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Lydia Martin
- Female
- Escondido, CA
- United States
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Profile Information
- Hometown (where you come from):
- San Diego
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Date diagnosed
- December 12, 1999
- Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
- 8.9
- What glucose meter do you use?
- Omnipod/freestyle flash
- Type of treatment you use
- Pump
- What pump model do you use, if any?
- Omnipod
- What is the address for your MySpace page, if any?
- http://www.myspace.com/lydibugg
- What do you expect from TuDiabetes?
- feedback and advice
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- problems with the omnipod?
- Who referred you? (if anyone)
- What do you do for a living?
- fine artist
Lydia Martin's Blog
oops!
Posted on October 15, 2009 at 10:35pm —
Just wanted to say thank you
Thanks!
Posted on October 10, 2009 at 11:42am — 3 Comments
Let's Talk "Occlusion"
Posted on September 12, 2009 at 9:02am — 5 Comments
A little art talk
I wanted to share with you my latest painting called Sea Swept. Take a look at it in my photos. It's for sale at a really low price so if you are interested please message me or email me at martinscape@yahoo.com.
I am also offering posters and art note cards at my website at this exact location: http://www.lydiamartinart.com/artpostersprints.htm
Thanks for your support!
~Lydia
Posted on September 10, 2009 at 8:42am —
low blow
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 11:29am — 6 Comments
When I was pregnant with my first child I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. They assured me that it would go away after the pregnancy and I just needed to diet and exercise daily. No big deal. I hardly gained any weight with the pregnancy, I felt great and wasn't afraid of anything serious happening.
The baby was born in October 1999, healthy baby boy! I was never tested after the pregnancy to see what had happened with my blood sugars and I soon forgot all about it.
About a month and a half later I was starting to feel quite sluggish, thirsty, tired and sick. I was losing a ton of weight but figured it was just because I was breastfeeding. But it was a little excess- I am 5'9" and I got down to about 115 lbs. One day I was supposed to meet my parents for lunch downtown with the baby. But I couldn't get out of bed. I was soooo sick! And the baby just lay in his crib screaming his head off! I couldn't even muster enough energy to get him. My parents got worried when I didn't show and stopped by my apartment to find me in this condition. My dad instantly knew what was up and tested my sugars on his machine. The reading said "HI". Time to go to the hospital. At the hospital my BG levels were 800+.
From that moment on I was a type 1 D. My life changed forever.
I have my good days and my bad ones. I've dealt with all kinds of other health issues (some related to diabetes and others not). I now have two healthy kids and my husband and I just celebrated our 10th anniversary earlier this year.
So, that's a little bit about me, if you were interested.
Oh...and I'm an artist. Check out my work at www.lydiamartinart.com
Comment Wall (30 comments)
- At 3:22pm on November 1, 2009,
Dawn said… - Jut stumbled upon your name in a forum and stopped by to say hi. You are a tremendously talented artist! BEAUTIFUL work! Thanks for shaing.
- At 12:27pm on October 31, 2009,
Danny said… - Lydia, thank you for the kind words and support on my blog. It means a lot to me.
Hope all is well in *Sunny Southern California.*
Danny
- At 4:10pm on October 19, 2009,
Christina said… 
- At 4:34pm on October 16, 2009,
Manny Hernandez said… - Hi Lydia,
Hope you don't mind my message about the post. :)
I wanted to tell you about this event in your neck of the woods:
http://tudiabetes.com/events/tcoyd-san-diego-conference-1
We will have a booth there. Hope to see you there!
- At 1:03pm on October 16, 2009,
Lise Van Delm said…
- WOOW your photos are SO beautiful !
really, !
take xare my dear friend ;D
- At 8:02am on October 16, 2009,
Billy Williamson said… - Hi, Lydia this is totally unrelated to diabetes but i noticed you have crazy mad talent with a brush atleast. I've been looking for an artist to sketch something fore me... I've been trying to find someone to draw a guardian angel for me... Like nothing crazy just a female guardian angel maybe looking down from the clouds. Let me know if you got any ideas.
- At 3:21pm on October 15, 2009,
Erin Ball said… - thank you my life is really stressful but im getting through it
- At 5:19pm on October 11, 2009,
Erin Ball said…
- hey im erin i really like your art i am 13 i have been diagnosed with type 1 for about a month now so yeah
how r u?
- At 12:45pm on October 10, 2009,
Marie B said… - hi, Lydia, your art is just wonderful! One of our values here at TuD is creative expression as a way of coping with diabetes. I wanted to tell you we have a lot of Groups here for artists, and also about Diabetes Supplies Art, an interesting project where we make art out of our supplies. Check it out - here - and participate if you are interested!
- At 12:04pm on October 10, 2009,
Linda Gauvin-Miller said… - You're welcome....take care Lydia.
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