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At 8:03pm on October 17, 2009, Erin Ball said…: hey im erin am 13 and about a monthand a half diagnosed i live in southern kenosha
how r u doing?

At 9:40am on December 24, 2008, Colleen said…: No worries at all, my fall has been similarly crazy! Like you it seems, I've been on just about every antidepressant out there, some old ones too that most docs wouldn't consider prescribing! I was on Effexor for a while, and that was the worst one for me, it really messed up my thinking and combined with other meds I really wasn't functioning... I'm on Wellbutrin now, which has worked well for me so far. How did it affect you? It's hard for me to tell if it has any effect diabetes-wise since I was on it long before dx. I'm hoping to go off meds at some point, but I'm not quite there yet, will def monitor things closely once I do get there.

Being a diabetic veg has gone okay... I'm a lot more cognizant of getting protein at every meal that I used to be. The hardest part has been finding out that I'm allergic to eggs, which since dx had been really important to my breakfast numbers. Since then, I've found a protein powder that works well with oatmeal and things are looking better. I'm actually beginning to think about eating some meat--not because of diabetes, but because my body just seems to be telling me that it needs it. It's hard to think about doing, esp since I've been vegetarian for like 9 years now, but I suppose if my body needs it, I've gotta listen. We'll see I guess... how has being veg been for you since your dx?

Hope you're well too and that your finals wrapped up okay! Happy holidays!

At 7:56pm on October 29, 2008, Colleen said…: Hey Lauren, I'm from Madison and thought I'd say hi! I also read your intro, and I'm wondering about your experience with antidepressants. I've been on them a whole lot longer than I've had diabetes (I was just diagnosed with T1 this summer), and was not aware that they'd effect blood sugars. Have you found something yet that works? I also saw that you're veg (yay!), and I'm definitely going through the same thing you did with trying to figure out how to get lots more protein than I used to. Hope you're well!

At 9:33pm on October 14, 2008, mooooody said…: hi lauren
i am nice to met you
i am new here in TuDiabetes
good byee my dear
best wishes

At 2:58pm on July 17, 2008, Kirsten Welter said…: so you go to madison?! small world...I went to high school in Marshfield, WI (my parents still live there) - both of my parents did undergrad at madison as did my older sister...and my husband and I lived there for a summer! do you like it?

At 1:21pm on July 6, 2008, David said…: Thanks for the welcome. I actually graduated from UW Madison. Go Badgers.

At 12:13pm on June 6, 2008, Verocska Kosch said…: Hi,
I live in Cologne since 1999.
I'm from Hungary.
Have You diabetes?
Verocska

At 7:48am on May 5, 2008, J. Helmuth Lohoff said…: Hey Lauren,
Welcome to the Cheese Head Group. It is nice to meet people from WI!!!!!!
Take Care
J. Helmuth

At 11:43am on April 26, 2008, lizzy said…: Yes it is and thanks for the welcome

At 5:41am on April 4, 2008, Stick Me Designs::Rickina said…: Oh hey one more thing....I know I'm graffiting your wall. But hey if you have any pictures of you with your bag out and about send them to me at rickina{at}stickmedesigns.com I'd love to feature them on the blog!!
*muah*thanks

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Hometown (where you come from):

Quincy, IL

Do you have diabetes?

Yes

Type of diabetes

Type 1

Date diagnosed

January 19, 2005

Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value

6.5

What glucose meter do you use?

One Touch Ultra Mini

Type of treatment you use

Pump

What is the address for your Twitter profile or other web site, if any?

http://none

How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?

N/A

Who referred you? (if anyone)

N/A

What do you do for a living?

Student

Lauren's Blog

probably the funniest thing i've ever witnessed

The guys that live in our basement just found out I was diabetic today, so they decided it would be cool to use my meter to see what all their blood sugars were. One thing led to another, and it ended up turning into a competition to see who could raise their blood sugar the highest. In round one they did things like chug juice and stuff as much candy as possible into their mouths. After round one they tested again, and the two that had blood sugars lower than their original test didn't go on to… Continue

Posted on April 10, 2008 at 12:18am — 4 Comments

My Introduction

I've never been very good at writing introductions. I never know what is "important" enough to include, or what nobody really cares to read. So, I apologize in advance.

First, the basics. I was born in Denver, but we moved around a bunch when I was younger because my dad was in the army. Right now I'm a sophomore studying nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I'm thinking about adding math as a second major, but I'm not completely sure about that yet. Math and science alwa… Continue

Posted on March 3, 2008 at 3:30am —

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