2008 August — Salty and Sweet

“Normal” blood glucose levels

August 25, 2008 – 3:29 pm

I think this will be very helpful for those who suspect they may have diabetes. I stole it from my Continuous Glucose Monitor class: Target values from the American Diabetes Association (ADA)/American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Fasting/before-meal glucose: 90 mg/dL to 130 mg/dL (5.0 mmol/L to 7.2 mmol/L) (ADA); <110 mg/dL (6.1 mmol/L) (AACE) [...]

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job and A1c

August 20, 2008 – 12:11 pm

Update: Family would like to keep their privacy about my nephew, thanks to my psychotic ex-step-mother (she has been disowned by the family and don’t want her knocking on the door again). Now, about me… Change. That’s the word of the week. I have been offered an awesome job where I will be working [...]

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Oh my! Giggles!!!

August 9, 2008 – 1:30 pm

The results of my latest A1c level, the test that shows the average blood glucose level over the past 2-3 months, has come in. Back in March my level was 8.3, which is baaaaad. At any level above 6.5 complications arise. I have been working a little harder to count my carb intake, and with [...]

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counting chickens

August 2, 2008 – 11:50 pm

I have been counting my chickens before the eggs hatch. I really hope to bring you some good news, no, not good, extremely awesome news very soon, but I don’t want to jinx it. So I will keep it hush hush for now. I have been really busy in hopes that I may need to [...]

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