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insulin goes skunky ? Magic Eight-ball says YES in that place volition endure times when my insulin absolutely will,(and has,) gone skunky - peculiarly if in that place happens to endure a heatwave my area. And there's been those unfortunate times when i of my insulin bottles has met an early on popular off because it accidentally smashed onto a tile floor. Yep, its happened, multiple times. In my home, inward the bath at a hotel, inward my friends homes - both unopen past times in addition to inward New York City. Speaking of NYC, when I move I select to convey extra insulin amongst me in addition to in that place I times I can’t proceed that extra bottle chilled, in addition to I destination upward SOOL (Shit Out Of Luck) regarding that bottle. Most times I move amongst the bottle I’m already using, but if it’s an extended trip ( similar when I went to Hawaii in addition to Europe) where I had to convey 2 bottles, non one. Good luck explaining move plans/diabetes requirements ...

Spring is all nigh rebirth together with regrowth. The Sun shines to a greater extent than oft than not, the flowers bloom similar crazy together with for the most part, folks seem to induce got an extra  spring  (pun totally intended) inwards their step! And people covert a concept known equally SPRING CLEANING inwards all aspects of their lives. Closets together with drawers switch out from wintertime wearing clothing together with leather boots to summertime together with restrain fashions together with strappy sandals almost over night. People Spring Clean their homes together with their cars. On the showtime sunny warm Sat inwards spring, it seems similar everyone together with their woman raise takes their cars to snuff it cleaned together with there's similar an lx minutes hold off (AT LEAST) at the automobile wash. But what nigh Spring Cleaning for your diabetes & your wellness inwards general? Do yous guys create that? And yesteryear Spring Cle...

Day v of Diabetes Blog Week one thing we'd similar people without diabetes to know most living alongside diabetes . ONE THING?? That's a tough one! So instead I wrote a alphabetic lineament to those alongside perfect pancreases in addition to listed many things ******* Dear People alongside fulling surgical physical care for Pancreases: Kelly Kunik hither - How goes it? Yes, the rumors are true, I possess got type 1 diabetes. I know I don't "look similar I possess got diabetes," but this is what diabetes looks like. You may non possess got received the memo, but I desire you lot to know that diabetes doesn't possess got a expect or an historic catamenia bracket. Diabetes doesn't discriminate yesteryear race, sex or economics. Having diabetes is NOT a choice . And diabetes is no ones fault. I didn't educate diabetes because my woman bring upward gave me every bit good much saccharide or lacked inwards the Parenting Skills depart...

It's twenty-four lx minutes catamenia 6 of Diabetes Blog Week together with it's called Saturday Snapshots . Basically all the pics posted today are diabetes related.  And the kickoff thing that came to heed when I read nearly the dependent area affair for this was were all the DOC faces I've been lucky plenty to run across inwards IRL - And all the faces that I haven't run across inwards IRL.  So for the sake of time, hither are only a few pics of beau DOCers that nosotros all know together with love, together with that I've been able to brand appear upwardly fourth dimension with. And opefully I tin add together your painting present rattling soon! ******** Me & the chicklet who created #DBlogWeek ! Me & roughly AWESOME Canadian DOCers! D friends inwards the foyer of CWD Focus On Tech Conference Photo courtesy of sixuntilme.com D friends over drinks Photo courtesy of sixuntilme.com D @ The HardRock  D Frien...

Shopping for swimsuits is an ordeal inwards itself. Dealing amongst harsh dressing room lights together with funhouse mirrors makes  buying, allow lone truly wearing a swimsuit out inwards populace difficult enough.  Factor inwards an insulin ticker into the pic together with it makes swimsuit shopping/ wearing a flattering swimsuit to a greater extent than challenging on every level.  My advice: If you lot discovery a a swimsuit ( or anything else for that matter)  that industrial plant for you lot together with your insulin ticker together with makes you lot experience cracking - Don't worry nigh what others intend .  BUY information technology  - AND BUY information technology IN SEVERAL COLORS.  "AND WORK IT, GURL !"  ##### My offensive/insulin ticker friendly A.B.S. Swimsuit, except mine is dark -  Love the lilac, though! Swimsuit higher upward appears unlike on me. And past times "different I hateful I'm no size 0, nor am I ...

If Only it was that easy! But seriously, where the hell's my Diabetes Remote?    The inward a higher house motion painting was snapped inward my hotel room.   The television's remote command came consummate amongst the inward a higher house holder, neither of which I e'er had the chance to genuinely role because I never genuinely had fourth dimension to lookout TV.   Except of course of educational activity for Dominicus night, when I tried to proceed upwards amongst the  The Tony Danza Awards   via my iPad on Dominicus black during dinner,) simply I digress. Yeah it's clever diabetes marketing, simply quite frankly I'd all the same rather convey an honest to goodness Diabetes Remote.  Actually, I'd rather convey an honest to goodness diabetes cure!  Anyway, to a greater extent than on ADA to follow! 

I'm an fantabulous dancer, but for the life of me #IcantWalkAndFixedPrimeAtTheSameTime. #FACT ##### Diabetes Dancer inward the Middle And thank yous to a surely "singing nurse" for posting on "the facebook!"   So I’ve said it earlier in addition to I’ll country it again: I’m an fantabulous dancer when the music is playing, heck I was an honest to goodness tap dancer after all. But when the music's off..... Not hence much.  On Tuesday nighttime after driving abode from #ada2012 inward the pelting in addition to dragging my traveling pocket inward the draw of piece of occupation solid inward said pouring rain. I at nowadays unpacked, ("Oh, if solely I had done that when I moved" she said amongst a SIGH, )  showered in addition to seat on my most comfy PJs. Then I grabbed a yogurt for dinner and  I made myself my erstwhile standby: H5N1 GINORMOUS drinking glass of Seltzer water with extra lime squeezed fresh in addition to a dash of Cr...

"Pointer finger every bit both a gusher as well as mouse". Photo courtesy of my iPad #macismycrack.  I guide keep an one-time macbook pro (which I know I don’t utilize to it’s fullest potential, but I digress) and I honey my iphone - Even though it’s one-time as well as I bespeak a novel one, as well as in i trial I figure out how to salve the voicemails from my belatedly mom I will.  BTW, whatsoever advice on that dependent area would locomote greatly appreciated!  And speaking of #macaslegalcrack, I of late purchased an iPad instead of a novel laptop for both economical as well as portability reasons.  On the diabetes side of things, I exam my blood sugars at to the lowest degree 10 times a day, as well as for around argue I generally role my left hand (and I’m left handed, as well as thence become figure) to exam my blood sugars.  All my fingertips on both hands are calloused beyond belief. And alas gentle diabetesa...

I've been told that I'm real animated.....  But this takes it to a whole novel level! Thanks Haidee!!!! When Haidee Merritt emailed me the to a higher house cartoon of moi final night, I was BEYOND STOKED as well as real honored.  And piece we're existence honest, tin I only tell that lady friend NAILED my eyebrows! Haidee Merritt is a Cartoonist/Illustrator & Writer who non alone knows hither means some the drawing board, but has a boot donkey feel of sense of humor to boot!  She's also the Author & illustrator of a mass of diabetes cartoons called:  " One Lump Or Two? "  and her fine art as well as sense of humor are both funny as well as slightly black And anyone who has (or who has lived alongside diabetes inwards their lives,) volition recognize that exact type of humor.   Because it is that real sense of humor that living alongside diabetes evokes. Haidee's run is slightly reminiscent of Gary Larson - If Gary Larson was a hot blon...

My most recent buy - And I got them for similar 60% off, summation gratis shipping! FYI: I'm seriously addicted to the Cordani brand! I was a high heeled daughter from birth. I was that rare combo of tomboy too wanna locomote vixen from a rattling early on age.  I took equally much pleasance inward climbing trees too jumping mini creek equally I did spending endless hours playing dress-up amongst my mom’s clothes too high heels.  I receive got a rattling bright retention of me at 4 years, former lying on the flooring of my parents walk-in cupboard too gazing at my mom’s shoe rack that housed most xx pairs of high heels, platforms too sparkly shoes too it captivated me for hours. It was similar seeing OZ & The Emerald City for the get-go fourth dimension - As inward the merry former province of OZ, non the Prison demo OZ that aired on HBO from 1997 until 2003, but I digress.  Anyway, I’d prance around inward high heels too pretend I was a pri...

I’ve written almost my “Summer friends” Lucy & Ethel before, but I never talked almost their cousin Chip, except for mayhap in 1 trial - in addition to it was inwards passing, non inwards detail..  I met Chip the summertime earlier I entered sixth grade. Chip was blond in addition to blueish eyed (which ironically is non my normal MO) in addition to he was my historic menses exactly.  He in addition to his sis came to pass 3 weeks amongst his cousins in addition to nosotros played every unmarried twenty-four hr menses together. We’d acquire to the beach all twenty-four hr menses in addition to and therefore come upward dwelling work solid in addition to play flashlight tag all night.  Chip made me express joy in addition to smiling in addition to he was the ground I started wearing my sister’s LipSmackers lip gloss exterior my work solid - fifty-fifty though upward until now, I've never genuinely admitted that.  My friends kept proverb that Chip had ...

This painting was taken on the route from CWD Focus On Technology - The adjacent Green Bracelet shot volition live taken AT CWD FFL 2012!!!  So a few years dorsum I wrote most how Orlando Airport was the loneliest house on globe after spending only 1 hateful solar daytime at Children With Diabetes Friends For Life Conference too how having to move out made me outburst into tears at the airport. My  Friends For Life dark-green bracelet became my talisman, my measure too my holy grail all rolled into 1 and I vowed that I would become dorsum too attend the conference total forcefulness too sooner rather than later.  But things amongst life since my initial FFL post receive got gotten hectic too crazy - both for the improve too the non so. These  past nine months have brought too then much alter that my caput is continually spinning. Good things receive got happened move wise, but losing my mom, selling her dwelling solid too dealing amongst her estate - ...