Tag Archives: diabetes management

Flying with type 2 diabetes

Posted on April 1, 2017 by

This involves some advance planning. While traveling by car allows for more flexibility with food, it is not so should you choose to fly. The airline food is not necessarily the healthiest. BuzzFeed website provides information of airline meals for … Continue reading →

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How often to check blood sugar?

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

Checking blood sugar is an important part of diabetes management.  But how often to do so is a good question.  In this context, I am talking about type 2 diabetes. Ever since I was first diagnosed, I was instructed to … Continue reading →

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Nuances of diabetes

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

I went to see my doctor a few days ago, and today the results of the last blood work came by email. My A1C is 6.0, woohoo! When I was first diagnosed a couple of years ago, it was 6.5, … Continue reading →

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Type 2 diabetes, an invisible disease

Posted on November 20, 2016 by

Another morning I wake up and my legs are killing me. I knew immediately what it was, a nerve pain, diabetes complication. I tried walking around, massage, elevating them, all to no avail. Then I succumbed to the pain pills … Continue reading →

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Today’s Prompt: Unfinished. How I Lost Weight on Vegetarian Diet

Posted on September 27, 2016 by

About a month ago I blogged about Diet-to-Go that I tried for one week. I have lost a pound and a half that wasn’t bad yet nothing remarkable. I went from 152 pounds down to 150.5, and that’s all. A … Continue reading →

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Diabetes and Anxiety

Posted on September 12, 2016 by

As someone who has been diagnosed with T2D, I was wondering whether anxiety is more common in PWD (people with diabetes). ADA website quotes a large nationwide study of over 200,000 adult participants, some with diabetes and some without. The … Continue reading →

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Project BMG – Eye Complications of Diabetes

Posted on August 27, 2016 by

This is a brief overview of diabetes eye complications, a part of the Project BMG, thanks to Roberta Pimentel 🙂

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