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- Hometown (where you come from):
- ex-Sydney, now Byron Bay
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1.5 (LADA)
- Date diagnosed
- August 1, 1978
- Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
- 7
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- Various
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- Pump
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- Animas 2020
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About Me
On insulin the last 4 years. Started because I couldn't tolerate the oral meds. Hoping to go on a pump soon. UPDATE: Am now on an Animas 2020 since June 1, 2009. Loving it like crazy!!
I recently remarried in 2008. I'm Jewish, born in Australia with a European background. My husband is Muslim from Iran. Are we doing our bit for Middle East relations? I hope so.
I have one delightful daughter, who is 20 this year (2009). We have a Border Collie named Charly who is very sweet and gentle. Charly used to be part of a larger menagerie including my two Springer Spaniels who died in early 2007, and my daughter's dog Honey, who died in 2006. We also have a 14 year old Somali Abyssinian cat, who we've had since he was a kitten.
We live 2 streets from the beach in a very popular tourist town and we love the laid-back, sub-tropical lifestyle. Very different to my hometown of Sydney.
I'm an IT Consultant and I volunteer with several organisations including, Insulin for Life, admin for 2 internet support lists for Lupus, secretary/treasurer for a local community organisation and more... and I love it all.
Having looked around this site for a while, I finally joined. It's a great site, with some fantastic facilities. UPDATE: Wow, a truly useful site with great resources and wonderful people!
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Lots of new posts
Also I've released a line of pump cases for kids in Australia. Wish I had more money for publicity, but I don't, so I'm slowly getting the word out.
Head on over and READ MORE! B… Continue
Posted on November 4, 2009 at 5:10am — 1 Comment
Finally Moved My Blog
Posted on September 10, 2009 at 11:35am —
Hooked up and flying! (Animas 2020)
Am so loving th… Continue
Posted on June 1, 2009 at 9:21pm — 2 Comments
Well on the Road...
I tossed up between the pink and the black, and despite urging from others to go with the pink, I went for the black. What did I say to someone? Oh yeah... I'm not sure I like the idea of looking like an elephant in drag with a pink pager hanging off me.
Black is far more sedate and serious. Not that I'm either. And I don't mind wearing it in a pocket or outside my clothing.… Continue
Posted on April 24, 2009 at 4:56am — 3 Comments
Insulin for Life
I am involved with Insulin for Life, whose headquarters are here in Australia.
Insulin for Life Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that collects and distributes insulin and other diabetes supplies that would otherwise be wasted. These are sent as a result of emergencies, and also on an ongoing, sustainable basis to recogn… Continue
Posted on February 26, 2009 at 10:00am — 2 Comments
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wishing you a Happy New Year.
That's wonderful progress and must be a great relief.
Hey Susi....thought I'd drop in here and say hello (can't get on your tu.face page for some reason)...and in answer to your question, born and bred in Canada. Childhood in Quebec, French being my first language, moved to Ontario at 11. Love your "made in Chicago".The reason you'd want your daughter to know is that eating a lower carb diet when young and avoiding things, like prednisone, that could significantly worsen control, permanently, might lead to much better control life-long.
Also, if she has something borderline, she is likely to become diabetic within weeks of becoming pregnant, but doctors don't test for gestational diabetes until many months after a pregnancy begins because in Type 2s it takes months to develop. I became diabetic immediately after conceiving and gained almost 60 lbs by 4 months. This wasn't good for my babies, but no one understood what was going on. Because my daughter and her ob/gyn know she already has an abnormality, if she gets pregnant she'll go on insulin immediately, which will be much safer.
My guess is that there are many more of us misdiagnosed as Type 2 who aren't. I was diagnosed as "pre-diabetic" in 1978 when I weighted 108 lbs and went on to have two diabetic pregnancies but no one ever considered that I wasn't "classic type 2" until they finally put me on insulin and I was hypoing on tiny doses.
You might suggest your kids get tested. My 26 year old daughter has elevated post-meal blood sugars in the "pre-diabetic" range despite being ferociously fit so I'm pretty sure she has what I have too.
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