Anna's Blog
By: FatCatAnna
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes back in 1968 at the ripe ol' age of 7. Since then, the way diabetes is treated has changed for the better. Compared to the days of testing your urine, boiling glass syringes, sharpening the needle on a stone, it feels like the Stone Ages when I see how things have progressed.
Hopefully one day we will find a cure for diabetes, but until then, we plod along with the new technology (for example, since Nov 2008 I have been using an insulin pump to attain better A1C's and quality of life).
I presently volunteer at various websites helping others with their questions about diabetes, and even learning new things myself all the time! I also have taken on the role of Vice President at the West Island Diabetes Association (WIDA) with the hopes of bringing that organisation into the 21st century and attracting more diabetics to come out to meet their fellow PWD's (people with diabetes) and share their secrets of living successfully with our hiccup in life!
The most important thing for PWD's I feel is to educate ourselves on our condition, and not to let it bring us down. With the help of Diabetes1.org I hope to bring a smile to each and everyone of your faces, and for you to question the things that we do to keep on trudging along.
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Jesse you will NOT be forgotten! - Mar 04
Jesse Alswager who has had diabetes for 10 years since the age of 3 made a video for a school project back in January of this year. He has been an ...
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How to describe having a hypo to a non-PWD! - Mar 01
I think I have finally found the answer to this. Maybe women will understand this better then men, but I will do my best explain this in a nutshell (big one).
PMS, ...
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Trying to avoid eating is hard! - Feb 12
Of all days, I am hankering to eat breakfast. I rarely eat breakfast during the work week as it's never been a big thing for me. I'm happy with my usual Americano which ...
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America's (The World's) Silent Killer - Feb 05
I don't watch daytime TV that often as I'm a working stiff, but yesterday I recorded the Oprah show - which was all about diabetes. I had read during the ...
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Dealing with wacky blood sugars makes me SCREAM! - Jan 27
Last week was interesting as far as my blood sugars (BG’s) went. I was fighting to keep them below 10 mmol/l (180 mg/dl) and at the same time trying not to ...
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