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Costa Rica Here We Come! by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Kim and I are headed to Costa Rica tomorrow for a week of surfing, fishing, hiking, white water rafting, zip lining and cannoyneering. I can't begin to tell you how excited I ... Read on »

How Sensitive Are Basal Rates To Diet? by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Since I've been home on break my basal rates have bounced around a bit. After a few days of experiencing lows I reduced my basal rates and then encountered some 200 plus days ... Read on »

Is The Honeymoon Over? by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 My first semester at Darden is finally over so now I have a chance to focus on my internship search, marathon training and diabetes. Last week was hell with 5 consecutive day ... Read on »

My First MBA A1c by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 For the first time since my diagnosis I was legitimately freaking out about my A1c. From August to October I had so many changes in my life that I just didn't know how my ave ... Read on »

Abbot Is Incredible by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 The good news is, I'm still getting my constant glucose monitor; the bad news is, I have no idea when. At first Abbot had given my supplier the wrong insurance information wh ... Read on »

HUGE NEWS!!!!! by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Today I received a phone call that I've been awaiting for nearly a year. I checked my voice mail after class today and had a message from Angela of Abbott Pharmaceutical, nor ... Read on »

Finals, Travel & Weddings by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Wow - talk about getting triple teamed by bloods sugar demons! Last Friday began our finals for Q1 at Darden, right after I finished our hellish marketing exam I hoped on a pl ... Read on »

Just Because I'm Learning About Distributions..... by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Doesn't mean my blood sugars need to give me a lesson in standard deviations and variability. Yesterday I felt awful, but as so many of us have realized just because our bloo ... Read on »

Getting Used to the Pump by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Two things occurred in the past 24 hours that have completely convinced me to go on the pump. Last night I was battling some lows - my Dad's 66 th birthday was last week and ... Read on »

The Search for a Pump - Part 2 by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 My experiment with the Animas 2020 has continued and I've been pretty pleased with the results. Alot of my fears about how I'd react to the pump have really been alleviated. ... Read on »

The search for a pump - part 1 by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 I've been on multiple injections since my diagnosis and each endo I've spoken with thinks it would be a great move for me to go on the pump. I'm constantly fighting lows afte ... Read on »

In The Name Of Research! by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 I did proclaim my love of the Animas pump after my brief trial but in the interest of fairness and information I have decided to go on a similar saline trial with the Minimed ... Read on »

The First Bike Ride.... by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Since my diagnosis on April 2 nd my workouts have been limited to half hour runs and hour lifts. Yesterday I was finally able to make it back onto my bike for what I hoped wo ... Read on »

Identifying Differences - Finally! by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 One of the major differences between pumps is how they count insulin on board ( IOB ); Minimed pumps use pharmodynamics while Animas uses pharmokinetics. Currently Diabetes M ... Read on »

Adult Onset Type 1 by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 I was recently at the kickoff party for the Young Friend's of the Naomi Berri Center; 4 of the "friends" were diabetics, each of us had been diagnosed after our 17th birthday. ... Read on »

The Art of Miscalculation by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 After driving back to the city from my parent's house on Saturday night I decided to eat 2 stuffed peppers I had gotten from Whole Foods for dinner. Unfortunately my grander p ... Read on »

Diabetes and Relationships by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Up until now all the posts on this blog have been about me and how I've been dealing with the disease. But really for us with diabetes that is only half the story. We all have ... Read on »

Pesky Lows by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 Since Sunday, I've been battling a nightly low every day. On Sunday I headed over to Duane Reade (Manhattan's CVS ) to pick up some stuff for the week at about 8:50 pm. At DR ... Read on »

Picked a Pump! by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 After countless hours of research and loosing way too many minutes of sleep stressing about which pump to pick I finally came to a decision. I'm going with the Minimed Paradi ... Read on »

It's Like Christmas by Wingman Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Diabetes Type 1 The day I've been waiting for has finally arrived - I received my Minimed Pump in the mail! The box arrived at 6 pm on Friday but since my company has the worst mail room in ... Read on »

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