Care</a>, where I sat in on a discussion re: glycemic variability metrics,TiR & heart damage. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My diabetes team knows my genetic health history because I shared it with them from the get-go - and we’ve been proactive re: my both diabetes and good heart health since the mid 90s. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">You can read about that life-changing session by clicking<b><a href="https://www.ascensia.com/press/dtm2019/"> HERE,</a></b> scroll down to Day 2:<i>Diabetes Data From All Sides, </i>and give a read.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">At the beginning of December, I noticed that my 24-hr daily insulin totals were decreasing. By January my 24-hour daily insulin totals had dropped to the mid-30s and mid-40s, versus pre TiR experiment insulin totals in the mid-40s to 50s.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Uploaded devices to Glooko And Clarity, and sent Cheryl a share code. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">HOW? While my TiR was 62%, only around 30% of my actual data had uploaded to Clarity since the transmitter’s November start date. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Cheryl suggested that we stick with my current settings, told me to continue doing what I was doing and to send her my data uploads a few days before my January 30th Endo appointment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">BUT... I realized that the days my blood sugar graph was full-on wonky, were occurring less often.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">9 days before my Endo appointment, the first day of my period, and the first time I’d stepped on the scale since before Christmas. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>People with diabetes are continually bombarded re: long term diabetes management, complications, etc. And I absolutely understand why - but sometimes the weight of all that knowledge gets incredibly heavy to carry.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>For me, managing my diabetes one day at a time re: TiR is not only easier, it's also more gentle and less overwhelming for me to process emotionally, mentally, and physically - both on paper and in real life.</b> </span></span></div>
k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-4830086746186427232019-12-24T13:58:00.002-05:002019-12-24T14:01:37.215-05:00Dear DOC: Love & Happy Whatever ~ <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whatever the holiday season means to you, no matter what you celebrate and or don’t, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I want you to know that each and every one of you means the world to me - I appreciate and I am incredibly grateful to you have in my world and on my side. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You are my gifts - the kind that keeps on giving. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You inspire; make me smile, teach me lessons every damn day, make me laugh from my belly, and lift me up whenever I stumble and fall. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You make me a better person - diabetes or not.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please remember that you count, that you make a difference - that you have made a difference in my life - and others. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You are more than the sum of your numbers - more than your last a1c.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Each and every one of you - across the board and no matter the diabetes type, are truly magnificent.</span></span></div>
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k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-42626500277414704532019-12-18T14:12:00.001-05:002019-12-18T18:21:26.607-05:00Feeling Stressed During The Holidays? You Are Not Alone!<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It’s the holidays - lots of running around, trying to finish up end of year work projects (speaking of - please check out my 3 part series covering the Diabetes Tech Meetings over at <a href="https://www.ascensia.com/press/dtm2019">Ascensia</a>,) getting our ducks in a row for the new year, while shopping, cooking, and figuring out all the holiday logistics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Diabetes - factors into our end of year craziness too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Cramming in last-minute doctors appointments, getting our end-of-year Rx’s filled - or at least trying too - many running into roadblocks when it comes to end of year durable medical equipment Rx approval and delivery - before January 1 and a new deductible rolls around - and trying not to lose our shit in the process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Navigating the <a href="https://blog.mangohealth.com/post/154725737407/6-ways-to-navigate-the-holiday-carb-extravaganza">holiday carb party extravaganza</a>, including explaining that <i>“yes we can eat that,”</i> because we have done a lot of work, including all the diabetes math, in order to have those Christmas Cookies/wine/and or whatever else is on our plate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Not to mention dealing with blood sugars in all dimensions because there are at least 42 different factors that impact our blood sugars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For some, the holidays bring up family dynamics that are complicated and anything but happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Many others are feeling the tremendous loss of loved ones that only the holiday season can bring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For some this holiday season is the toughest part in the year of firsts without the person they love. For others, the loss and sadness pops up again … and just when they thought they were OK. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you’re feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or sad re: all of the above and or things not mentioned above - that’s OK. </span><br />
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k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-69161708156503535892019-11-11T11:35:00.000-05:002019-11-11T11:35:08.678-05:0012 Years Blogging About Diabetes - Still Learning And Still Grateful Every Damn Day~<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Diabetesaliciousness turned twelve years old this past Saturday, November 9th - and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">12 years of blogging, 1,534 posts about the good, the bad, and the diabetesaliciousness of it all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">When I started blogging in 2007 I had no idea the there was such a thing as the DOC and I had no idea what I was doing - hence the name.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The only thing I knew about blogging was that Perez Hilton’s website was a blog and that creating a blog was easier than creating a website. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">IMO, blog templates were and are similar to Word templates - of course I could do that! </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I was tired of diabetes myths being perpetuated as diabetes realities (Hey Halle B and your actor’s studio interview - I’m looking at you. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> are the reason I started blogging - so thanks!) and I wanted and needed a place to voice my opinions. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The DOC was much smaller back then, consisting of a scattered and small group of ragtag people with diabetes who wanted to be heard and acknowledged - and found a space online were they could do just that. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Back then corporations and orgs were gingerly dipping their toes into the Social Media pool. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Because of the DOC, I found my </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">diabetes</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> voice and platform - and I found parts of myself I never knew existed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Because of the DOC I have a global diabetes tribe who I love, protect/am </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">protected</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> by, and learn from every day. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">There have been times when the Diabetes Online Community has carried me when I struggling. And I am so incredibly thankful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Blogging about diabetes has taught and continues to teach me that I CAN in all dimensions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What started out as a hobby has blossomed into a passion and a career. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">FTR: If you were to have told me 20 years ago I’d be working in the diabetes space </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I would have said that you were freaking nuts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I dealt with my diabetes personally, I didn’t want any parts of it professionally.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sometimes the thing you try the hardest to run from, is exactly what you are supposed to be doing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">12 years in and the DOC has exploded across social media platforms, people with diabetes are using their voices to create change - and brands. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Corps and orgs are not only listening and engaging, they are actively lurking, listening, and participating. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Like the DOC, my blog had successes and growing pains - and next year it officially becomes a teenager! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Blogging about my diabetes allowed my to share my diabetes stories and learn from your yours. Thank you for sharing your stories and teaching me with each and every tale.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">12 years blogging and I am still learning new things about life and life with diabetes every damn day.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">12 years blogging and no matter the type, we are in this together! </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">November 1, the first day of Diabetes Awareness Month. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've had t1 diabetes almost as long as I've been on the planet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Living with and managing diabetes is fucking hard work and all encompassing - and no matter what type of diabetes you have - so let's not fight about what type is worse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every day is a day a <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2015/06/diabetes-days-some-roar-ala-katy-perry.html"><i>"Diabetes Day,"</i></a> no matter the month - it's always by my side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If I hated diabetes, I'd be hating myself - <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2008/03/im-done-hating.html">and I'm done hating. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Magazines and websites constantly tell us that we are not tall enough, short enough, skinny and or curvy enough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't need another reason to tear myself apart. - I already do that without blaming diabetes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do I get mad at my diabetes? YES. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do I work hard to have my diabetes be drama free YES. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">DO I flip my <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2010/12/go-ahead-flip-your-diabetes-bitchwit.html">diabetes bitchswitch</a>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You bet your sweet ass! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you have diabetes - keep up the good work, get back up when you stumble and please know that you are not alone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you love someone with diabetes - thanks for your support. We need and appreciate it so much. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And we need and love you and all you do for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you want to learn about diabetes - this month is a great time to learn and ask questions. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">42 years ago today and bright and early in the morning, my parents drove me to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia - after what seemed like hours, I was diagnosed with T1 Diabetes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Some things I remember vividly, many things I don’t remember at all. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Life changed that day and I can’t go back, nor can I spend much time wondering about the what-ifs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">I embrace being the girl who lived and I’m working hard on becoming the woman I want to be. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Every year since Diabetesaliciousness began, I’ve written a list of things that I love and am grateful for on my <span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/search/label/Diaversary">Diaversary</a>. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">WHY? It's a good reminder that I’m still here, still alive, and there’s so much in life to love and be thankful for.</span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Making homemade soup. Some people are bakers, I’m a “soupier.” I love making soup form scratch - its my Zen time, allows me to be creative, AND I’M REALLY GOOD AT IT</span></li>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">A nice glass of Red</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The occasional martini</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Daffodils</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">All spring and summer flowers </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">My veggie garden </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Going to the movies </span></li>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Nailing the cupcake carb count from a really top-notch bakery</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">My mom’s engagement ring and wedding band. Every time I wear them on my right hand I think of my parents. I love them and I miss them</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">My nieces and nephews. They own my heart </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Vanilla anything</span></li>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">KerryGold Butter </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Jewelry. Antique, family heirlooms, costume, handmade, Native American, the macaroni bracelet one of my students made me a few years ago. I LOVE JEWELRY</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Photography. I love taking pictures - especially nature photography and candids. I'm working on my photography skills - more on that in another post</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Photography As Art. It absolutely is and I love photographs taken by artists behind the lens</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Music. ALL KINDS</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Singing. I love to sing and at one time I was pretty good. I need to sing more</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Writing</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The sound of rain and being outside right after a storm</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Exploring. I love to explore. Sometimes I go out on a drive, pick an unknown road/town and explore</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Sea glassing</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Finding treasure everyday. OK, sounds corny, but it’s been my mantra as of late.</span></li>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Every day as of late I tell myself to <i>“go out and find the treasure.”</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m not talking about a treasure chest filled with jewels and gold (but I’m down with that,) it’s about finding and experiencing all the good in the day and in life…. Including life with diabetes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Some days the treasure is right in front of me, other days it shows up in small ways and victories. And on the days when the treasure seems impossible to locate, I remind myself that there’s much joy to be found in the search. </span></div>
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k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-9402110097950235402019-10-29T15:31:00.002-04:002019-10-29T16:33:35.316-04:00 Diabetes Tech Difficulties In The Form Of New LapTop Communication Issues~<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I'll take some of the blame for being pre-occupied when I originally heard rumblings re: new Macs and cable issues. But my my niece had just died. I had a lot going on. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Medtech is a key buzzword - everyone seems to be jumping in and that's a good thing... most of the time. Technology, including med tech and digital diabetes are supposed to make our lives easier - except when they don't. And sometimes it's not the diabetes tech's fault.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you're going to jump in the med tech pond, including the diabetes tech eco-system (I'm looking at and talking to you <a href="http://apple.com/">APPLE</a>,) it would be great if your <i>"upgrades"</i> didn't cause communication issues re: our med and #diabetestech. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Cut to last Monday's</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Endo appointment - which was both </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">disappointing and a breakthrough. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">Disappointing</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span>because<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> once again my diabetes labs weren't were they needed to be. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">And a breakthrough </span>because I was like:<i> You're right, I need help. I NEED HELP. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was tired of doing it all on my own and had put off uploading data and setting up an appointment with my Diabetes Education Specialist since April. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Part tech related, but let's be honest, most of it was <i>"I don't want too/I don't feel like it,"</i> related.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was sick of struggling and I was burned out. I promised my Endo I'd upload my data and schedule an appoint with my Diabetes education Care Specialist. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I emailed my Diabetes Education Care Specialist on Tuesday morning and told her that as soon as I found <a href="http://myomnipod.com/">my Omnipod</a> cable, ( I’d organized my office desk and my Omnipod cable wasn’t where it was supposed to be,) I’d be uploading all my data (including <a href="http://dexcom.com/">Dexcom</a>) to <a href="https://www.glooko.com/">Glooko</a> in the next few days and let her know that I'd also like to schedule a much needed "diabetes tune-up" with her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wednesday was hectic and I didn’t even look.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Early Thursday morning I found the misplaced cable, tossed it in my computer bag along with my Dexcom cable and phone charger and ran out the door. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I’d upload my devices during lunch. Thursday was going ducky and I was getting lots done, I ate my lunch and was ready to upload. No excuses and no</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> fear of showing my numbers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cut to me staring at my newish mac and ready to cry. The same mac I purchased over the summer because my previous mac was on its last legs and I was afraid if I traveled with it one more time, it would implode. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The same streamlined mac that would not allow me to upload my omnipod and dex data, (or </span>iPhone<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and camera card reader for that matter,) unless I had an </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">external </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">adapter, because Apple no longer </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">supported USBC to USBA cables</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. New Apple devices only support USB to USBC cables. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And I was not happy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then I started doing the math and I really wasn't happy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Almost $2000 for laptop: </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">12 inch macbook $1599</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">AppleCare: $249</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All of the above purchased at an Apple store 50 miles away. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back to Apple: It would have been nice if had included an external adapter with multiple cable options in the cost of my new mac so that all my diabetes external parts could be uploaded at first try. Same goes for my iPhone and Canon photo card.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">And it would have been greatly appreciated if your Apple Genius (that's his title, not being sarcastic, but it fits,) at the Apple Store had reminded me of the change and informed me I'd need to purchase an adapter. I wouldn't have been happy, but I would have purchased it on the spot. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yesterday morning I broke out my almost dead laptop, charged that sucker and rebooted it. Painfully slow in all dimensions because of longstanding software issues that could only be <span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">remedied</span> by a complete laptop wipe and software reinstall. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> It took 10 minutes to boot up and another 20 to reset the date and time, log in to both Glooko and <a href="https://clarity.dexcom.com/">Clarity</a>, sync Glooko with Clarity and upload my devices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wednesday was one of those days. It was the second appointment of my twice yearly eye exams. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I went in my appointment stressed because it's freaking stressful - and I had to remind myself to breathe - and multiple times. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Breathe in, let the breath out and think of all the things that make me happy. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Breathe in and remind myself that no matter the outcome, knowledge is power. </span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Breath out and release all the stress. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Start again from the top and with gusto - and don't forget to breathe!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Translation: Things looked good on the ocular front. I was grateful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And I was exhausted. <br />
Grateful for those evasive and twice yearly eye exams - with that being said - they are mentally and physically draining. <br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Emotionally these exams stress me out - because of diabetes, the<i> "diabetes what ifs," </i>and for those of you who have read the blog for a decade or more - the very real fear of one in a million occurrences that changes the way you see things in the blink of an eye - LITERALLY.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #151719;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(21, 23, 25); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">And because people living with diabetes are always </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(21, 23, 25); caret-color: rgb(21, 23, 25);">waiting</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(21, 23, 25); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> for the other shoe to drop. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After the exam it felt like a weight had been removed from my chest. Relieved, happy and tired - because for some reason the numbing and dilating drops always make me feel like I'm on decaf and in need of a nap - which I'm told is normal. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So an extra iced coffee for me. YAY. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wednesday's weather was sunny and beautiful, but because my eyes are extremely sensitive to light immediately after an eye exam - and even with me channeling Jackie O, via my incredibly fab and totally glam prescription sunglasses, (the are magnificent - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ByqBwn7BGnk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">see for yourself</a>,) I embraced my inner vampire and stayed indoors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I worked on the computer for a bit, then decided offline work was the way to go. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My eyes remained the size saucers for most of the day and yours truly looked like an anime character - not quite Sailor Moon, not quite Olive Oil, all Kelly. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm sharing because doing so allows me to <i>"let it go,"</i> and reminds me that I am not the only one. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It’s been a long summer and a while since I’ve last posted. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I traveled to Houston in August (super hot, great food,) and covered <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23aade19&src=typed_query&f=live">AADE19</a> for Ascensia Diabetes Care and Co-Chaired Ascensia’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AADEDSMS?src=hashtag_click&f=live">#AADEDSMS </a>Diabetes Social Media Conference. AADEDSMS </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(21, 23, 25); color: #151719;">discussion topics included diabetes stigma, the importance of talking about complications, diabetes tech, and Health Insurance in the US. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My first in a series of three articles covering AADE is up and running over on Ascensia’s website. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Click <a href="https://www.ascensia.com/press/aade-2019/">HERE</a>, give a read and many thanks in advance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Work, connecting with family, ocean workouts - primarily body surfing. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> I love body surfing -I love how it makes me feel and I love the positive impact that </span>body<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> surfing has on my blood sugars, heart, shoulders, and lungs.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Speaking of the ocean, it’s hurricane season - Dorian is wreaking havoc in The Bahamas and Abaco Islands, and threatening the east coast. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As someone who survived <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2012/11/hurricane-sandy-pre-post-post.html">Hurricane Sandy </a>- I’m nervous and have my<a href="https://type2diabetes.com/living/diabetes-emergency-bag/"> Diabetes emergency bag </a>ready to go at all times. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">If you’re anywhere near Dorian’s path, click </span><a href="https://www.diabetesdisasterresponse.org/our-vision" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">HERE</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and check out The Diabetes Disaster Response Coalition -</span> info found there will<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> help you prepare diabetes wise for any weather related disaster. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’ve been dealing with insurance issues since April because I live in the US and it’s a never ending and ongoing struggle. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">First my insurance Company switched my insulin coverage in January and they no longer cover Apidra - the insulin that works best for me. I’ve struggled with higher numbers the past few months and I know using an insulin other than Apidra is one of the reasons why.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Still appealing - diabetes bitch-switch is flipped and dialed up to 11. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This summer I developed peroneal tendonitis and was prescribed a prescription lidocaine cream (after my lidocaine patch RX refill was denied,) and that was covered by my insurance in June. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I went to get my RX refilled in July, it was no longer covered - thanks to a third party company that was hired to review all RXs that came their way and via my insurance company. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Apparently I didn’t fit the criteria to be granted the RX and said </span>third<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> party </span>company<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> continues to deny said RX after multiple appeals. More to follow~</span></span></span></div>
k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-6277214288171615362019-07-31T12:55:00.002-04:002019-07-31T12:55:34.239-04:00I Attended #FFLOrlando19 As Ascensia Diabetes Care's Guest Reporter<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I adore <a href="http://childrenwithdiabetes.com/">childrenwithdiabetes.com</a> and their yearly FFL </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Friends For Life,) Conference -held every July in Orlando. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's truly life changing and I highly recommend attending!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the record: It's not just for children with diabetes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've attended the conference since 2012 and worked as a conference volunteer starting in 2013 and up until now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year I was able to attend the 20th anniversary of FFL (known on Social Media Platforms as #FFLOrlando19,) as the Guest Reporter for <a href="https://www.ascensia.com/">Ascensia Diabetes Care</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was able to participate in the sessions as an attendee and report from FFL with a fresh set of eyes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first in a series of three articles spotlighting FFL is up and running on the Ascensia website. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Click <a href="https://www.ascensia.com/press/ffl2018/">HERE</a> and check it out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also: Thanks in advance! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Disclosure:</b> <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Ascensia Diabetes Care paid for my time and talent and also covered my flight, hotel, and expenses.</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>As always, all thoughts are mine and mine alone.</b> </span><br />
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k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-44748557900990734012019-06-27T12:20:00.000-04:002019-06-27T12:35:55.423-04:00This Week My Diabetes Has Been Batshit Crazy. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">My diabetes this week.<br />Image courtesy of <a href="https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/sticker/batshit-crazy-wacky-cartoon-bat/1063330/">Design By Humans</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This Week My Diabetes Has<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=batshit%20crazy"> Been Batshit Crazy</a> - and I'm owning it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Cut to Monday morning (which was my scheduled site change day,) when I woke up at <b>5:17 AM</b>, with a fuzzy mouth and blood sugar of 336. I believe the words <i>“FUCK ME,”</i> were uttered multiple times. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I’d had 24 units left in my pod before I went to bed on Sunday night, with15 hours left before it was empty. Shit happens and I know that. Yet I'm mad at myself for the site crapping out and not changing it out the night before. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">But all signs pointed to me not having to. Shit happens. Accept and move on. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Speaking of.. I felt like shit. Downed a huge glass of water, calculated and administered a correction injection, and changed out my site.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Once again I utter <i>“FUCK ME,</i>” followed by <i>“WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!” </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Second new pod site of the day goes in. I set my alarm an go back to sleep</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I wake up and my bg is 289. I think to myself that it should be lower, give myself a correction bolus and sent a 3 hour increased temp basal rate of 45%.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Blood sugar of 215, with a 0.30 correction bolus. I still feel crappy and watch <a href="https://thebrokenwoodmysteries.com/">Brokenwood Mysteries </a>on Acorn TV. Started watching over the weekend and it’s pretty good with a great musical soundtrack. If you haven't already, tune in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Whatever the hell is going on with my body - be it hormones, fighting off a cold or allergies, or just because it’s freaking Tuesday - my body requires a higher temp basal rate and more insulin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I don’t want to change it out - but in my heart I know it’s crossed over and become a <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2015/03/diabetes-math-battling-insurance.html">zombie infusion site</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>10:42 PM Tuesday Night:</b> Change out site and numbers immediately start to depart zombie land. I stay up late to make sure every thing is stable re: my numbers and watch the final episode of Brokenwood, season 5. Bummed it was the final episode and looking forward to season six. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">As of today (Thursday,) I’m still running a temp basal rate that’s increased by 15%. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As <a href="https://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2019/06/im-attending-ada2019-in-san-francisco.html">mentioned previously</a>, I was this year's Guest Reporter for <a href="http://ascensia.com/">Ascensia Diabetes Care </a>, covering the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions in San </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Francisco, </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">June 6 through June 11th, 2019. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My first post (in a series of three,) is up on Ascensia's website and it's all about my key takeaways from day one. Including: diabetes apps, diabetes tech, circadian rhythms & meal timing. </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can read it (and I hope you do,) by clicking </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ascensia.com/press/ada2019/">HERE.</a> </b></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>“Kim would tell you that her life was a beautiful storm. She found a rainbow almost every day of her life. She was a loving wife, fur baby mom, daughter, sister, and devoted aunt to her three nephews and niece. Kim loved her life, her family, friends, and her animals. Her passion was to travel and share as many experiences as possible with her friends and family. She especially loved her trips to Disney World with her family and friends.”</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Being part of the Diabetes Community (the DOC,) has given me friends/family around the globe as well as a global voice. I am blessed. </span></span></div>
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I’ve been lucky to meet some of my tribe in real life - including Kim.<br />
We were able to hang out in real life @ multiple <a href="https://childrenwithdiabetes.com/conferences/friends-for-life-orlando-2019/">Children with Diabetes, Friends For Life conferences</a> & in Atlantic City @ the Diabetes UnConference.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The really tough thing about having a diabetes tribe is losing a member - be it happenstance in life.... or because of the very thing that brought you together - diabetes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The last time I saw Kim was July 2018, at Friends For Life in Orlando, Florida. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Kim in Super Hero Mode at <a href="http://iwishpeopleknewthatdiabetes.org/">Iwishpeopleknewthatdiabetes</a> booth at <a href="https://childrenwithdiabetes.com/conferences/friends-for-life-orlando-2019/">Friends For Life</a> -<br />She encouraged and supported me a lot that weekend - I needed it and appreciate still today.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m currently writing this blog post from the first day of the <a href="https://professional.diabetes.org/scientific-sessions">American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions</a> in San Francisco, CA! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m excited to be attending the sessions; learning all I can, and reporting on my experiences in a series of articles on the <a href="https://www.ascensia.com/">Ascensia Diabetes Care</a> website and just like<a href="https://www.ascensia.com/press/ADA2018/"> I did last year</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Full Disclosure:</b> As I mentioned above, <a href="https://www.ascensia.com/">Ascensia Diabetes Care</a> hired me as their Guest Reporter for ADA. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Follow the sessions in real time via twitter and by clicking on the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ADA2019&src=typeahead_click&f=live">#ADA2019</a> hashtag.</span></div>
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k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-23153198922875937342019-05-30T16:58:00.000-04:002019-05-30T17:03:43.582-04:00Carry-on Bag: MacGyver Trapper Keeper Vs All My Diabetes Supplies <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>I don't know about you, but sometimes in life.... and life with diabetes, I need to remind myself that I am a lucky duck. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> I've been thinking about gratitude a lot as of late, so I decided to write about turning this morning's bitch frown upside down.</b></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">And I was like: <i> I'm effing brilliant - I'm talking MacGyver level smarts!</i> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">There was so much damn room that I could fit my trusty/always on my person, 5X7 sketchbook as note book; current paperwork, and a spare pen on the other side of the sleeve divider with room to spare. Slap a rainbow and unicorn stickers on that sucker</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and it was like a grown </span>up<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> version of my <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/52726/history-trapper-keeper">Trapper-Keeper</a> from grade school!!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was impressed with myself and said out loud: <i>I don’t need to get a new laptop case - I can fit my new Mac and more in my Trapper-Keeper! </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then I placed said <i>"MacGyver Trapper-Keeper"</i> and its contents in my trusty fuchsia backpack and was all types of happy - until</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> reality set it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’m heading to San Francisco next week to attend <a href="https://professional.diabetes.org/scientific-sessions">ADA</a> (more on that early next week,) and need to carry my MacBook, various charger(s), diabetes supplies (spare<a href="http://myomnipod.com/"> Omnipods</a>; insulin, glucose strips, a spare sensor, glucose tabs, snacks, etc.,) on my person/in my carry-on bag, a.k.a, my knapsack - and I need all the room I can get. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I momentarily forgot </span>that my <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">shiny red padded MacBookPro case always makes for a tight fit </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">re: D supplies when it's crammed for travel. MacGyvering it only adds to the cramped quarters.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">And for a few seconds (OK, more than a few - at <i>least</i> sixty seconds,) I </span>was <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">annoyed because I thought I could forgo buying a new case and save a few bucks. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My old Mac was a 2012, purchased in February of 2013, is officially slower than molasses, riddled with software issues, and weighs 4+ pounds. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was long past its expiration date, and now <i>“my old friend” </i>sits in a place of pride on my desk, as my official backup/home computer, no longer accompanying me on the road. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Now that I have a new Mac, I require a new printer because my current printer wants nothing to do with </span>my new Mac and refuses to recognize its existence in the universe<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, back to me being momentarily annoyed - I took a breath and was glad again, quick. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because I know how lucky I am to have a new Mac - I know that it will help me do my job today, next week - as well as future jobs, assignments, and personal projects - HELLO Light ROOM. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">$14/$19 new streamlined MacBook case is a small price to pay for peace of mind re: protecting my Mac while allowing me to have extra room for my diabetes supplies in my carry-on is a gift…. as is having insulin in my fridge... And I am a lucky duck, indeed~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Also: I use the words <i>Mac, </i></span><i>MacBook,</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and <i>MacGyver</i> a hell of a lot in this post. </span></span></div>
k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-54008087492087638082019-05-28T15:19:00.002-04:002019-05-28T15:26:41.795-04:00Diabetes Scout Mode: Spontaneous Road Trip Edition ~<a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2011/03/diabetes-makes-me-feel-like-perpetual.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Living with diabetes makes me/us feel like a perpetual girl/boy/whatever scout - we always have to get in scout mode and be prepared!</a><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I was away for a good portion of the holiday weekend - spending time with family</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> - both the two legged and four-legged variety. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Packing for a last minute weekend trip meant bringing extra of everything… including diabetes supplies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I filled and put in a new Omnipod, did a big fat correction injection, and drank two big glasses of water before </span>switching<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> to my morning coffee. By the time I hopped in my car mid morning to battle holiday traffic - my bg was 170, post coffee! </span></span></span></div>
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k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-18458331410586892932019-05-20T17:55:00.001-04:002019-05-20T20:23:29.020-04:00Stuff: Blogging, Exercising, May Is National Mental Health Month, CGMing, GoT<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yep, it's been a while since I've posted. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My excuses: Things have been slightly crazy, I needed to regroup, one week of not blogging quickly turned into multiple and accompanied by a wicked case of <i>"what the hell do I write about/didn't I already write about that a million times already?! </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because after blogging for almost 12 years about life with diabetes - sometimes I'm afraid "I've said and or written about that already." But you know what? Everyone who blogs about diabetes feels that way from time to time - and that's OK. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After taking a short sabbatical - I'm back writing on the blog about my life and my life with diabetes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>What's New? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lots: I've started exercising and thank God because I'm out of practice and I absolutely think better when I'm moving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Work has been active - lots of stuff going on and on the horizon - I am both glad and thankful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's May, which means it's <a href="https://www.nami.org/mentalhealthmonth">National Mental Health Month</a>. With that being said, I started seeing a therapist in March - because while I was going through the motions of my life, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was missing Olivia terribly at the end of the day and I was sad. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm sharing because talking to someone is helping me deal with the trauma of <a href="http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2019/01/olivia-ann-kunik-i-will-love-miss-you.html">losing my niece Olivia</a> in January - and it's making me stronger in all areas of my life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you're dealing with any form of stress, anxiety, or trauma - including <a href="https://www.findapsychologist.org/my-story-living-with-diabetes-burnout-by-kelly-kunik/">diabetes burnout </a>or grief - go talk to and with a professional.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seriously - talk with someone - you are worth it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Is That A CGM On Your Arm... Or Are You Just Happy To See Me? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The answer is BOTH. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I LOVE seeing you - you look great! And and yeah... I started wearing a CGM (<a href="https://www.dexcom.com/get-started-cgm/51?sfc=701f30000018vigAAA&msclkid=d4d8ce754e09193543c9929652ec03a3&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SCH_B_US_G6&utm_term=dexcom%20g6&utm_content=G6_Pure_EX&dclid=COH38r6Hq-ICFRmeyAodfdsDxA">Dexcom G6</a>) in March because my Dr. and I need to make tweaks - I've committed to wearing it for at least 3 months. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was supposed to start in January, but Livy passed and I didn't feel like dealing with the learning curve while heading out west for her funeral. February I was bogged with assignments and starting on the Dex was pushed back into March. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Initial Observations</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Graphs have the potential to make you effing crazy!<br />I believe that people must be trained on the anxiety that watching your graph can cause. Knowledge is great - but so is realizing that when you/your loved one eat... or have a cold... are stressed... or just because it's Tuesday, your graph can and will go up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also and I kid you not, we need to step away from the graph after a correction bolus. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I knew all of the above before wearing a CGM - and I was still looking at it way to much in the beginning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">CGM alarms are wicked loud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Compression Low bgs are a thing - As in your CGM Low alarm goes off and reads 59, and you just ate lunch 40 minutes ago and you feel absolutely fine, do a fingerstick check. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because Compression Lows (unknowingly pushing against the sensor or sleeping/leaning on it can cause it to read low (at least according to my multiple friends and my CDE,) are real and they happen. Of course I learned about Compression Lows </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> after treating for said 59 low that really wasn't. HELLO 200! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the flip side - I barely felt a 53 low a few days ago that caused my alarm to go off.... at least until I did. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was real and I knew it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm more mindful of grazing since slapping on a CGM. That's a good thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's interesting to see how quickly certain foods impact your blood sugar via a graph.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's equally as interesting and annoying to see how some foods seem to flat arrow for an hour or two and then spike towards the sky for a good three or four hours.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Ahhhh.... Good times..... good times. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My graph was elevated the week before my period - I always knew this to be true - seeing it on a graph was trippy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Watching Game of Thrones absolutely impacts my blood sugars! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Or at least I'm blaming GoT... and the Show Runners and Writers of GoT.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During last night's finale my bgs were running low. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The previous weeks, not so much - especially when that ass of a Night King and his army hit Winterfell - I was topping 306 by the time that episode ended! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Graph during GoT finale.<br />I might have over bolused for my big tuna salad.<br />But the sucky writing certainly didn't help!<br /><u>Also: Why'd you all demonize Dani and where the hell is my dragon!! </u></i></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Speaking of blood sugars - you ABSOLUTELY need to check your blood sugars via finger-sticks while wearing a CGM. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Certainly not as much .... most of the time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My previous sensor required 8 calibration checks in one day before it started syncing - and that required massive amounts of self restraint because I wanted to rip out my sensor and start a new one... but I didn't and being things worked out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My current sensor was within range on the first (and second) calibration. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Depending on the day, how my numbers are running, physical activity, and how old my <a href="http://myomnipod.com/">Omnipod</a> site is - my amount of finger-sticks per day varies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Bottom line:</b> My pancreas is stone cold busted - I need to make sure whatever robot diabetes part I'm wearing is reading correctly and that requires finger-stick checks~ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So that's all for now. HOW THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? </span><br />
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