Living with Diabetes

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The Beginning

If you don’t have to do a glucose tolerance test DON’T.

I went to one unsuspecting, and the bad part was, that I probably had bad enough fasting blood sugars in a year’s set of tests, to warrant skipping that.

So I tell people all the time, I “flunked” the glucose tolerance test, and that I didn’t … that is didn’t tolerate glucose.

And see if you can find a lab that can process the blood immediately. I didn’t get any treatment until the next Monday and even then we didn’t know how bad off I was.

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March 1, 2003
Diabetes Pilot

If you have a Palm Pilot this is super software for logging and tracking what is going on with your diabetes.

You can import the data into either Excel or Word, which really impressed by Diabetes Educator.

Diabetes Pilot – Software for Palm PDAs

February 28, 2003
Mayo Clinic’s Website on Diabetes

Lots of good information. The more you know, the less out of control you feel. Or at least it works for me.
MayoClinic

February 28, 2003
CNN.com – Drug could prevent diabetes-related eye disease

CNN.com – Drug could prevent diabetes-related eye disease – Feb. 17, 2003

February 28, 2003
WebMD – Diabetes Message Boards

This is a good place to ask questions. You’ll get responses from other people who have had a similar experience.

WebMD – Diabetes: Support Group

February 28, 2003
The Beginning

I’ve decided to set up a weblog, about my experiences and research into diabetes.

I was diagnosed on September 30, 2002

Needless to say, it was a life altering event.

I have been dealing with several other problems prior to the diabetes, many of them, I’m sure attributed:

Sleep Apnea
Restless Leg Syndrome
Gastric Reflux Disease

I’m quite sure there is a major genetic component since my father died of congestive heart failure at 48, and was diagnosed with diabetes before then. Both his parents were also diagnosed with diabetes.

February 28, 2003