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How exact do you get when entering carbs into your calculations? Looking back on the last few weeks of my pump history, all of my carb values are rounded numbers, either on the 10 mark, or the 5 mark. I think…

Our very own Amy Tenderich of www.diabetesmine.com recently crafted an absolutely excellent article on her column over at dlife.com. The article is titled: Leadership 101a: Managing Your Care Team This article goes into whether you appointments with your care team…

I have an older Accu-Chek Compact meter that I use at work. This meter uses a “drum” of 17 test strips. There are a few reasons that I don’t really like it, but I don’t hate it either. It’s a…

I am very regular about changing my infusion sets. Every three days, usually in the morning – unless some emergency dictates otherwise. I believe that it is important for me to not leave my infusion set in too long. I…

Is it just laziness? Lack of planning – causing runs to the vending machines through the day? Unpolished and unpracticed carb counting by eyeball? Falling victim to the clever marketing schemes that have me addicted to things like Diet Coke…

I got a great laugh out of a recent comment from Wil regarding my Aircraft Carrier Post. He said: Scott, I love this post, but it was chickensh** of you not to post a graph with your BG on it.…

Caro ‘cross the water over there at www.diabetes-wise.net has tagged me! I’m honored! I was tagged before, many moons ago by Wil, but it was a bit different than this round – or … maybe this is the same round…

I went in to the lab last Friday to have my labs drawn for my upcoming endo appointment. It went pretty good, nothing like one of my previous visits where nothing went as well as it should have.I went first…

How often do you guys & gals have your feet examined? I’m just thinking back, and it’s been years for me. I think that most endo’s would make it part of the routine for someone like me (approaching 26 years…

I think there are plenty of great ideas out there. Coming from so many sources – books I read (or listen to), blog entries and comments, medical professionals or just plain intuition and luck. The challenge comes in putting those…

So I just noticed that my quarterly endo appointment is coming up again. Damn. It feels like just yesterday when I went in there and was thrown into a tailspin with a higher than expected A1C. I’ve been trying to…

It’s a matter of perspective, but I have a problem with something for which there is always room for improvement. Specifically speaking diabetes. When is “good” good enough? Our control is measured by our A1C results, at least from the…

I am far too hard on myself. I beat myself up over every little thing that doesn’t work out perfectly. I get depressed about silly little things and just throw my hands up in desperation. I think about it too…

I feel that I am pretty tuned in to my body. I have been forced to pay attention to the little signals my body sends, that perhaps others can easily ignore. Most of the time I can tell when I’m…