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Diabetes Awareness Month: 8,200 Pricks

November 4, 2016November 18, 2016 Rachel 1 Comment ADA, awareness month, Dblog, Diabetes, diabetes awareness month, diabetic, jdrf, NDAM, t1d looks like me, this is diabetes, type 1

I’m wearing blue today, as I do many Fridays during the year. People must really think that I like the

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Diabetes Technobabble Type 1 Diabetes 

Tech-ed Out

October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 Rachel 0 Comments CGM, Dblog, Dexcom, Diabetes, diabetic, insulin pump, iPhone, OmniPod, type 1, Type 1 Diabetes

So my diabetes gadgets were Out of Warranty and I had planned to keep it that way as I wait for

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Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes 

What I’m Thinking After Five Years with Type 1 Diabetes

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Rachel 1 Comment Dblog, Dexcom, Diabetes, diabetic, diagnosis, diaversary, insulin pump, OmniPod, type 1, Type 1 Diabetes

Today is my 5th diaversary. In May, I was invited to be part of an adults with type 1 diabetes

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Diabetes 

The Luck of the (Blood) Draw

June 30, 2016June 9, 2017 Rachel 2 Comments blood draw, Dblog, Diabetes, diabetic, endocrinologist, health, medic alert, medical bracelet, medical id, type 1

Last Saturday, Brad and I had our bi-annual blood draw and breakfast. An event where he inadvertently fasts with me,

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Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes 

Out of Warranty

June 10, 2016 Rachel 3 Comments artificial pancreas, closed loop system, Dblog, Dexcom, Diabetes, diabetic, insulin pump, medical device, OmniPod, type 1, warranty

I’m still wearing the first insulin pump I ever got… sort of. Since I started pumping with OmniPod in December

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