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2020 (1)
  • October 20th | He was the best I could ask for
2019 (15)
  • November 23rd | #ScottsDeathRide πŸ’€πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ – I rode 103.3 miles through Death Valley!
  • October 13th | #ScottsDeathRide πŸ’€πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ – weeks 13-15 – In a RUT!
  • October 6th | #ScottsDeathRide – Raffle for sweet cycling gear!
  • September 7th | #ScottsDeathRide πŸ’€πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ – weeks 10-12 spokes and spikes
  • September 7th | #ScottsDeathRide πŸ’€πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ – week 9 brought me The Wall
  • July 30th | #ScottsDeathRide πŸ’€πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ – weeks 4 & 5 taught me some lessons
  • July 27th | #ScottsDeathRide πŸ’€ πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ – how it all started
  • July 15th | #ScottsDeathRide – Week 3 wrap up
  • July 8th | #ScottsDeathRide – 2 weeks of training in the bag!
  • July 6th | #ScottsDeathRide – Blame it on cycling
  • July 5th | #ScottsDeathRide – Sara and why she rides
  • July 4th | #ScottsDeathRide – Father’s Day ride with George
  • July 4th | #ScottsDeathRide – What in the world?
  • June 3rd | JDRF TypeOneNation Summit in San Diego
  • April 26th | 39 years of living well with diabetes – celebrate with me!
2018 (9)
  • November 20th | The power of small, simple steps
  • November 8th | Book review of A Future With Hope by Carl Armato
  • October 22nd | Time without CGM? No big deal, right?
  • July 30th | I refuse to accept it as normal
  • July 6th | A wise birdie once said, focus on progress not perfection
  • June 10th | No small change
  • April 27th | 38th Diaversary
  • March 11th | Staying hydrated with The Right Cup
  • February 12th | A Bad Case by Erin Spineto
2017 (7)
  • December 10th | There’s a new diabetes website in town!
  • September 8th | Diabetes Emergency Relief Coalition – hurricane support efforts
  • September 7th | The power of me too and “There’s More to the Story” by Mindy Bartleson
  • July 15th | Teens with Diabetes – Free Driving Clinic
  • June 19th | The Freedom Broker by K.J. Howe
  • February 22nd | Visiting Team Novo Nordisk
  • January 10th | The Diabetes UnConference – February 2017
2016 (8)
  • December 19th | Identifying barriers to transition of care
  • June 26th | Sugar Surfing comes to Minneapolis
  • April 23rd | The Faces of Diabetes
  • April 7th | Medicare’s Competitive Bidding Program
  • February 28th | Powerful Perspectives on Diabetes Complications
  • February 3rd | Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms
  • February 1st | Spare A Rose, Save A Child
  • January 22nd | No One is Excused from Prediabetes
2015 (35)
  • November 19th | Research Central! Calling adult T1’s!
  • November 17th | Your thoughts about automated insulin delivery?
  • October 22nd | CGMs and Medicare
  • August 30th | Just five hours, please?
  • August 26th | Living Vertical – Project 365
  • August 24th | A different feeling at AADE 2015
  • August 17th | Diabetes safety, quality, and access – do you care?
  • August 15th | What you don’t know about the Diabetes Scholars Foundation
  • July 22nd | No Lunchtime Bolus – A Story Thick With Irony
  • July 17th | Don’t Go Shopping While Low
  • June 4th | Happy 75th Anniversary, ADA!
  • May 31st | Scott’s Sweepstakes – Eat Out, Eat Well by Hope Warshaw
  • May 31st | Continuing Connections – #DBlogWeek ’15 – Day 7
  • May 31st | Diabetes Empowerment Foundation unveiled at SWD 2015
  • May 30th | Changes – #DBlogWeek ’15 – Day 4
  • May 21st | Clean it Out – #DBlogWeek ’15 – Day 3
  • May 19th | Diabetes Dominator – Daniele Hargenrader
  • May 16th | PSA: Asante Snap Replacement Program
  • May 12th | Keeping it to Myself – #DBlogWeek ’15 – Day 2
  • May 11th | What am I Proud of? – #DBlogWeek ’15 – Day 1
  • April 17th | Diabetes Conference Scholarships (& Slow Scott)
  • April 16th | Something Special for Canada from montmΓ©d
  • April 8th | THE BETES Organization
  • April 2nd | Joe from Germany Comes to the Diabetes UnConference
  • March 22nd | Scott’s Sweepstakes – Free Session with IDS!
  • March 1st | Diabetes and Kidney Disease Updates from diaTribe
  • February 13th | Asante Snap – Use Pump Body Settings?
  • February 11th | Changes at TuDiabetes! Yeah!
  • February 3rd | Win a NeedleBay Colours System! Scott’s Sweepstakes!
  • February 1st | Put five on it – Spare a Rose
  • January 28th | Real Life Diabetes Podcast by Diabetes Daily Grind
  • January 20th | Loving People and A Compulsion to Share
  • January 16th | Supporting PWD’s in India through Penpals United
  • January 15th | Scott’s Sweepstakes – VitalPak Medical Backpack
  • January 5th | Asante Snap – Strong & Simple Challenge
2014 (55)
  • December 29th | Prep Pad from The Orange Chef
  • December 22nd | Scott’s Sweepstakes – Lilly Diabetes Disney Bookpack!
  • December 16th | PERL Study – Early Treatment for Diabetic Kidney Disease
  • December 15th | Guest Post: Rick Phillips – Diagnosis & Disney
  • December 7th | Scott’s Sweepstakes – Great Low Carb Bread Company
  • November 25th | Riding on Insulin – You Betcha!
  • November 8th | Scott’s Sweepstakes! Marked Measuring Glass!
  • October 30th | Do You Know DiabeticDanica?
  • October 17th | Scott’s Sweepstakes! Diabetes Carb Control Cookbook!
  • October 16th | What does the FDA need to know about living with diabetes?
  • October 10th | Give yourself the credit you deserve! Video Interview with Tami Neumann
  • October 7th | Scott’s Sweepstakes! Nuun Hydration Grab Bag!
  • October 3rd | Highest A1C in Six Years
  • September 25th | Scott’s Sweepstakes! Medical ID Bracelets & Jewelry!
  • September 24th | Quick survey – a non-invasive glucometer
  • September 16th | Scott’s Sweepstakes! Coco’s First Sleepover (Book)
  • September 15th | What Diabetes Looks Like – Walk With D
  • September 10th | Free Diabetes Driving Clinic for Teens – Chicago, IL – 9/27/14
  • September 8th | Diathlete Gavin Griffiths in Minneapolis!
  • September 2nd | Want to Win an iHealth Align Meter?
  • August 28th | Doug Masiuk – Appalachian Trail With Type 1
  • August 27th | Announcing Scott’s Sweepstakes!
  • August 14th | All My Highs Are Belong to Lows
  • August 2nd | Scott’s Old School Low Treatment
  • July 24th | Jay Haapala – Flying Solo with T1D!
  • July 23rd | Hanging with SugarFreeShawn (Shawn Shepheard)!
  • July 22nd | Patient Network Live Chat – THANK YOU, FDA!
  • July 21st | Guest Post: Nene Adams & Diabetes Cards
  • July 18th | It’s About To Go Down
  • July 14th | Diabetes Stigma – Let’s Keep Talking About It
  • July 8th | Jerry the Bear: Reinventing Diabetes Education Through Play
  • June 29th | I Ran a Half – Check Out my Medal!
  • June 28th | ADA’s 74th Sci Sessions in San Fran
  • June 2nd | Honoring Heroes with the American Red Cross
  • May 29th | Too Good to be True?
  • May 27th | Minneapolis ADA Tour de Cure Champions! Let’s Roll!
  • May 19th | Kevin K. Talks about Diabetes Training Camp
  • May 14th | Is it Important to You? Hope?
  • May 13th | Best Cupcake Ever – dBlog Week
  • May 12th | Changing the World? One Connection at a Time – dBlog Week
  • May 11th | Diabetes and Wellbeing by Dr. Jen Nash
  • May 1st | They Had a Good Thing – Dr. P. Deroze
  • April 21st | Diabetes, Complications, and Hope – Let’s Talk About It
  • April 18th | This is Doug
  • April 8th | Best Intentions and Toaster Strudels
  • April 4th | Snatch & Diabetes
  • March 30th | Scott’s TuDiabetes.org Live Interview
  • March 19th | Scott in Live Interview with TuDiabetes.org – Thursday, March 20, 4pm EST
  • March 15th | Diabetes Scholars – Polynesian Style!
  • March 12th | I Support: Dr. Korey Hood – Boston Marathon for JDRF
  • February 21st | Balancing Diabetes by Kerri Sparling
  • January 26th | A Fun Read, with Diabetes! “GOOD LIKE THIS”
  • January 15th | 5th Anniversary of Diabetes Art Day! Do the Survey.
  • January 6th | It’s just weird…
  • January 3rd | The Protection Genes?
2013 (59)
  • December 5th | “I See Donations In Your Future…”
  • December 3rd | Incongruous Images
  • December 3rd | Running 8k in Philly – AWESOME!
  • November 14th | Diabetes Won’t Stop Me
  • November 6th | Making it Available – Thank You Insulindependence!
  • November 4th | I Wear Medical ID
  • October 10th | Slipstream in the US! Oh Yeah Baby!
  • October 9th | 1 Mile for Diabetes
  • October 8th | The Biggest Thanks – Insulindependence 2013 Athletic Achievement Award
  • September 27th | Teens with Diabetes Needed – Free Driving Clinic – Tinley Park, IL – 10/5/13
  • September 24th | Did you say FREE test strips?
  • September 17th | 16 Days to Go Beyond
  • September 16th | Insulindependence Philadelphia Weekend 2013
  • September 4th | Does the FDA Understand Diabetes?
  • August 30th | Wired Up – A Taste of Magic
  • August 27th | The Friend for Life Award
  • August 22nd | Just Alone – Friends for Life
  • August 21st | Whirlwind of Awesome (& Strip Safely)
  • August 14th | 29 hours for 3 Clicks – Because I Miss my Bike
  • August 9th | Made it to the Finals! Thank you!
  • July 26th | Insulindependence Interview
  • July 17th | The Conversations are Starting
  • July 8th | A Message for YOU! Exercise & Diabetes
  • July 5th | Partnering for Diabetes Change – Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 9:00 AM EST
  • July 3rd | Intellectual Property for Bloggers
  • June 27th | TED Talk – Dr. Peter Attia – Can’t be Afraid to be Wrong
  • June 25th | Scott on the Snap
  • June 21st | Join Me in Chicago! Monday, June 24th, 7PM
  • June 17th | Bright Minds and Complicated Problems – AACE 2013
  • June 14th | Knowing When to Power Through
  • June 11th | Teens with Diabetes – Free Driving Clinic in Chicago
  • June 10th | Information for PWD’s on Medicare
  • May 28th | Powering Through with Diabetes
  • May 24th | 15 Year Old Jay Haapala Working to Change the World
  • May 19th | DBlog Week – Day 7 – Diabetes Wild Kingdom (wildcard)
  • May 18th | DBlog Week – Day 6 – Dream Diabetes Device (wildcard)
  • May 17th | DBlog Week – Day 5 – Freaky Friday
  • May 16th | DBlog Week – Day 4 – Accomplishments
  • May 15th | Diabetes Hope Conference – The Backstory
  • May 15th | DBlog Week – Day 3 – Memories
  • May 14th | DBlog Week – Day 2 – We, The Undersigned
  • May 13th | DBlog Week – Day 1 – Share and Don’t Share
  • May 10th | Lilly Diabetes – Making Insulin
  • May 9th | Lilly Diabetes – Connecting the Dots
  • April 26th | What 33 Years of Diabetes Looks Like To Me
  • April 24th | Diversifying Exercise (and a Larry Bird)
  • April 16th | Who Will Keep Them Safe?
  • March 22nd | Whispering in my Ear
  • March 14th | Perception Versus Reality
  • March 5th | Hours of Sleep Lost? How Many?
  • February 25th | mySentry Trial: CareLink Pro
  • February 15th | Recent Updates Elsewhere
  • February 12th | Rekindling Hope
  • February 10th | What are you doing for Valentine’s Day? Want to save a child?
  • January 28th | GINGER.io – Contribute to Science with a Nurse in Your Pocket
  • January 25th | “An Orange Peanut?! For Me?!”
  • January 11th | Recent Updates Elsewhere
  • January 7th | The VIAL Project: Helping Lee Ann Thill
  • January 1st | I Passed Out
2012 (51)
  • December 29th | But Not For My Head…
  • December 19th | mySentry Trial: The mySentry Unit
  • December 17th | Diabetes Stole My Day
  • December 10th | Don’t Hear Enough About…
  • November 24th | You Try It (testing in the dark)
  • November 18th | ClimaPak – Extreme Temp Control for your Meds
  • November 4th | mySentry Trial: Wearing the Sensor
  • November 1st | Recent Updates Elsewhere
  • October 25th | mySentry Trial: Starting Up
  • October 23rd | Glu Survey on Type 1 Diabetes & Emotions
  • October 22nd | Recent Updates Elsewhere
  • October 17th | Rolling with the D (hat tip to Scott E.)
  • October 11th | Other Posts? Where?
  • October 5th | Medtronic Trial Over
  • September 12th | Steve’s Mountain
  • September 4th | Help With a Petition: Diabetes Care in Jail
  • August 21st | Freckled Fingertips – Carli J. Visser
  • August 8th | Safe At School? Outrage in Education is More Like It!
  • July 27th | The Cavemen Who Survived
  • July 25th | JDRF Research Updates – As Requested
  • July 25th | Mortality and Rest
  • July 23rd | Diabetes Scholars – Generosity In Action
  • July 21st | Baggies & Sugar Cubes
  • July 17th | Help Me Get There – Mayo Clinic Social Media Summit
  • July 13th | Iris Checked my Irises – 2012 FFL Conference
  • July 3rd | Unfortunate Timing: Motor Error
  • June 28th | The Lilly Atmosphere
  • June 27th | I Punched Scott Strange
  • June 15th | Happy Birthday YCDT Project!
  • June 9th | Pedaling in my Sleep: 102-Mile Ride
  • June 4th | Motor Error – Me Too (Channeling Wil Dubois)
  • May 30th | Forgot My Meter
  • May 20th | D-Blog Week: Diabetes Hero
  • May 18th | D-Blog Week: What They Should Know
  • May 17th | D-Blog Week: Fantasy Diabetes Device
  • May 16th | D-Blog Week: One Thing to Improve
  • May 15th | D-Blog Week: One Great Thing – Activity!
  • May 14th | D-Blog Week: Find a Friend
  • May 11th | Camp Sweet Life – Southern Minnesota – Register Now!
  • May 1st | Brenda Novak’s 8th Annual Auction for Diabetes Research
  • April 23rd | Questions are the Answer
  • April 17th | 28% Interested (a.k.a. Distracted!)
  • April 6th | 2012 Medtronic Diabetes Advocates Forum
  • March 23rd | Diabetes Scholars – Howl at the Moon!
  • March 21st | Forgot My Shorts…
  • March 4th | Scott – On His Bike a LOT This Spring!
  • February 14th | We All Need One – Friends and Flashlights
  • February 3rd | Cherise for Shorty Award 2012!
  • January 24th | One Does Not Simply…
  • January 20th | Overnight Basal Rate Testing
  • January 16th | Mikey, Dan, and Scott, Live on KDWA.com!
2011 (89)
  • December 18th | Clipboard on a Lanyard?
  • December 16th | January is TUITION FREE at Type 1 University
  • December 12th | December Dawn Phenom – Insulindependence
  • December 1st | Lane Desborough – Chemical Engineering and Diabetes?
  • November 30th | Camp Sweet Life – Diabetes Camp in Southern Minnesota
  • November 29th | JDRF “Reach And Teach U” Event
  • November 26th | Believe, Adelaide, and Coincedences
  • November 23rd | Charlie Kimball: Giving Back
  • November 18th | Scott & Type 1 University!
  • November 15th | Dawn Phenom Minnesota Style
  • November 10th | Quick Updates: Dawn Phenom, Big Blue Test, & GE Helping Miami
  • November 9th | Diabetes Help in Arlington, VA
  • November 7th | Your Input? Please?
  • October 27th | Diabetes Is Intense – Lisa Finander
  • October 25th | ADA Expo 2011 & D-Meetups
  • October 24th | SimonPalooza – Touching Lives Worldwide
  • October 14th | TEDxDelMar – Type 1 Diabetes – Search for a Cure
  • October 12th | Confessions: Late Night Low
  • October 7th | Schulze Diabetes Institute – Islet Cell Transplants
  • September 18th | Guest Post: The DREAM Trust
  • September 12th | I Support: Diabetes Scholars Foundation
  • September 6th | TED: Ideas worth spreading – Type 1 Diabetes
  • September 3rd | A Story That Set The Bar
  • August 19th | The US Says “Meh, we’ll THINK about it…” NCD Alliance!
  • August 16th | JDRF – Promise To Remember Me
  • August 15th | Diabetes Warrior: Be your own knight in shining armor
  • August 3rd | First Day Reflections – AADE 11
  • August 2nd | I’m Proud of Bennet!
  • July 23rd | 2011 Friends for Life – Where to Start?
  • July 17th | Girl Scout Troop Talks Diabetes with Scott
  • July 13th | Scrambled Brain
  • July 4th | Type 1 University – Recommended!
  • July 3rd | 2011 Roche – Growing Potential, Still Vague
  • June 24th | We’re Just Beginning – 2011 Roche Social Media Summit
  • June 23rd | Roche and Relationships
  • June 22nd | 2011 Roche Social Media Summit
  • June 20th | VLOG – I Ralked My Shoe to Pieces!
  • June 15th | You Can Do This!
  • June 13th | I Did It! Tour de Cure!
  • June 3rd | I Support: DTreat & DECA
  • June 1st | Diabetes and Basketball
  • June 1st | You Can Do This
  • May 26th | What Makes the DOC Special?
  • May 23rd | JDRF Advocacy VLOG – Get Involved
  • May 18th | Tour de Cure VLOG
  • May 15th | What I’ve Learned?
  • May 14th | Saturday Snapshots – Diabetes Blog Week
  • May 14th | Great Things Because of Diabetes?
  • May 12th | Ten Things I Hate About Diabetes
  • May 12th | Diabetes Bloopers!
  • May 10th | A Letter or Two
  • May 9th | Admiring Differences!
  • May 6th | Sloppy Evenings, Low Blood Sugars, Guilt, and Fear
  • May 4th | Cops and Low Blood Sugars
  • April 26th | 31 Year Diabetes Anniversary
  • April 20th | Diabetes Mismanagement by Healthcare Professionals?
  • April 19th | The “Scott” Process
  • April 18th | The Importance of CWD Events
  • April 13th | Diabetes Diplomats – Lisa & Zach Treese
  • April 12th | Help Scott Ride the 2011 ADA Tour de Cure!
  • April 11th | WEGO Health TV – Diabetes
  • April 8th | Diaboogle?
  • April 7th | Exclusive Footage! RawSugar Turkish Style
  • March 31st | What Is a Diabetes Diplomat?
  • March 30th | One of the Minnesota Crews
  • March 29th | Type 1 Teens – by Korey K. Hood, PhD
  • March 28th | Diabetes Advocates
  • March 24th | Dinner in D.C.
  • March 23rd | JDRF Government Day Whirlwind
  • March 21st | 2011 JDRF Government Day Takeaways
  • March 16th | Thank You, JDRF!
  • March 15th | Health Community Heroes
  • March 12th | 2011 JDRF Government Day
  • March 9th | Walk with Walgreens? Walk with WALGREENS! Wow!
  • February 15th | Fear: What it Does and Doesn’t Do
  • February 9th | Philly Focus Group
  • February 4th | Chillingly Familiar Graphs
  • January 30th | Death and Diabetes
  • January 26th | Angry About Exercise
  • January 25th | Healthy Thinkers
  • January 24th | Dinner With Kathy and Her New Islets
  • January 18th | Ring It In CWD Style
  • January 14th | Faces and Names, Faces and Names
  • January 12th | 2011 Weekend for Women Conference
  • January 11th | Type-1 University
  • January 10th | Another Angle
  • January 6th | The Sun Hat
  • January 4th | Sun Hats and Funny Pictures
  • January 2nd | Balloon Animals
2010 (95)
  • December 31st | We Want The Same Thing
  • December 29th | Whiffle Ball With Joe
  • December 28th | Family Support Weekend
  • December 27th | Big Things for Scott in 2011!
  • December 19th | Sleeping In & Basketball Anxiety (Eggs & Grits Confidence)
  • December 2nd | Ninjabetic Weekend – Saturday – The Afterparty
  • December 1st | JDRF Type 1 Talk
  • November 30th | Stepping It Up
  • November 29th | Thanks Kelly Kunik!
  • November 24th | (Also) Guest Posting at DSMA Today
  • November 24th | Guest Posting at The Bad Blog Today
  • November 23rd | Roche Social Media Summit – Skeptics?
  • November 22nd | Taming The Tiger, Free!
  • November 19th | A “Ninja Point” List
  • November 16th | Fountain Drinks – Check The Box
  • November 15th | Bret Michaels Pays For Camp!
  • November 12th | Duct Tape?
  • November 10th | BiG Blue Test! Almost There! 75,000 Views already!
  • November 9th | 6th Annual D-Blog Day
  • November 8th | “Do Not Give Up Hope” – Spring Point Project
  • November 3rd | Be Part of the CURE
  • October 28th | Reflections – Food as a Weapon
  • October 26th | I Support: Diabetes Research Institute (and disclosure)
  • October 20th | BlogWorld Expo 2010
  • October 19th | Ninjabetic Weekend – Saturday – The Celebration
  • October 13th | Ninjabetic Weekend – Saturday – The Walk
  • October 12th | Ninjabetic Weekend – Friday
  • October 8th | I Loved TCOYD, Des Moines, IA (Taking Control of Your Diabetes)
  • October 7th | In Sand Up To My Ears
  • October 6th | Checking In and No D-Day!
  • September 28th | Put ’em On Blast – Things That Make Me Mad
  • September 24th | TCOYD – Taking Control of Your Diabetes, in Des Moines, Iowa
  • September 20th | CWD Friends For Life – Mountain Climber!
  • September 16th | Beyond Fingersticks
  • September 13th | The Mayo Clinic – Social Media Center
  • September 4th | Did It Say I Was Hungry?
  • September 2nd | Symlin Scare
  • September 1st | A Smarty Smarty
  • August 25th | Diabetes Art Day!
  • August 23rd | “Diabetes Rising” by Dan Hurley
  • August 19th | CWD Friends For Life – Epic Sizer!
  • August 16th | What’s my insulin to emotion factor?
  • August 13th | CWD Friends For Life – Fast Driver!
  • August 12th | Singing Praises for Ginger Vieira (and me!)
  • August 11th | First Follow Up – 2010 Roche Social Media Summit
  • August 10th | CWD Friends For Life – First Timer
  • August 9th | Familiar Faces, New Places – and Judge For Yourself
  • August 5th | CWD Friends For Life – The Primer
  • August 4th | (see other arm)
  • August 3rd | No-Sugar Added Poetry Book
  • August 1st | theBetes:NOW
  • July 29th | Thanks to Scott Strange & G. Baumgartel
  • July 27th | Life Coaching, Weight Lifting, Book Writing
  • July 26th | High-Wire Forest Adventure!
  • July 22nd | D-Feast Friday – Scott Style
  • July 20th | Let’s Keep Talking
  • July 18th | What Life Is About
  • July 15th | Thank you!
  • July 11th | Adult Type 1 Conference
  • July 9th | 2010 Roche Social Media Summit
  • July 4th | All I’m Asking For
  • June 23rd | Just Talking – When the Snow Hits the Fan
  • June 18th | But I Already Spent That…
  • June 14th | My First “Red Rider” Experience: Part 2 – GO RED RIDER!
  • June 9th | My First “Red Rider” Experience: Part 1
  • June 8th | Guest Post at The Life of a Diabetic
  • June 4th | You Are Why We Ride
  • May 30th | The Effect Of My Miscalculation? Major Suckage and a Day Wasted.
  • May 24th | With A Bullet In My Foot…
  • May 18th | Missing My CGM
  • May 16th | The “C” word
  • May 16th | D-Blog Week – Pictures
  • May 14th | Get Me Moving!
  • May 13th | Carbohydratatarian
  • May 12th | Biggest Supporter
  • May 11th | D-Blog Week Day 2: Make the LOW GO! (a.k.a., eat everything I can see)
  • May 10th | A Typical Day?
  • May 7th | Magical Meet Ups
  • May 4th | A Ninjariffic VLOG Post!
  • April 27th | The Wonder of Stories
  • April 26th | When Is The Party?
  • April 25th | Ninjabetic MN Meet-Up Details
  • April 21st | Toenails?
  • April 15th | Meet A Hero (Heroine?) of Mine
  • April 13th | Screw It! I’ll Just Eat The Rest…
  • April 8th | Spontaneous Exercise and Diabetes
  • April 6th | Three Weeks and Counting…
  • March 28th | Meet Joe Toucan!
  • March 15th | Food Issues & Type 1 Diabetes
  • March 11th | What Do You Wish They Knew?
  • March 6th | The 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge
  • March 4th | That Is Not Pocketable
  • March 1st | It’s Not Just The Diabetes
  • February 4th | Where The Hell Is My Insulin?!
  • January 28th | Where The Hell Is My Dinner?!
2009 (93)
  • December 29th | One Great Idea, One Catchy Name
  • December 15th | What’s That Thing on Your Arm?
  • November 28th | Slow Down?
  • November 26th | What do you mean it’s closed?
  • November 23rd | One Day, One Dollar AND The DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Story Contest
  • November 12th | Making Sense of Diabetes Compilation Video
  • November 9th | Happy D-Blog Day!
  • November 7th | Do You Know Diabetes?
  • November 3rd | Burn-A-Thon? Gold’s Gym & The ADA
  • November 2nd | Lunch With George
  • November 1st | It Cuts Both Ways
  • October 23rd | It’s Amazing Really…
  • October 21st | Experiments, Wake Up Bolus, Breakfast, and Exercise
  • October 19th | I Feel Amazing!
  • October 15th | Diabetes & Heart Disease (A quick “post-trip” vlog)
  • October 12th | A “Wake Up” Bolus?
  • October 8th | Set Change Struggles
  • October 7th | Stuck, Stuck, Stuck. Suck, Suck, Suck!
  • September 24th | Newly Dx Week: Think Like A Pancreas
  • September 21st | Newly Dx Week: The Born-Again Diabetic & Taming The Tiger
  • September 15th | It Wasn’t The Insulin… Literally
  • September 5th | I Didn’t Have A Chance…
  • September 3rd | Always On Guard
  • September 1st | Headlights
  • August 28th | It’s Never Just One Thing
  • August 24th | A Balance I’ve Never Thought About
  • August 10th | Meeting Mark!
  • July 29th | Roche Summit – Part 3 – Reflections
  • July 28th | Roche Summit – Part 2 – The Fun
  • July 27th | Roche Summit – Part 1 – The Work
  • July 13th | Join Me! A “Test-In” With 14,000 Others!
  • June 29th | What a Great Visual!
  • June 22nd | Blood, Sweat, and Basketball
  • June 21st | Making Time Fly
  • June 15th | Another Great Get Together!
  • June 9th | Artwork That Resonates
  • June 5th | Up the Tree and Bullies
  • June 3rd | Do you bolus for protein?
  • June 2nd | Food Issues? Duh!
  • May 28th | Not By Choice – George Simmons
  • May 26th | A Disease of Little Decisions
  • May 14th | Interruptions at The Rookery
  • May 13th | Of Course I Should Have Known Better – THYROID!
  • May 10th | Sunday Tags, Part Two – Eight Is Great
  • May 10th | Sunday Tags, Part One – Honest Scrap
  • May 4th | Making The Same Mistakes
  • April 30th | Who’s Truth is True?
  • April 26th | 29 Years Today
  • April 20th | Just a Quick Update – VLOG Style
  • April 15th | Wayback Wednesday – That’s All Folks!
  • April 8th | Wayback Wednesday – Three Words
  • April 7th | Unraveling and Reraveling
  • April 1st | Wayback Wednesday – Hypnotherapy
  • March 25th | Laid Off, Cozmo No More
  • March 25th | Wayback Wednesday – Still High
  • March 23rd | Opposite Now?
  • March 19th | Things are changing?
  • March 18th | Wayback Wednesday – So Sleepy…
  • March 16th | My Magic Number
  • March 11th | Wayback Wednesday – Karate and 10k
  • March 10th | Back to Basketball!
  • March 9th | How do I count that?
  • March 4th | Wayback Wednesday – Roses Anyone?
  • March 3rd | What if I’m just not feeling it?
  • February 27th | So Helpless!
  • February 25th | Wayback Wednesday – Brain Meds
  • February 21st | A “Must See” Fail
  • February 18th | Wayback Wednesday – Clincally Depressed
  • February 16th | Medic Alert Feedback and What Can We Do?
  • February 12th | Do you know Wil?
  • February 11th | Wayback Wednesday – Conspiracy Theory?
  • February 8th | Escorts and Closets
  • February 5th | Where’s the line?
  • February 4th | Wayback Wednesday – Test Less?
  • January 30th | Do you procrastinate too?
  • January 29th | Nuggets of Wisdom! FREE!
  • January 28th | Wayback Wednesday – In The Swamp
  • January 25th | I’m (hoping to be) a Big Loser!
  • January 24th | Minnesota Props
  • January 23rd | Symlin Stuff (part 1)
  • January 21st | Wayback Wednesday – Promising Pump Group Visit!
  • January 19th | Coffee or Tea? Molly or me? I choose DIXIE!!!
  • January 18th | Care to share a minute with me?
  • January 16th | Greatest Doctor’s Lines?
  • January 14th | Wayback Wednesday – Insurance Woes
  • January 13th | What if it’s not enough?
  • January 9th | “MOM!! Daddy’s peeing on a Cheeto stick!”
  • January 8th | I continue to be amazed…
  • January 7th | Wayback Wednesday – My First “blog” post?
  • January 6th | Back to Work, Back to Routine
  • January 3rd | I Love Meetups
  • January 2nd | Pictures People, PICTURES! Please?
  • January 1st | Wha…? What do you mean 2008 is gone? Where’d it go?
2008 (56)
  • December 26th | DUDE! You can stop eating now…
  • December 10th | Hurry! Get Your Super Hero!
  • December 4th | Do you know about neuropathy?
  • December 2nd | What would we do without Bernard?
  • December 2nd | I’m sleeping GREAT!!
  • November 18th | Do you like to win stuff?
  • November 17th | Just throw it away?
  • November 15th | That’s Easy
  • November 14th | World Diabetes Day 2008
  • November 13th | Another thing I just don’t get…
  • November 9th | Happy D-Blog Day!
  • November 7th | Studying Sleep
  • October 28th | The Donut Decision
  • October 27th | Very Emotional
  • October 20th | What time is it?
  • October 13th | How Dare I?
  • October 9th | Second Annual MN Blogger Meet Up Report
  • October 3rd | Short Notice – Mpls/St. Paul Blogger Meet Up
  • September 9th | I Didn’t Know What To Do…
  • September 4th | Found My Way?
  • August 14th | Lost So Long?
  • July 30th | Why?
  • July 25th | Mouth Numbing
  • July 21st | All my highs…
  • July 12th | Bad Time For That…
  • June 23rd | For the Record – Absolute Shyte
  • June 12th | “That’s a bit elevated isn’t it?”
  • June 11th | Good Intentions
  • May 28th | Never Quite “There”
  • May 8th | Roll With the Punches
  • May 5th | Who’s tricking who?
  • May 1st | 5 Things You Won’t Find in a Book
  • April 14th | Raise Your Voice!
  • April 8th | Second thing I hate about high blood sugars
  • April 4th | First thing I hate about high blood sugars
  • April 1st | “What’s YOUR sleep number?”
  • March 31st | I guess SOMETHING has to go there…
  • March 30th | It’s All Relative ( A Tale of The Perfect Blood Sugar )
  • March 28th | Pumping Symlin (part 4)
  • March 27th | Pumping Symlin (part 3)
  • March 26th | Six Words
  • March 21st | Pumping Symlin (part 2)
  • March 20th | It seems almost magical
  • March 20th | Pumping Symlin (part 1)
  • March 10th | It feels like THE MISSING LINK
  • March 9th | SMART(ies)
  • March 1st | Symlin So Far
  • February 27th | My Dream Come True? Or Totally WTF?
  • February 25th | Someone’s Idea of Torture?
  • February 19th | A New Variable and Mixed Feelings
  • February 17th | Scott Has Been Here (dot com)
  • January 25th | Measuring Handfuls
  • January 19th | Silly Self-Conscious Moment?
  • January 18th | A Leaker!
  • January 7th | Quotes, Motivational Messages, and Practical Jokers…
  • January 4th | Dilated!
2007 (52)
  • December 29th | I Don’t Want to Know…
  • December 24th | “Uncle! Uncle!!”
  • December 14th | I Hate Food
  • November 23rd | Tag, Tag, Tag, Tag, and Tag
  • November 12th | Byetta and Type 1 Diabetes?
  • November 9th | D-Blog Day!
  • November 5th | Momentum
  • October 25th | Does that have something to do with it?
  • October 24th | Desert Dingo?
  • October 20th | Product Review: Eat Smart Nutrition Scale
  • October 19th | Saved by the bell?
  • September 26th | A Picture, An Announcement, and A Tool I Can Use!
  • September 9th | Short Term Memory?
  • August 29th | When D-Instincts Go Wrong…
  • August 25th | When D-Instincts Go Right…
  • August 23rd | 14 Chips?
  • August 20th | The One That Scares Me the Most
  • August 10th | Waiting for the Doc…
  • August 1st | One, two, three, four…
  • July 24th | The Overhead
  • July 10th | The Blinking Thogger Award…
  • June 25th | The Fatigue Factor
  • June 14th | Was it really a good decision?
  • June 11th | Weight Loss & Symlin for the Non-Diabetic Crowd?
  • June 9th | It’s like "MySpace" on insulin…
  • June 9th | Huh? Oh… Form Letter…
  • June 6th | Intangibles, Frustrations, and Justifications
  • June 5th | They had to kick us out…
  • May 15th | Basal Rate Test (a story about a spider…)
  • May 12th | Guardian Angels
  • May 7th | Feeling Little
  • May 2nd | Diabetes Made Visible Dammit
  • April 29th | What’s Missing?
  • April 28th | A Picture’s Worth … a Bunch of Carbs!
  • April 19th | Questions for the Almighty Blogosphere
  • April 17th | Unsteady Ground
  • April 13th | Mixing Variables
  • April 11th | What? Who’s that? Wil?! Really!?! Sweet…
  • April 9th | Liberation in a Meal Plan
  • April 6th | Invisible and Invincible
  • March 16th | Test, Bolus, Eat, Puke, Panic
  • March 9th | Have I Introduced You?
  • March 8th | Tagged for Seven!
  • March 2nd | dLife Plug – Set your DVR
  • February 22nd | Back on the map!!
  • February 11th | Weekend Update
  • February 6th | A Flash of Anger
  • February 3rd | "No Guns Allowed"
  • January 21st | What exactly is it…
  • January 9th | "What just happened?"
  • January 6th | The OC New Me Challenge
  • January 4th | Wow! Thank you!!
2006 (146)
  • December 21st | My Gift To You
  • December 19th | Don’t bother me with the details…
  • December 17th | Christmas Season Tag!
  • December 14th | "Turn that frown upside down!"
  • December 13th | Farcking Cheesecake
  • December 13th | Hey! I know that face!
  • December 12th | Another installment of “Which Way is Down?”
  • December 12th | G-Money Cashes In…
  • December 12th | “That sounds a bit excessive…”
  • December 8th | My Latest Attempt
  • December 4th | Moving Forward, Looking Backward
  • December 3rd | “And the Winner Is…”
  • November 22nd | Are You Ready?! Another “AUTS” Contest!
  • November 20th | Amy’s Food Scale!
  • November 16th | Which Way is Down
  • November 13th | A Bad Sign?
  • November 10th | My Race Walking Experience
  • November 9th | D-Blog Day!
  • November 9th | Why the hell didn’t I think of that earlier?!
  • November 6th | To Move Mountains
  • November 5th | And while we’re at it…
  • November 5th | A Call to Action
  • November 3rd | El Tagaroo!
  • November 1st | Correction Bolus = Blood Sugar Go DOWN
  • October 30th | H2 Oh…?
  • October 26th | Fingernails
  • October 17th | Basketball and Temporary Rates
  • October 13th | I Hate Measuring Food!
  • October 10th | Distracted?
  • October 6th | Reset?
  • September 28th | Why do I want to eat when I’m high?
  • September 25th | Mr. Fixit Man
  • September 20th | Conflict of Interest?
  • September 19th | Do you bolus for caffeine?
  • September 15th | Fighting the Facts
  • September 14th | So much reading!
  • September 4th | The Crystal Ball (or Planning Ahead)
  • August 31st | Tattoos & Diabetes
  • August 30th | I Don’t Deserve This High
  • August 27th | Trying to Force It…
  • August 18th | Update & Random Stuff
  • August 13th | Maybe it’s the Moon?
  • August 3rd | Do recent highs impact A1C draws?
  • July 28th | “Help Wanted”
  • July 27th | Minnesota Nice
  • July 25th | But what good comes from that?
  • July 24th | Disconnected
  • July 19th | The Mental Aspect
  • July 18th | It’s not just that one decision (a.k.a. The Butterfly Effect)
  • July 17th | What a great idea!!!
  • July 14th | I can’t believe I forgot…
  • July 13th | Like running into an old friend
  • July 7th | Operating Under Pressure
  • June 30th | 20/20 Hindsight
  • June 13th | Bloodsugars and Moods
  • June 10th | Housekeeping (no really, just some housekeeping stuff)
  • June 9th | And The Winner Is…
  • June 9th | What else do they do?
  • June 2nd | But they are two different things…
  • May 30th | Favorite Fingers
  • May 26th | FreeStylin’
  • May 26th | Kevin’s Here!
  • May 25th | AUTS Contest Number Two!
  • May 24th | The Ebbs & Flows of Motivation
  • May 17th | I’m not angry anymore…
  • May 15th | I just can’t throw them away now…
  • May 9th | Pictures Speak Volumes (An AUTS Moment…)
  • May 2nd | Angry at logging
  • May 1st | Talking the Talk and TALKING the Walk…
  • April 26th | Pre-Bolus?
  • April 24th | Fifth thing I hate about low blood sugars
  • April 20th | Fourth thing I hate about low blood sugars
  • April 19th | Third thing I hate about low blood sugars
  • April 18th | Second thing I hate about low blood sugars
  • April 17th | First thing I hate about low blood sugars
  • April 17th | Real life experiences with the Dexcom
  • April 13th | What to do for lunch?
  • April 12th | It’s a double edged sword
  • April 11th | Test Strip Contest – Prizes Update
  • April 10th | Spring at Scott’s House
  • April 7th | I Wish I Had Taken A Picture…
  • April 5th | And I LIKED it!
  • April 4th | The Appointment…
  • April 3rd | SmittyWerbenJegarManJensen
  • March 29th | Positive Feedback vs. Negativity
  • March 27th | I Am Stronger Than You
  • March 24th | Test Strip Contest – Winners!!!
  • March 23rd | More Test Strip Stuff…
  • March 22nd | Update on my Nutrition Counseling Appointment
  • March 21st | Facing Denial? The 5 Stages of Grief?
  • March 17th | The Test Strip Contest!
  • March 16th | More Set Change Stuff – Again.
  • March 15th | Scary Sick Day!
  • March 10th | PIIP – Part ‘n’ – Junk Food is Addictive…
  • March 9th | Because I’m Not Really a Professional Athlete…
  • March 8th | Ouch! That Smarts!
  • March 7th | Appointments, Appointments and More Appointments
  • March 6th | More Set Change Stuff – Or Is It…?
  • March 3rd | So What Really Happened?
  • March 2nd | Overnight Number = Very Important
  • March 1st | Sloppy, Sloppy, Sloppy (or what is a LADCS bolus?)
  • February 28th | 86,400
  • February 27th | Blood Spots
  • February 25th | Test Strips
  • February 24th | The Simple Act of Logging
  • February 23rd | Special Delivery!
  • February 23rd | PIIP – Part ‘n’ – Payoffs vs. Deprivation
  • February 22nd | To Be Proud Of
  • February 21st | Putting It Into Practice – Part ‘n’
  • February 20th | 100 Days (tribute to Johnboy & Keith!)
  • February 19th | To the 5? To the 10? Exact?
  • February 18th | Excellent Article by Amy Tenderich!
  • February 17th | Sometimes It Really Is Us Doing Something Wrong…
  • February 16th | I Hate Set Change Days…
  • February 15th | Because Packaged Food Is Easy To Bolus For
  • February 14th | The Card Says "Nutrition Counseling Services"…
  • February 13th | Update on Latest Endo Appointment
  • February 10th | For Wil “PrintCrafter”!
  • February 8th | Re-Tagged
  • February 7th | Evidence of a Lab Draw…
  • February 3rd | Diabetic Feet – Filament Test/Tuning Fork Test?
  • February 1st | Putting It Into Practice
  • January 31st | It’s Like Landing on an Aircraft Carrier…
  • January 30th | Makes you look twice
  • January 30th | It’s that time already?
  • January 28th | External vs. Internal
  • January 27th | Always Room For Improvement
  • January 26th | Lighten Up Already!
  • January 25th | It Is Not Always Diabetes
  • January 24th | Rewards and Punishment
  • January 23rd | The JDRF Walk
  • January 22nd | I shot myself in the foot – and not with a needle…
  • January 21st | Why is “D” so isolating?
  • January 20th | Does it start with logging?
  • January 19th | Like Dennis Rodman
  • January 18th | Stick with the glucose tabs
  • January 17th | But I still feel low!
  • January 16th | Insulin Duration
  • January 15th | Annual Eye Checkup
  • January 15th | How fast is fast?
  • January 14th | Blood and Absorption
  • January 13th | Grand Rios Waterpark
  • January 12th | You know what they say about diets…
  • January 11th | Going to Extremes
  • January 3rd | Rose Colored Glasses?
  • January 3rd | “Just enough to avoid a disaster…”
2005 (49)
  • December 28th | I’ve Been Tagged!
  • December 22nd | Why Am I Awake?
  • December 19th | My BG Thinks I Should Have Stayed In Bed This Morning
  • December 13th | It’s not yet 10am…
  • December 12th | I’m In Touch With These…
  • December 12th | Out of the Slump
  • November 29th | Minneapolis JDRF Walk – shameless plug
  • November 23rd | Food Control and CGMS’s
  • November 14th | Record Keeping – What Do You Do?
  • November 14th | Long Timers & Tools of Today
  • November 11th | Bah! I’m frustrated.
  • November 10th | Some days are good, some days are …
  • November 9th | Happy D-Blog Day!!!
  • October 27th | Look Into My Eye…
  • September 7th | Medical ID
  • September 6th | No special title – just stuff that’s on my mind
  • August 26th | How has basketball been going?
  • August 26th | I feel pretty good about this…
  • August 11th | Basketball & Learning!
  • August 9th | Report on Latest Endo Appointment
  • August 4th | Testing too often?
  • August 1st | Today Seems Like a Good Day to Vent…
  • August 1st | You Have Found The Definition of RollerCoaster
  • July 26th | Is 30 To Young?
  • July 20th | A Couple of Things
  • July 19th | Have You Ever Been…
  • July 19th | Old Medical Records (Joslins 25 Year Certificate)
  • July 18th | Self Control & Evenings
  • July 8th | Why it’s important to eat breakfast
  • July 8th | Update on Set Changes & Timing
  • July 5th | Flatwater Kayaking!
  • July 5th | Fingerprints?
  • June 30th | Hypoglycemia Unawareness
  • June 27th | Excercise Physiology?
  • June 27th | Is managing diabetes a full time job?
  • June 27th | Balancing Responsibilities?
  • May 20th | Snowballing
  • April 25th | April of 2005, a Month To Remember…
  • April 5th | Insulin Pumps do exactly what YOU tell them to
  • April 3rd | I’m still alive…just busy…
  • March 8th | Never Go To The Grocery Store When Hungry, and Never Go To McDonald’s When Low
  • March 7th | Here’s to Basketball, Exercise and Almost Forgetting My Pump At The Gym…
  • February 24th | Damn, what a day!
  • February 23rd | Blood Sugars, Highs & Lows
  • February 17th | Pros & Cons of Pumping
  • February 2nd | And I actually PAY for this?
  • January 20th | Diabetes Software for Pocket PC?
  • January 9th | Symptoms of High Blood Sugars?
  • January 8th | Insulin Pumps, Infusion Set Changes & Timing
2004 (5)
  • December 31st | Crisis (Danger & Opportunity)
  • December 30th | Calories, Intake & Exercise
  • December 30th | Committed!
  • December 30th | Why Does Food Suck?
  • December 30th | How Ironically Evil…
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