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Discussions

swine flu

kwisteen
  • By kwisteen · Posted November 16, 2009
  • In Living with diabetes · 0 replies
  • anyone with any experience? They have given me tamiflu from a flu line but I think I need i properly confirming-I feel lousy, ketones etc Worried about my three grandchildren all under 5 and daughter ...

insulin pumps-a poem

kwisteen
  • By kwisteen · Posted November 9, 2009
  • In Treatment · 16 replies
  • MINIMED 508 INSULIN PUMP He’s my lost twin, my double trouble: accounts for every whim, asks me in blinking letters select? act? program? prime? sticks to my belly siamese fashion, monitors basal and ...

My Story (Tell me why you are here.)

TRPaul
  • By TRPaul · Posted October 30, 2009
  • In Raising a child with diabetes · 1 reply
  • My daughter is the reason that I am on this site. She is my reward from God. I had my first child when I was 25. It was a boy. He is what you call a "high maintenance" baby. He was a handful. Cute, but ...

Long Time Diabetics Compare Notes

hmcguck
  • By hmcguck · Posted October 23, 2009
  • In Living with diabetes · 21 replies
  • I was diagnosed with type I diabetes 50 years ago and am now two months shy of 80. I have at least a little of every expected complication, but remain fairly robust and quite active. I would like to compare ...

Cosmo Insulin pump

insulinpumpmama
  • By insulinpumpmama · Posted September 7, 2009
  • In Raising a child with diabetes · 0 replies
  • My daughter was wearing a cosmo insulin pump and it died! Of course, they have quit making the pump, so we have to get a different one. Some of the supplies we have will now have to go to waste. If anyone ...

Hello everyone

TamTam27
  • By TamTam27 · Posted August 2, 2009
  • In Living with diabetes · 2 replies
  • i have just been diagnosed with type 1 diabeties with my PG only a couple of months ago. I have been coping ok but really am finding it to be stressful being a new mommy and everything I can honestly ...

Type 1.5 Diabetes and Pregnancy

Sekhmet_of_september
  • By Sekhmet_of_september · Posted July 1, 2009
  • In Living with diabetes · 2 replies
  • I am interested to hear anyone's experience of pregnancy while being diabetic. I am hoping to someday have another child... I currently have a 2 1/2 year old who was a 26 week preemie, due to my diabetes ...

People with good intentions?

Sekhmet_of_september
  • By Sekhmet_of_september · Posted March 26, 2009
  • In Living with diabetes · 7 replies
  • Does anyone have any advice or stories to share about how they might deal with people who think they know more about diabetes than you do? Or does anyone seem to get irritated about people not understanding ...

Diabetic Recipes

SweetiesMom
  • By SweetiesMom · Posted March 11, 2009
  • In Nutrition · 3 replies
  • I was only diagnosed with Type1, 5 years ago, in my 40's. Since then, I have tried to take recipes I find in magazines or on TV and make them more Diabetic friendly. As anyone else done this or got any ...

Type I diabetes

mindgymnast
  • By mindgymnast · Posted March 25, 2008
  • In Raising a child with diabetes · 15 replies
  • Hi all, My daughter is living with type I diabetes since last about two years and on insulin 5 times a day . Looking for people to discuss, know more about the same. Suneel ...

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