First off HELLO TuD friends. I haven't been on here since August 2009!! I feel terrible. How is everyone doing?

Okay so I am approaching the age of legal drinking. I can be honest I have drank before but I never did it responsibly. I would ignore what my sugar levels were doing and just did what I wanted. Well for the past year now I have been keeping my levels great and I haven't allowed myself to slip up at all. And since…

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So i had my appointment today w/ the endo.

My A1c is down a full point. 10.1 to 9.1

I have had terrible cholesterol for the lognest time. and that came down fromm 900something to 238. YAY and so now i just have to get it down to 130s to be good.

I am working my ass off to stay healthy now. i have a life to live and i want to live it to the fullest possible extent and that means by taking care of my health.



i just wanted to share my excellent news and wish everyone a… Continue

so about two weeks ago i went into DKA. I was admitted into the hospital on thursday and well it sucked. i honestly don't remember much about the first 24 hours. I remember my boyfriend carrying me to the car and then putting me in a wheel chair and taking me into the ER. Then i remember waking up in a white room with a bright light on above my bed. I guess i passed out at some point. The doctor came in and told me that my blood sugar was at 902 and that i was damn near coma and that my body… Continue

well i was offered the job...and now i am for sure deffinatly moving to ohio.

last night i told my b/f of over a year and it went well...

we are staying together since i will only be gone from april-november and i do get time off to come home and visit.

also its only a few hours to drive from where i live to ohio....

all last night i was tossing and turning because i couldn't sleep.

I'm not concerned about the whole moving away thing its just i finally havce started to… Continue

ok so for the summer i may be moving to sandusky ohio for a job at cedar point.

well it'll be from april until end of november. and so at some point there i will obviously need insulin, doctor check-ups, and an endocrinologist visit.

if someone is from that area could you please give me some info on what is around that area...i've never been outta Michigan and so i really don't know what i am getting into...but well i'm 19 years old and well....i need to step out on my own and stop… Continue

so since i have started school i have been stressed.

it really sucks. i mean i love the classes. but my schedual is terrible.

monday i am in class from 4pm till 10pm. and then on tuesday i have to leave at 7 am to get to my class at 8. and well i have realized that my food schedual doesn't work with this type of late night/early morning time frame.

i have been eating a lot of fast food and like my sugars have been getting worse and worse.

i need some advice on how to make… Continue

so i start my freshman year of college on January 12th, 2009.

I just got my final book today...when i went and got all my other books my psychology book was all sold out so i had to wait and get it but i got it today and now i am so excited..

i'm majoring in Pre-school education and minoring in child psycology.....so its gonna be tuff but i will pull through it...



lately my blood sugars have been damn near perfect....i still hit some 205s but thats about as high as they… Continue

Grab a Kleenex



>>>> SANTA and SARAH

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>>>> Three years ago, a little boy and his grandmother came to see Santa

>>>> At the Mayfair Mall in Wisconsin . The child climbed up on his lap,

>>>> holding a picture of a little girl. 'Who is this?' asked Santa, smiling. 'Your friend? Your sister?'' 'Yes, Santa,' he replied. 'My

>>>> sister, Sarah, who is very sick,' he… Continue

i wish every one a happy and safe new year.

For this upcoming new year my resolution is to get my A1C under 8.0
so far i have made it down to Ten point One and well thats simply over a 3 month period from october at 12.1 so if i can keep going maybe in a few months i will reach my goal.

good luck everyone in this new year and may it be better than the last

Growing up in a military family i always told myself i would be joining my family in serving my country.

I dreamed from the time i was in diapers of seeing my name stiched onto a TRUE camo uniform fit for me. I always wanted to be a soldier.

At 13 when i was diagnosed with T1 i never thought it would impact my furture as much as it did.

When i was 17 i started my enlistment papers. I had talked with my parents about my recruitment and they were willing and ready to help me do… Continue

ok so has anyone seen the movie steel magnolias with julia roberts in it?

if not its a must see for any diabetic.

it shows how even the healthiest looking person can loose control and eventually let diabetes control them.

for me it was a huge motivation to take better control of myself.



and i will repeat this once more

Steel Magnolias is a MUST SEE movie for any diabetic and exspecially one who is struggling with diabetes. it will show you how precious your life… Continue

I was diagnosed with T1 diabetes at the age of 13, its been 5 years and about 7 months.



For the first 3 years I had perfect A1C levels. They ran around 4.5-5s. But then I started losing control. My levels started to elevate and kept going up no matter what. This past year they have reached 13+. Recently I have started to control my diabetes instead of letting it control me. Today I had a check and my level was 10.1. I know thats a really bad level but it actually dropped 1.4 points… Continue