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January DSMA Blog Carnival… New Year with Diabetes.

January 29, 2013 – 10:44 am

Ohmygosh! It’s almost the end of January, and I haven’t completed my post for the January DSMA Blog Carnival. If you’re writing about your diabetes too, you should participate. Just write a post on the subject and link to it on the DSMA Blog Carnival page.

This month’s blog carnival topic asks us to fill in the blank:

New Year with Diabetes : Striving for _______ in 2013

To be honest, I could have taken the easy way out and used my January 2 post this month. But that post really talked about my life overall, and what I would like to accomplish this year to be a more well rounded person. Since we’ve still got a few days left in January, I’d like to narrow down my focus to just diabetes here.

I think what I’m striving for in 2013 is a continuation of what I started in 2012. I want to get out there and get engaged with the rest of the world. A few times in the past year people have asked me about my story… you know, the “tell us all about your diabetes” story. Each time, I found myself describing this sequence of events where I was diagnosed, went off to live my life, and kind of lived in the woods with my diabetes, so to speak. Not doing anything to help anyone, not learning anything new, not knowing much beyond what I knew on the day of diagnosis. But since last year, I’ve been trying to change all that.

I want to find my way out of the woods and into a place where I can get some clear footing with my condition. I want to learn about new therapies, new ideas. Converse with others going through the same issues and share valuable information, because together we are worth more than the sum of our parts.

In 2013, I’ll be striving to get my diabetes out into the sunshine, and I’ll be trying to help others do the same. I hear it’s warm out there.
 
 
This post is my January entry in the DSMA Blog Carnival. If you’d like to participate too, you can get all of the information at
http://diabetessocmed.com/2013/january-dsma-blog-carnival-2/
 
 
 

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January 9, 2013 – 9:37 am

It’s Wednesday, and I realized that it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts. So when you have a moment, check these out:
 
 
Kelly Kunik at Diabetesaliciousness reminds us that January is the start of tax season here in the USA, and that means it’s Time To Collect And Organize All Your 2012 Medical Expenses!!
I’ve collected… Now I just have to do the organizing.
 
 
Over at Diatribe, Kerri Sparling of Six Until Me fame has a follow up and some great points to make after her December interview on National Public Radio. Find out why Kerri says the Proof Is In The People.
 
 
Finally, Alexis at Chronicles of D-Boy and Ribbon has some great Advice. You’ll want to share this with every newly diagnosed person or parent. I know I want to.
 
 
Happy Hump Day!
 
 
 

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Hiatus complete.

October 15, 2012 – 6:33 am

I’m back after a week in the warmth of Sanibel, Florida.

It was a peaceful, relaxing week. As evidenced by the photo above, I spent a lot of time in the pool. I only had one South of the Border incident, and I had half a day after a site change where I was maddeningly North of the Border. But overall, the week was just what I needed: a chance to relax and disconnect from work.

But I did take some time to read what many of you were writing last week. Here’s a sample, in random order:

From Kim at Texting My Pancreas

From Brian at Buzz, Buzz, Not my Cell

From Kate at Sweet Success

From Wil at Diabetes Uncensored

From Kelly at Diabetesaliciousness

Hope this is the beginning of a great week for you!
 
 
 

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September 19, 2012 – 10:17 pm

It’s been a looooong time since I’ve done a LTL post. Hope you find these posts interesting:
 
 
Allison at Diabetes Mine has a post about something that’s so scary, I can’t help but read it: Exploring the Links Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s
 
 
 
Cara at Every Day Every Hour Every Minute tells a tale of, well, something that we have all done at some point: Choices
 
 
 
Sugar Beat takes an Alien View of her diabetes…
 
 
 
And in a non-D post, Leo at Diabetes Almighty gives the ultimate props to an apple: On a lighter note
 
 
 
Enjoy the reading!
 
 

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September DSMA Blog Carnival. A lot of D-Baggage.

September 14, 2012 – 1:55 pm

“Hello, my name is Stephen, and when I travel, I’m a Diabetes Gear Hoarder”.

I’m off for the Tour de Talbot, Saturday, September 15 in Easton, Maryland. Proceeds from the ride benefit the Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy and JDRF. I hope to finish the Metric Century ride, which is 65 miles.

I’ll only be gone for 24 hours, but look at all of the stuff I have to take with me:

Here’s what’s in that photo:
– My pump

– My Meter

– A very neat, very old thing that I carry my insulin in when I travel (I posted about it here)

– A re-purposed infusion set box, containing:
2 infusion sets
2 reservoirs
2 IV Prep wipes
1 Novolog pen
1 Lantus pen
3 Pen needles (no, I don’t know why I packed only three)

Of course, that’s not all. In the meter case is lancets and strips. And in my pocket are four of my favorite candies to fight off lows. Also, I’m taking along an entire bag of them in case I need more.

I know that almost all of this is for that “just in case” scenario, but we know that things will happen (and all too often, they do).

So we prepare… we plan… we pack… and we overcome any issues that arise.

“I’m Stephen, and when I travel, I’m a Diabetes Gear Hoarder”.

This post is my September entry in the DSMA Blog Carnival. If you’d like to participate too, you can get all of the information at http://diabetessocmed.com/2012/september-dsma-blog-carnival-2/

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