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One of the many complications that can arise from uncontrolled diabetes concerns your feet. Anything from sores, cuts, and bruises to calluses, blisters and ingrown toe nails can be cause for ...

Kendsie Hunter: The Importance of Feet

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Being the people person that I am, I am always looking for a way to help others. However, when my friends recently went off to donate blood for a volunteer hour, I second-guessed my ability to ...

Kendsie Hunter: Can Diabetics Donate Blood, Organs or Plasma?

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When juvenile diabetes was first being treated, doctors used pig and cow insulin to treat their patients. Things have come a long way since the 1920’s and insulin is now made in a lab. But, if it ...

Kendsie Hunter: What is Insulin Made Out Of?

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Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group. Protein is a basic ...

Kendsie Hunter: Proteins and Juvenile Diabetes

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Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group. Fats are tricky ...

Kendsie Hunter: Fats and Juvenile Diabetes

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Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group. As diabetics, most of us ...

Kendsie Hunter: Carbohydrates and Juvenile Diabetes

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Gestational diabetes is common among pregnant women in the United States. Those diagnosed with gestational diabetes only have diabetes for the 9-or-so months that they are pregnant, but they are ...

Kendsie Hunter: Gestational Diabetes vs. Type One Diabetes and Pregnant

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I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was six years old. I remember that I was sick with flu-like symptoms, thirsty all the time, and always having to go to the bathroom. After rapid weight loss ...

Kendsie Hunter: How Doctors Diagnose Diabetes

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Following up to the last post about sleeping, living with diabetes usually does not equate to a good night of sleep, especially for the parents of juvenile diabetics. The key to a good night is to ...

Kendsie Hunter: Diabetes and Sleeping - What About Low Blood Sugar?

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One of the most common questions that I get as a diabetic from people who don’t know what it is like to live with the disease is, “Can you sleep with the pump on?” In a word, yes I can. But not ...

Kendsie Hunter: Diabetes and Sleeping With the Pump

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The pump is an amazing machine that has revolutionized juvenile diabetes care, but it is not without its drawbacks. One of the biggest problems that I have with the pump is the marks left behind ...

Kendsie Hunter: Diabetes and Skin Care

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Despite all the optimism I try to have about living with diabetes, there are days when I get down on myself about having to live with this disease. I really hate to bring up this topic, but I ...

Kendsie Hunter: Diabetes and Depression

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The kidneys rid our bodies of all kinds of waste, balance fluids and are responsible for secreting hormones that stimulate red blood cell production and vitamin D ...

What Is Kidney Disease?

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The thyroid gland is responsible for almost all of the metabolic activity of the body. The hormones in the thyroid gland can affect the body negatively in one of two ways: hyperthyroidism or ...

Kendsie Hunter: Endocrine Diseases: Thyroid Disorders

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The pituitary gland is responsible for the secretion of many hormones traveling through our bodies and is often referred to as the “control center” because of the many jobs it handles ...

Kendsie Hunter: Endocrine diseases: Pituitary Gland

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As we all know, juvenile diabetes is a disease that affects the endocrine system. That is, juvenile diabetes affects the hormones that produce insulin in the body, making it impossible for ...

Endocrine Diseases: Adrenal Glands

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Well, the cold has reached our campus; and I’ve been hit with it. So, I’ve decided to write an entry on what to do when you have the cold, the flu, or something else that keeps you in bed all day ...

What To do When You're Sick and Have Juvenile Diabetes

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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is developing a new technology that will combine two technologies already on the market with a mathematical algorithm. By integrating the ...

The Artificial Pancreas Project

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When there are two types of diabetes in the medical dictionary, the differences between them are confusing and hard to distinguish. Type two diabetes is the most common type in America today. ...

Type One Diabetes: Can It Be Prevented?

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Moderation is a key word in diabetes management, and it is no different when it comes to diabetes and alcohol. We all know that alcohol can do major damage on the liver, but for diabetics, the ...

Diabetes and Alcohol

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As if living with a chronic illness isn’t enough, adding smoking to the mix makes diabetes harder than ever to deal with. In short: don’t do it. The side effects of smoking if you are a type one ...

Diabetes and Smoking

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Someone approached me about this the other day, and I could not provide an answer for her about what diabulemia is, so I decided to research things for myself to find out. I’ll share what I found ...

What is Diabulemia?

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After people ask me what diabetes is, what a pump is, and if I’m going to die soon from diabetes, people ask me if I can eat sugar. In a word, yes! This is another one of those questions that ...

Can Diabetics Eat Sugar?

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Ever since I was diagnosed at age six, I’ve been told (in a nutshell) that if I don’t take care of my diabetes, I will go blind, have to get my legs amputated, and will have kidney failure. To ...

Future Complications of Diabetes

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Although I’m not a parent, I can appreciate the amount of sacrifice my parents have to go through for me to live a healthy life as a diabetic. As you read these suggestions, know that this is ...

Being a Parent of a Teen With Diabetes

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Diabetes is a difficult disease to deal with. Number counting: the blood sugars, the carbs, the insulin dosages, etc; the lows and the highs; and pokes: fingers and otherwise. But, we also know ...

Being a Teen With Diabetes

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High levels of activity are tiring for anybody, but for diabetics, low blood sugars can take the fun out of sports. However, it is not impossible to play sports while successfully living with ...

Diabetes and Sports

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Halle Berry is one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood today. She acts, she models, and she was a beauty pageant contestant in the 80s and 90s. However, there has been some ...

Famous People Living With Diabetes 4

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You may have posters of him and his brothers on your bedroom wall. You may jam to their music in your car. But did you know that Nick Jonas is a diabetic? That’s right Jo Bro fans, the ...

Famous People Living With Diabetes 3

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Spring break and summer instill fear in a few diabetics for this reason: the pump. The insertion sites, as we all know, leave unsightly marks on the stomach, and the pump is square and bulky, ...

Diabetes and Spring Break Fashions

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You may not realize it when he is performing on stage, but Elliot Yamin, one of the finalists on American Idol season 5, is a juvenile diabetic! Diagnosed at age 16, Yamin struggled with his ...

Famous People Living with Diabetes 2

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Although diabetes is one of the most common illnesses found in children, you can never tell just by looking at someone if they have juvenile diabetes or not. The number of celebrities and ...

Famous People Living With Diabetes 1

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There is no greater goal for those living with diabetes than to have a cure for the disease in their lifetime. From walking to cure diabetes to lobbying Congress, there are many ways in which ...

Kendsie Hunter: Be An Advocate for Juvenile Diabetes

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When most people indeveloping countries lives on two dollars a day, caring for a child’s diabetes takes a backseat to food and shelter. So, what can be done to ensure that people living with ...

Helping a Diabetic in a Developing Country

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The past blog entries of this month have been about the exciting new technologies available to diabetics in order to make life easier. But what about the juvenile diabetics who do not live in the ...

Diabetes on a Global Scale

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Nick Jonas may be a star in the music world (and a tween heartthrob), but he is also one of the most visible juvenile diabetics today. With a busy and never ending schedule, Nick always has to ...

What is the OmniPod?

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The islet cell transplant has recently become one of the most effective tools in diabetes care. The first human transplant was performed in 1990 and since then, patients living with diabetes have ...

What is the Islet Cell Transplant?

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If you recall the 2008 presidential campaigns, stem cell research was a platform right up there with the economy, education, and Afghanistan. With President Barack Obama in office now, diabetics ...

Can Stem Cell Research Help Juvenile Diabetes?

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One of the most exciting recent advancements in diabetes care is the creation of the Continuous Glucose Monitor, or the CGM. CGMs give blood sugar readings in real time, constantly testing blood ...

The Continuous Glucose Monitor

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The history of diabetes care is a fascinating one that really represents the large strides made in recent years to cure diabetes. Through the years, many clinical advances have been made, and ...

A Brief History of Diabetes Care

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You may have looked at the title and said, “What?” but it’s true: it is possible to make this chronic illness into a fun event or project. Especially with children, it is important not to make ...

Kendsie Hunter: Making Diabetes Fun

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After living with diabetes for thirteen years, its safe to say that diabetes is a hassle. Low blood sugars, pokes, shots, and doctor’s visits… the list could go on and on. These things are ...

Kendsie Hunter: Diabetes As A Hidden Blessing

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As I’m sure you’ve learned from my other blog entries, I don’t let diabetes get in the way of living life. Traveling is a passion of mine that could, potentially, cause problems for me as a ...

Kendsie Hunter: Getting Through Security

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As diabetics know, there are many ways to control your blood sugar readings. One of the most common way is to use the insulin pump. The pump comes in all shapes, colors and sizes and is perfect ...

Kendsie Hunter: The Pump and Diabetes

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Every type one diabetic has been poked and prodded multiple times. Whether it is from shots or finger pokes, we all know what it feels like. However, one poke that cannot be avoided is the A1c ...

Kendsie Hunter: Diabetes - The Importance of Your A1c Reading

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Have you ever had a friend or family member ask you questions about diabetes, like “What is it like to have diabetes?” or, “What is diabetes?” or, “Can’t you get rid of it?” People have asked ...

Kendsie Hunter: Diabetes - Answering That Tough Question

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Being diagnosed with diabetes, or having a family member diagnosed, can be a traumatic experience full of change and curiosity. When I was diagnosed at 6 years old, my mom had never heard even of ...

Kendsie Hunter: I've Been Diagnosed With Type One Diabetes. Now What?

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For most people, a New Year means starting over. Especially when it comes to health, new beginnings can be one of the best things one can do. While answering questions, giving advice, and ...

Kendsie Hunter: Introduction to Diabetes

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Diabetes has never really gotten in the way of my day to day life, except for a few low blood sugars here and there, so I decided to stretch the boundaries and spend some time abroad this summer. ...

Diabetes and Traveling

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Diabetes seems to interfere with many aspects of life such as eating, showering, relationships, driving… the list could go on and on. I have received many questions about how to handle diabetes ...

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