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Empty as a pocket

I don't know how women do it.If I didn't have 3 pockets in each and every pair of pants I own, I would be lost.A wreck. A disorganized wreck.Below is a blue-print of what I keep on my body (in my...

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BULLSHIT

I got my A1c result back.7.1No change since November.It makes NO sense.Doc says it's because the standard deviations of my blood sugars are too high. "Once you get your standard deviations down around...

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Number Crunchin'

Okay.So last weekend I ate the better part of a half gallon of Breyer's Vanilla ice cream, had a slice of birthday cake, and a few Girl Scout cookies.I think I've got that out of my system now (at...

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Very Depressing

Today in the comments section of my previous post, the Inflexively Flixable Flux Guy pointed out some research by Robert J. McCarter et al.. Below are some of the more salient sentences from their...

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The other day at work I was feeling a little funny before lunch.Symptoms weren't too strong, and not really my normal visual pin-wheel thing either.I opened up my meter that I keep out on my desk next...

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A twofer

In the past two days, there were two separate (and completely independent) items/events that occurred where I thought to myself: "Hmmm, I should write something about this..." Rather than trying to...

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A Twofer (Take Two!)

Last week's post was just foreshadowing.This one is the real deal.(I.e., don't let the date fool ya, this is no joke).I have never been so excited and so scared at the same time in my entire...

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Hanging in there...

...but just barely.It's been about 3 weeks since my last post, which is the longest it's been in between posts for me, I think.I'm not sure when it started, I think sometime after college, but I rarely...

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Update

Hi.I'm Kevin.Remember Me?Yeah, I wouldn't think so.I used to write things here on a semi-regular basis (once (maybe twice) a week).Then life happened.Megan got pregnant (with twins).And I turned into a...

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Stats

Turns out I've been doing this blogging thing for a little over year now. Who knew? (answer: Blogger Dashboard, that's who). I believe this will be my 58th post, which (if I'm doing my math correctly)...

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Testing, One, Two

I've figured it out.I know what makes diabetes so difficult:EATING.Today I did a basal rate test.And it clearly showed that I could acheive near normal blood sugars for a decently long time... if only...

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Doctorly stuff

I crossed paths with medical professionals three times last week.In chronological order:Monday, June 11thI had my six-month check-up with my ophthalmologist How do you spell that?I am almost certain I...

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Median

Statistically speaking, a median is the point in a probability distribution above which 50% of observations reside and below which the other 50% live. Or mathematically:In a civil engineering sense, a...

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Baby, Baby

First off, I owe a big (and long-overdue) Thank You to Scott for giving me a "Thinking Blogger" Award (though, I think a "Blinking Thogger" award is totally more appropriate!). I hardly feel worthy....

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My Morning

Well, it actually started last night:11:06pm - 81 mg/dl 11:06pmI had pizza for dinner and I was working around the house all night. I was running cable wire from the basement to the second floor...

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Machine Gun

In case you haven't noticed, it's been a while since I posted anything.First and foremost, no babies (yet).We're creeping up on 35 weeks gestation.This is a good thing.34 weeks was one milestone, now...

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Version 3.14

Some of you know about the Excel logbook I created a little over a year ago. While I was working remotely with Gary Scheiner, I needed to record my blood sugars in detail and email them to him on a...

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Two New People (briefly)

We are extremely pleased to introduce two new people to the world:Ian Aloysius (born Wednesday @ 2:53pm; 5lb, 3oz, 17in) andEleanor Grace (born Wednesday @ 3:06pm; 5lb, 7oz, 17.5in)Megan and both...

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Baby Bullets

Wow!We've been home from the hospital for a week nowIn the first 48 hours after birth, they test the blood sugar for infants every 8 hoursThe "normal" range for infant's blood sugars is 45 mg/dl - 90...

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So Much to Say

- Wow?!- It's been how long?- Really?- Wow, that's hard to believe.- Sorry 'bout that.First and foremost, thanks to all of you who have sent your congratulations and well wishes our way. In addition, I...

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Can't, Shouldn't, Don't

These aren't happy or festive words. But 'tis the season of holiday parties and Christmas cookies and a constant barrage of sweets, so (sadly) these are the words that have been bouncing 'round my head...

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...One Year Later...

OK, fess up. Who's been standing on the fast-forward button??Don't you (whomever you are) realize that throwing someone into a time warp is seriously Not Cool? These are precious moments! They...

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Dilbert on Diabetes

Well, not exactly Dilbert, but Scott Adams.And not exactly on diabetes, per se, but something somewhat related.And besides, "Dilbert on Diabetes" is catchy (and alliterative to boot).I've never been a...

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Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger...

...à la Stephen Colbert.I've got some kudos Not the Snackbar But (oh!) did I love to make lunch-time trades for these little devils in elementary school! closeand complaints about Dexcom that I'd like...

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A Quick Survey

Anybody who has slept straight through the night while wearing a CGM, please raise your hand.Really?I think you're lying.

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