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My favorite glucose tablets are M&M's!!!!! I don't feel the need for a package of things that screams "I'm diabetic, and when I get low I can't eat normal food, I have to eat sick diabetes food!!!"

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This story took place in August 1987. Imagine if you will, a newly diagnosed type I diabetic 4 months after diagnosis, 13 years old, and attending summer band rehearsals for the first time. I was a big marching band geek, and it all started right after I was diagnosed. I attended a very small school in central Texas, and due to size needs they started you in the high school marching band in 8th grade. So here I was, 13, new diabetic, and rehearsing marching in the 105 degree Texas sun in the… Continue

Sure, we all get low occasionally, but we manage them as best we can, avoid them as best we can. But sometimes, we have those really big lows that are almost amusing to think back on, and leaves you shaking your head thinking "Well, I won't do THAT again...". Don't get me wrong, they're not funny, but they are significant life experiences that I tend to ponder back on from time to time. For me, they always happen when moments in life are out of the ordinary. In the unfortunate 20 years and 2…

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