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Jan Chait

How Was My Week? It Had Its Ups and Downs.

Maybe we should all pack day bags with our diabetes essentials in them when we go out to events. Say to watch a parade, or a ballgame, engage in a day of shopping…or cheer on somebody running a marathon…

Jan Chait

Diabeastie Go Home!

After yesterday — and last night — I am tired of playing diabetes. I don’t want to deal with it any more. Just make it go away. If only…

Jan Chait

Climbing My Way Out of Hypoglycemia (Finally!)

After a visit to the endocrinologist last week, I feel as if I’m finally getting a handle on my blood glucose — thanks to a good doctor who knows what he’s doing and can commit math!

Jan Chait

Wishing the Week That Was, Wasn’t

It was Purim’s fault. Yes. That has to be it. Purim, for those who are unaware, is a Jewish holiday that follows the formula of “they tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat.” It is traditional to give food to friends, contribute to charity, listen to the Book of Esther, and have a festive meal…

Scott Coulter

You’re Scaring the Customers!

So it was Wednesday night, and I was having a tough time figuring out exactly what I’d write about this week. I’ve been feverishly working on a book that may never see the light of day (by the time this entry is online, I may have a slightly more definitive answer on that), and most of my creative energy seems to be moving in that direction. But just when I thought my inspiration had run dry, life gave me a topic!

Scott Coulter

You’ve Had an Episode (Part 3)

This is it, folks! The last in a three-part series reflecting on a severe low blood glucose episode I went through four years ago. I want to share some of the straightforward, how-to-get-through-your-day-with-diabetes lessons I learned…

Jan Chait

I’ll Take the High Road and I’ll Take the Low Road and I’ll Be Frustrated Afore Ye

Scott Coulter

You’ve Had an Episode (Part 1)

Jan Chait

Endocrinology Visits Can Have Their Highs and Lows

Jan Chait

BGs Drop: Mystery Solved

David Spero

Driving With Diabetes

David Spero

Coping With Lows

Jan Chait

High School and Gardens and Meeting Stuff, Oh My!

Jan Chait

How Sweet It Is!

Jan Chait

Doin’ the BG Limbo. How Low Can I Go?

Jan Chait

My Diabetes? Oh, It Has Its Ups and Downs

Jan Chait

Seeing is Believing

Maryam Elarbi

Crisis Averted

Jan Chait

Memories Flood In; Take Over

Maryam Elarbi

Road Trip!

Maryam Elarbi

Constant Lows

Maryam Elarbi

Woes of Lows

Jan Chait

Aching Joints Aside, Things are Looking Up

Maryam Elarbi

Communication is Key

Maryam Elarbi

Adventures in Hypoglycemia

Jan Chait

Walking Over Shark-Infested Waters

Eric Lagergren

Brief Meditation on Lows

Jan Chait

Diabetes Has Its Ups and Downs

Eric Lagergren

Worried To Bed, Fine To Wake

Jan Chait

Wishing for Environmental Changes

Jan Chait

First It’s This, Then It’s That…

Eric Lagergren

Low, Low, Low

Diane Fennell

Low Blood Glucose Affects Type 2, Too

Jan Chait

Hypoglycemia Leads to HyperShopping

Jan Chait

Jan Continues Her Search for the Perfect Potty

Eric Lagergren

When the Lows Don’t Represent

Eric Lagergren

Nothungry Oddlow

Jan Chait

We’ve Got to E-lim-in-ate the Obstacles

Jan Chait

New York City: Where the “Fun” Never Ends. (Part 2)

Jan Chait

Bouncing BGs Lead to New Awareness

Jan Chait

Dang! I Could’ve Had Sweet Pickles Instead!

Jan Chait

Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired (Not to Mention Hypoglycemic)

Jan Chait

I’ll Take the High Road and I’ll Take the Low Road and I’ll be Frustrated Afore Ye

Jan Chait

Got Questions? Ask Them!

Eric Lagergren

Diabetes and iPhone: Another App Article?

Eric Lagergren

It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Insulin

Jan Chait

Searching My Brain for Something to Say

Eric Lagergren

No Food or Drink Allowed

Eric Lagergren

Hypoglycemia’s Dangerous Enough

Tara Dairman

Tight Control in the Hospital Questioned

Eric Lagergren

Beware Diabetic Complacency

Jan Chait

Oh, the Things You’ll See, the People You’ll Meet

Amy Campbell

How Many Diabetes Educators Can You Fit Into One Convention Center?

Eric Lagergren

One Side Effect from a Low Blood Glucose

Eric Lagergren

Regarding the Diabetes

Eric Lagergren

The Positive Can Be Negative

Jan Chait

Jan’s Very Bad, Awful, Diet- and BG-Blowing Day

Eric Lagergren

Eat the Shelf

Eric Lagergren

Those Negative Inner Voices

Jan Chait

Where’s Your Brain When You Need It?

Jan Chait

South of the Border (and So Was My Glucose)

Eric Lagergren

It’s 3 AM. Do You Know What Your Blood Glucose Is?

Eric Lagergren

What Causes Stress and Relieves It at the Same Time?

Eric Lagergren

Drilling for Blood Glucose

Jan Chait

Take Your Best Stab, Then Hope for the Best

Andy Stuckey

Low Blood Glucose Story of the Week

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Be Aware of Hypoglycemia Unawareness

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: Charges Against Doug Burns Dropped

Tara Dairman

Low Blood Glucose Doesn’t Affect Long-Term Brain Function

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: Hypoglycemia Mix-Up Leads to Arrest

Andy Stuckey

Diabetes and Subconscious Behavior in New Jersey

Joe Nelson

Independence vs. Dependence

Andy Stuckey

A Trip to the DMV With My Diabetes Man-Purse

Andy Stuckey

Family Projects and Sneaky Low Blood Glucose

Jan Chait

Walking the Euglycemic Tightrope

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