Category Archives: Diabetes

Diabetes Research: Where everything goes upside down

By katiebird | Published: June 10, 2008
Regular visitors know that I’ve had diabetes for 10 years or so.  And that getting & keeping my blood sugar under control was the biggest reason for my weight loss adventure.  Oh, and why I’m interested in eating issues in general.  People in my family who don’t keep control diabetes die at age 62.  If [...]
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March 13, 2007 — Just 4 Today

By katiebird | Published: March 13, 2007
Just 4 Today, I’ll drink my fiber twice (once), test my blood sugar at least once after every meal (after breakfast – 118), drink 2 liters of water (about 1/3), walk 3 miles (with 3415 & an after-dinner walk I might reach 6 miles), NOT eat between meals & NOT take seconds. The Sugar Diet I think [...]
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February 22, 2007 — Just 4 Today

By katiebird | Published: February 22, 2007
Just 4 Today, I’ll drink my fiber twice (ONCE!!), drink 2 liters of water (about 1/3), walk 3 miles (yesterday & the day before I walked OVER 3 miles), NOT eat between meals & NOT take seconds. What are you going to do today? 3415 at work So for the 3415 program has worked terrifically! I aim [...]
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Diabetes: The Importance of Weight Management and Exercise

By katiebird | Published: October 13, 2006
Maybe I’m talking too soon, I haven’t seen the whole report for myself yet, but my doctor’s nurse called yesterday to tell me that my HA1C is 5.8 — which means I am well in the normal range — it is very good news. She said that the doctor was very pleased with all [...]
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So I thought it was Diabetes. But that’s offensive to some people.

By katiebird | Published: May 17, 2006
It turns out (according to a recent New York Times article, Beyond ‘I’m a Diabetic,’ Little Common Ground) that when people like me say they have diabetes, it’s an insult to all the innocent children with Type 1 Diabetes. I guess they think I should be saying that I’ve got Type 2 Diabetes just to [...]
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