Diabetes Type 1 Community - Articles
pardonez moi
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Amylia
It's been a really busy week. I'm at the UW-Madison campus teaching a writing workshop and taking a 3 credit graduate class (Teaching Writing in the Urban Classroom), all in t ...
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Thrice Exercised
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Amylia
TheDiabetes Training Campis kinda like a diabetic version of "Biggest Loser" minus the weigh-ins (thank goodness!) Or like a friendly upscale boot camp for athletic diabetics, ...
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An Exercise in Exercising
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Amylia
The wholeDiabetes Training Campis an exercise in exercising. Not only exercising the body, but also stretching the mind and exercising the parts of the mind that are used to t ...
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Off to Diabetes Camp!
by
Amylia
That's rightfolks, I'm off to camp! As a kid, I remember watching my twin sister prepare for diabetes camp. She was just a scared little eight year old girl recently diagnosed ...
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The Fringe Benefits of Failure
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Amylia
All of us know adversity and the feeling of failure, some perhaps more intimately than others, but if you're alive and risked anything at all, then you've failed. At least onc ...
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Not Doing, but Being
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Amylia
Hypoglycemia befriended me again today. I was in the parking lot leaving my therapist's office when I knew my bloodsugar had plummeted. If you're anything like me, emotions ca ...
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This is the Moment
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Amylia
[Disclaimer: This entry is written by an Obama Mama and is only loosely related to diabetes]* * *Goosebumps are still chasing the electricity pulsing through my body. I ...
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In the Moment
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Amylia
I was hungry. I hadn't eaten lunch and the dinner hour was looming. I had intended to simply bring in the mail for my grandparents and say a quick hello. My tilapia was in the ...
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