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candida

Started by biddy in Type 1 Diabetes Forum. Last reply by jims 31 minutes ago. 14 Replies

type 1 diabetic for 22 years. just wondering if any of my fellow diabetics suffer with candida or otherwise known as thursh. i had a problem on and off for years but seems to be more often lately. any advice would be helpful on how bad it gets and…Continue

Now what??

Started by Karen in Type 1 Diabetes Forum. Last reply by Marie B 1 hour ago. 11 Replies

I have been diabetic for 46 years and this past November got my first bad eye exam. MD was not too concerned, he said it was a small dot (whatever that means).In April I developed floaters in the same eye, out of my mind with fear. Went to eye MD…Continue

What are we afraid of?

Started by Emily Coles in General Diabetes Topics and Pre-Diabetes. Last reply by beechbeard 1 hour ago. 19 Replies

I was recently looking through the slews of conversations on TuDiabetes in preparation for a talk on how the issue of diabetes complications as approached through social media channels, and I noticed something interesting.  This community is…Continue

Tags: diabetic foot, amputation, fear, diabetic feet, nephropathy

Do you have problems on the third day?

Started by Emily Coles in Insulin Pump Users Forum. Last reply by John C. A. Manley 1 hour ago. 16 Replies

We've heard some buzz about this and wanted to check it out…Continue

Tags: infection, infusion set, insertion site, pump

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Arden's Hands are Growing

Posted by Scott on May 23, 2013 at 7:20am 0 Comments

Yesterday morning I entered Arden's room about an hour before her alarm was scheduled to sound. Her DexCom G4 was asking to be calibrated and so I put a test strip into the OmniPod PDM, turned the MultiClix to a new lance and took my daughter's hand in mine.

It's not how you survive the storm but how you dance in the rain.

Posted by bufbuffalo on May 23, 2013 at 6:26am 0 Comments

I read this and started thinking about the things i had to change in my life. I notice people stating that cancer and diabetes and other dx's etc. can sometimes be a good thing. I have listed the thing that i have changed since being dx in 8/2012 with T1D that many people would believe to be a good thing.

quit drinking alcohol

quit smoking

exercise

eat health

and also acknowledge god a lot more

rather then just on Sundays or at night or when i eat i talk to…

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Boy Scouts!!

Posted by rick phillips on May 23, 2013 at 5:32am 2 Comments

Boy Scouts

As I posted yesterday I did not play baseball as a kid. What I was involved in was Boy Scouts. I joined in 1969 and in February 1971, I earned the rank of Eagle. In October 1974 I was blessed with being named a vigil member of the Order of Arrow. Both honors mean a great deal to me.

I mention this because today May 23, 2013 the Boy Scouts are due to vote on a universal proposition to allow gay youths into…

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Sweaty Sweaty Sweaty?

Posted by bufbuffalo on May 23, 2013 at 4:34am 0 Comments

Dose this ever happen to you ? I start sweating then get drop dead scared that I'm having a spike

I HATE THAT
JASON

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