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Faith

I hadn’t thought about my faith in a long while. You could say i’m a “lapsed” christian. not that i haven’t believed, THAT has never gone away, just putting my life in God’s hands has. I had forgotten to have faith. I always believed that my mission of life was Epesians 2:8 “For by grace are we saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God” Wikipedia states: Faith is essentially an act of trust, reliance or dependence on God. Rather than being passive, this leads to a… Continue

Added by landileigh on September 16, 2008 at 1:35am — 3 Comments

Fear of DKA – what we know, what we don’t, and what we NEED to know

Now I had a slight knowledge of what DKA or Diabetic Ketoacidosis is, thanks in part to my being an Administrator of this site, but no REAL knowledge. So I set out to find what I didn’t know. I asked lots of my friends with diabetes, many of whom are T1’s. They either haven’t had a case of DKA or experienced it when they were young, at the time of diagnosis. I wanted to search out the facts, as there is such a fear related to DKA, and I wanted to truly know why. WHAT WE KNOW: “According… Continue

Added by landileigh on June 11, 2008 at 10:30am — 12 Comments

good news and bad news

i had my blood work done yesterday for my two-months recheck with endo.

bad news first:

my GFR (glomerular filtration rate) was 31. in July when i was diagnosed it was 35, then 33 in late november, and now 31. I am two points away from Stage 4 CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease). I don't know how to stop that number from dropping so fast.

From the National Kidney Foundation:

1) Why glomerular filtrat… Continue

Added by landileigh on February 6, 2008 at 1:54pm — 13 Comments

doing the A1c happy dance!

on July 24th my A1c was 7.9

i just got my results back from my lab work on 11/30/07... and DRUMROLL PLEASE.........

6.2!!!

*doing the snoopy happy dance*

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Added by landileigh on December 2, 2007 at 7:54am — 6 Comments

Halloween Candy

Halloween Candy - Those dreaded two words to a parent with a diabetic child, and to all of us diabetics who have to see it in the store aisles, who have to see it in a co-worker's candy jar, and have to see it in our own non-diabetic child's trick or treat bag.

I have attached a .pdf file that is a handy dandy Halloween candy chart with all of the carb listings for most of the basic "fun" or "snack" size candies. Now when you have that little treat, you won't be thinking you are being b… Continue

Added by landileigh on October 30, 2007 at 8:41am — 3 Comments

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