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  • Beeps

    I love my insulin pump. And I love my CGM. They’ve completely changed how I manage my diabetes and are helping me live a longer and healthier life. But they never shut up. I’m constantly beeping. It could be that I’m low or high and...
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  • Ignorance

    The following letter was published in the Idaho State Journal in the Letters to the Editor section on October 25, 2009. Complaint: On Oct. 3, myself and my girlfriend were eating lunch at Burger King. A family came in and sat across the aisle from us...
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  • Really?

    I was at school all day today. From 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM. And my blood sugar was high for most of the day. So I just wanted to curl up under my electric blanket and nap the day away and occasionally surface into reality to down some water. But, that was...
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  • ER

    E.R. Those two little letters suck. Big time. I had my very first trip to the emergency room this morning. And it was scary. I was already at the hospital for clinical. It was our first day actually in the hospital so we were just doing some orientation...
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  • Fiddle-dee-dee

    I wrote this for something else, but realized that I haven't posted a blog since like...MARCH. So, I thought I'd put it up here for you all to read and enjoy. :) This afternoon I spent several hours down at The Riverfront in downtown Omaha. I...

  • I've Hit a Wall

    I’ve hit a wall. And it’s not the same type of wall that I accidentally bumped into just a few minutes ago in my kitchen. It’s a big, ugly, 296 mile high wall. And as I’m looking up the wall nasty creatures are dropping things...
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  • Would I Be Me?

    Would I be the same person if I hadn’t been diagnosed with diabetes? Would I be completely different? Would my personality be different? Would the characteristics that make me Kay not exist? Would I have the same friends? Would I have chosen a completely...
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  • Humor

    Humor. Outside of my diabetes team it’s the most important factor in keeping me healthy. If I wasn’t able to laugh about this disease I wouldn’t be sane. Yeah, my blood sugar is constantly on my mind but I’m also thinking of so...
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  • It's Everywhere

    It’s everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. School, work, home, at the mall, EVERYWHERE. If I really stop and think about it I see diabetes almost everywhere in my life. School. I’m currently a nursing student. In all of my classes diabetes is...

  • Things I'm Scared Of

    Things I’m scared of: Maybe I won’t ever be able to get my A1C down. My eye doctor told me that the reason I had to recently get glasses was simply because my eyes changed. But I think it was really because of my bad control. Kidney failure...
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  • What Do I Even Call This One?

    I’m a recovering diabulimic. There, I said it. Now, let me tell you my story. In high school I had a very tough time. I got so sick of following a plan. I just ate and ate and ate. And of course if you eat more you’re going to gain weight...
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  • Heart-Stopping-Scared

    I was scared today. And not scared like horror-movie-scared. It was more like heart-stopping-scared. After class today I checked my phone and saw that I had a text message from my brother, John: Hey do you work 2nite or anything? Mom wants me to take...

  • What. The. Heck?

    “Oh my gosh, you’re diabetic.” Here it goes again. I ready my regular reply, “Yeah, but it’s not that big of a deal. I’ve had it for over 17 years. I’m fairly used to it. Of course there are days when I absolutely...

  • Clacking and Sleepovers

    Recently I stumbled upon Kerri Sparling’s blog, Six Until Me. I have to say that I am completely hooked. I have spent a large portion of my semester break reading every single blog she’s written. I think I’m so intrigued because she’s...

  • I'm a Pod Person

    I’ve just recently started using a pump. For years I dismissed every question about starting one from my endo because of the dreaded tube. Now I know that the “terrible” tube is probably not a big deal. And I’m pretty sure I could’ve...
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