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…and I’ve already consumed over 1800 calories. Just thought you all would like to know. I’m feeling particularly bad about not being able to resist the temptation to eat so much this morning. It is a day I play basketball…

There were a couple of posts on the blogs I read regularly that I was particularly in touch with. The first is Jay’s post over at Cyber Pancreas regarding fighting depression, but also the “Trifecta” of weight loss (being Cardio,…

I’ve been working my way out of the slump. Slowly but surely. Well, maybe not so surely, but definitely slowly. Back in early November I was surprised by a higher than expected A1C. I posted on how surprised, frustrated and…

I’ll make this short and sweet. I’ve just registered for the Minneapolis JDRF Walk at the Mall of America in January of 2006. If you care to make a donation or see how I’m doing with my fundraising goals, you…

I am a slave to food. Particularly packaged crap food that is terrible for you, high in sugar, high in fat, high in calories and LOW in NUTRITIONAL VALUE. My poor eating habits (and that is what they are –…

In light of my recent upset with my A1c, I’ve decided to re-dedicate myself to doing a better job of keeping records. I think that my control was (obviously) not what I thought it was, and I need to get…

6:20pm CST, blood sugar is 286. I thought that you all might get a kick out of the fact that this is the first reading since this morning that I have been under 300. Now don’t freak out – I…

The folks at Diabetes Talkfest and everyone in the Diabetes OC have declared this D-Blog Day! (note: links are no longer active) Both wonderful sites that will lead you on a wild and crazy ride around the internet reading of…

Seriously, look INTO my eye! These are a couple of photos that were done at the University of Minnesota for a study that I am involved in. The main purpose of the study is to determine if a low dose…

Late last month Amy T of www.diabetesmine.com talked about using tattoos for medical ID. The article was informative and entertaining. One item that especially interested me was the temporary medical ID tattoos. For those without kids, these temporary tattoos usually…

Why do we feel the need to come up with smart & creatively witty titles for our new entries? I’ve decided I am not going to do that for this post. I’m frustrated. I’m frustrated with the task of keeping…

I’m sure you’re all curious about how basketball has been going! Overall I’d have to say it’s been going pretty good. I’d like to share a story about last week that I think is pretty funny, then I’ll get into…

I feel pretty good about the latest upload of my data. It shows that I’ve been in target slightly more than 50%, with a pretty even distribution of highs (makes sense, when I’m high I test more often, so there…

I’ve been lucky enough to be allowed to split my workday twice a week and go play basketball for a couple of hours over lunchtime. It’s really great. Great exercise, a good group of guys, and just generally a good…

I had my endo appointment on Friday of last week. As many of you are aware, I’ve been pretty frustrated lately with my control (or lack of). My A1C accurately reflected that, coming in at 9.0. My last one was…

This would be normal…if it was where I poked myself! I actually poked the LEFT side of that finger, and as you can see, I got a sample from a previous test on the right side. Another time that this…

I’ve got my quarterly appointment with my endo near the end of this week. Along with that comes the need to get labs drawn and get them done in time enough for the results to be at the office when…

I have been riding the rollercoaster BIG TIME the last couple of weeks. High every morning, still fighting to control my eating urges after suppertime. Because of those urges, I’ve been eating crappy snacks after supper, not counting as close…