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I have a problem with going to extremes. On one end is the Obsessive Compulsive record everything (stress, caffeine, amount of sleep, exercise, water intake, calories, carbs, BG’s, insulin, phase of the moon, menstrual cycle (er, my wife’s of course…

I really don’t mean for all of my posts to be downers. Really. I’m (mostly) a very positive, upbeat, “cup half full”, “silver lining” type of guy. Really. With that in mind it would seem that I should be posting…

You ever run across those little gems of information that strike a cord in you somewhere? They seem to stick with you forever – mine tend to come in the form of quotes, music, mother nature (even in the city…

Wil over at LifeAfterDx has “tagged” me! The deal is that after reading five random facts from many other folks around the “blogosphere” (which have all been very interesting reads by the way), I, being tagged, am to post five…

I had one of those “Why am I awake” moments last night. Yep, a low blood sugar. Sometimes I wake up and can tell right away that I’m low. Other times, it’s a little weird. Those weird ones are the…

I’m having a rough morning, and I’d like nothing better than to crawl into a corner somewhere and close my eyes for a few minutes. My blood sugar is REALLY high right now. My blood feels as thick as molasses…

…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…