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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Other various tests for diabetes

February 12, 2009 – 8:24 pm

Here are a few other tests (by far not all of them) that are important in either the diagnosis of diabetes, or if you have diabetes they are good to have to keep tabs on things.
Random glucose test – This is usually a fingerprick, or done while draining your arm/body of blood for other tests.  [...]

By Salty | Posted in CFRD Facts, Cystic Fibrosis, Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes, Kidneys, diabetes | Comments (3)

A1c Test

February 11, 2009 – 8:49 pm

Also known as the HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c, or Glycosylated (or glycated) hemoglobin test.  This is a blood test that measures the average blood glucose levels over the past 2-3 months.  Glucose can bind to the hemoglobin which is found in the red blood cells.  This causes some sort of modification of the molecule in the [...]

By Salty | Posted in Challenges, Cystic Fibrosis, Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes, Kidneys, diabetes, insulin pump | Comments (5)

Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

February 10, 2009 – 7:46 pm

I was about to launch off in a review about an article I read online at the American Diabetes Association regarding two diagnostic tests for diabetes.  But then I realized that it may be more important to give you a bit of a description of the tests before I go spouting off my opinion of [...]

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Hot peppers on my feet

February 6, 2009 – 6:38 pm

Having been to the doctor’s about a billion times in the past few months I have learned a few new things about diabetes that I want to share.  I don’t know where I read it, somewhere said that folks with CFRD do not suffer the same complications as “regular” diabetics.  This is just bullpuckey!  I [...]

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What goes up, must come down, oh whyyyy?!

February 5, 2009 – 6:32 pm

That is how my life has seemed to be over the past few months… ok, maybe past few years.  After my last oh so awesome post, not even a day later, I got some bad health juju that kicked me on my arse which is why I have been on the ‘downlow’ (or what ever [...]

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