When I converted over to an insulin pump roughly four years ago, little did I know that syringes would never go away.  I have written here before some of the reasons I miss my syringes and my insulin pen.  With injections there’s no unknown.  You fill the syringe, you grab some skin and inject.  When [...]

This will be the last post in the mini series I have created going back to the beginning of this year.  If you want to catch up on those posts before continuing with this one, they can be found by clicking on the following:

You Must Finish Strong
I Need to Win at Diabetes
Clean Diabetic [...]

The last 2 posts (…finish strong & …win at diabetes) have led up to this one where I am going to discuss my recent diet and exercise.
Diet
I first mentioned that I started the Fat Flush diet back in August of last year.  I think it’s a great plan, but with not without some flaws.  It [...]

@blogdiabetes
I have been on twitter since before the first post hit on this blog more than a year ago.  Some might find that twitter is stupid, meaningless and really kind of high schoolish. I totally disagree and for good reason.  Having a few hundred followers/friends that understand exactly what it’s like to have diabetes and [...]

For those readers that are newer to Blogging Diabetes, I will say that I’ve been on an insulin pump for about 4 years now.  The entire time I have been using a Medtronic MiniMed 715 pump.  In each infusion set package from Medtronic, there is a small round disk that clips on to the infusion [...]

This is a guest post by Rachel Thursby, a mom of a son with diabetes and writer for a blog called What Life Has Become.  Over the summer I heard Rachel talking about having to work on a stressful 504 plan for her son Tristan.  I had to ask her what a 504 plan was [...]

This is a guest post by Marc Wolf a registered pharmacist and CEO of Diabetic Care Services.  The tips below are to help parents of children with diabetes shift the focus off of Halloween candy so the kids can have more fun.  Thank you Marc for your tips!
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Today, candy is [...]

I was recently on vacation at a resort that had a few hot tubs for guests to use.  While walking my daughter in her stroller around and around to help her take a nap, I noticed a big warning sign above each spa that said people with diabetes should consult a physician before using a [...]

A little while back, Kerri at SUM let me know that there were nice features within the Medtronic Minimed pump that allowed you to see the daily totals for bolus, basal and carbs.  This is a great way to compare blood sugar results to amounts of insulin and carbohydrates.  In trying to share information here [...]

1. Introduction
2. Caffeine
3. The Diet
4. Progress
So far I have discussed what the plan and goal is, the amount of caffeine I was drinking and the new diet I have started.  This post will discuss the progress I’ve made in a very short time.  Just to recap, I started with a goal of getting my blood [...]