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Name: Melissa Melissa_English

Age: 31

Type of Diabetes: Type 1

Date of Diagnosis: June 2006 (26 years old)

Diabetes Treatment: Animas Ping with meter/remote, Dexcom CGM

Occupation: Homemaker

City/State: Durham, North Carolina

Country: USA

Email: Melissa@diabetessisters.org

Other Info: I love to sew and I love being outdoors. My hubby and I have 8 chickens, a colony of bees, a chinchilla named Humphrey and a pup we call Waylon.

19 Feb

Like Pulling Teeth (Melissa)

Sunday February 19 2012

I don’t know how many times I’ve been on the phone this week with my mail order pharmacy and my doctor’s office. I am sure it was enough to where they are quite tired of hearing my voice. It was the time tested dilemma of the mail order pharmacy and getting a new Rx from your doctor. At the beginning of February, I reordered my supplies from the mail order pharmacy. This should have been easy enough, but I am never so lucky.

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12 Feb

Normalcy (Melissa)

Sunday February 12, 2012

It seems that when you have diabetes there is always something to write about…a frustration, a funny mishap, a segment on the diabetes police. But this week is different. Aside from the daily “maintenance”, my diabetes has presented very few problems. I would dare say this is one of those weeks when diabetes doesn’t seem to conspire against my overall happiness. So, I figured I would just tell you a little bit about what my “normal” life has consisted of this week.

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05 Feb

Trail of Test Strips (Melissa)

Sunday February 5, 2012

I was sitting at the kitchen bar the other night while my dear hubby was in our front room exercising. (Our front room is a big open space with nothing but bike trainers, a pilates machine and free weights. I also use this space to do my exercise videos.) Against one wall we have a 30 gallon aquarium and while hubby was exercising he was watching the fish. Then I hear, “Oh man, I have seen it all.” “What?” I exclaim from the other room. When he doesn’t answer I venture in to see what his “excitement” is all about.

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29 Jan

Strength in numbers (Melissa)

Sunday January 29, 2012

Today I have a hangover. Not the kind of hangover that involved beverages of the alcoholic sort or late nights at a smoky bar. Nope, this hangover is the kind brought on by the dreaded 4am super low blood sugar followed by a rebound high, an early morning bolus to correct the high number and incessant praying for a good fasting number when the alarm goes off.

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22 Jan

Diabetes Mishaps

Sunday January, 22, 2012

A few weeks ago I read a blog posting by a fellow Type 1 blogger. She was frustrated at the number of diabetes supplies “mishaps” she had endured that particular week. As I read her posting I thought about the odd number of diabetes supplies related mishaps I had endured that particular week as well. I figured it must have been “just one of those weeks” and completely agreed with her theory of a diabetes supply rebellion.

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