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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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How to type a blog when you are having a hypo in 5 easy steps ...
Posted: Jul 16, 2009 16:22:44 0 Comments.
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  • Well, lately here on this website I’ve not been able to post into forums or blogs without having to reach the administrators due to their website having problems with folks like myself using Firefox.  And now again, having issues with logging on, but I’m taking advantage of having a hypo – e.g. low blood sugar.  I want to write a blog in this frame of mine to see what sort of nonsense comes off my fingertips.

     

    I generally don’t like to work in this condition – as I told the kind Admin dude at the other end as he asked me for details of what is occurring while I try to post this blog – I told him – "I’m in hypo land – I’m not wanting to respond to you at the moment as I'm not quite here - let me write my blog".  I’m one of the fortunate ones (no comment from the peanut gallery – ahhh – what the heck go ahead and give me your comments below) that knows when they are low.  I can  deal with it and still function – in what I think is probably a semi-comical way (Just For Laughs Comedy Festival is here in Montreal should I go and do a street act?).  I don’t get hypos that often thank goodness, less more now then when I was on MDI (multiple dosage injections) – but they happen. 

     

     Who knows what set this off?  It’s a fairly normal day – only thing I’ve done different – eaten abit more fruit then I normally do – perhaps overbolused – I am not a person to over analyze my situation.  It’s just happening and I’m doing what I normally would not do to quelch a low blood sugar– I’m experimenting grazing on foods.  Just imagine a pig at a trough – that’s sort of me right now – but I’m coming out of the hypo now as I type this out – fingers are not bouncing all over the keyboard as I type (they tend to twitch on their own – like they have a brain in each tip of the finger).  Prior to starting to type this blog, I consumed a glass of OJ (something I rarely touch), a few cherries (did not count – they were awesome tasting), some little cheese fishy shaped things (forget the brand name – but they are okay – bit dry mind you) – my last bit of consumption – and I swear my belly is bulging – some sesame snaps.  I know for sure those will bring up the BG’s no doubt – as the package says 20g of carb. 

     

    So, for now, I am going to attempt to post this to Diabetes1 in the Blog area – if you are reading this – you’ll know I got thru’ – either via Firefox or Internet Explorer.  I am also using another computer to do this work with a roller ball mouse - I feel like I'm Alice in Wonderland at this desktop here .

     

     

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