Monday, November 30, 2020

Quote by Horace Mann

 Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.

- Horace Mann

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Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 30

Prior to modern medicine diabetes was diagnosed by tasting the urine. If it tasted sweet the diagnosis was confirmed.

 

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Sunday, November 29, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 29

A common misconception is that type 2 diabetes becomes type 1 diabetes when insulin is introduced, this isn't the case you still type 2, just an insulin dependant type 2 (on the odd occasion being told Type 2 is wrong and you really are a type 1 - but one didn't turn into the other).


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Saturday, November 28, 2020

Quote by Mel Brooks

 Humor is just another defense against the universe.

- Mel Brooks

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Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 28

A common misconception is that when children become adults, their type 1 diabetes will become type 2 diabetes.

 

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Friday, November 27, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 27

 

DKA is a complication caused by the body being unable to turn glucose into energy due to insulin deficiency. DKA is a common factor when first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, but can also happen in a type 1 diabetic when blood sugar levels are too high for too long or when the body doesn't have enough insulin for a prolonged period of time.

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 26

 

Type 1 diabetes can be misdiagnosed due to lack of awareness and similar symptoms of the Flu. Adults with Type 1 diabetes are often misdiagnosed with Type 2 diabetes early on.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 25

Someone with Type 1 Diabetes, can not outgrow it, once the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin are destroyed, they will never again make insulin.


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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 24

 

Diabetes is often mistaken for the flu and misdiagnosed early on by doctors and nurses. Sometimes with fatal results.

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Monday, November 23, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 23

 

Having diabetes doesn't mean you can't do what others are doing, it just means that you need to adapt the activities that you do to keep your glucose levels from going too high or too low.

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Sunday, November 22, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 22

One plus one doesn't always equal two when it comes to diabetes. You can do the same thing three days in a row and get different results every time. Lots of factors affect blood sugars.

 

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Saturday, November 21, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 21

The cause of type 1 diabetes is not yet known, nor is it entirely understood. Scientists believe that there is a genetic component and also an environmental trigger involved. It can not be prevented and there is currently no cure.

 

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Friday, November 20, 2020

Quote by Kin Hubbard

 Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

                        - Kin Hubbard

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Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 20

 

When a person with diabetes glucose levels are high or low, they may also have extreme emotions such as crying easily and being short-tempered.

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 19

You are too young or skinny to have diabetes. Diabetes can affect a person of ANY age or weight.

 

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Quote by Dr. Seuss

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life

through the wrong end of a telescope.

Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

                        - Dr. Seuss

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Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 18

An illness that keeps you home from school for a day, can send a person with type 1 diabetes to the hospital. The stomach flu can quickly become an emergency situation.

 

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 17

Insulin is the same medication that keeps a type 1 diabetic alive, it is also the same medication that can kill if too little or too much is given. It is a delicate balance that needs constant attention on a daily basis.

 

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Monday, November 16, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 16

 

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (in America) means that states that people with diabetes cannot be discriminated against because of their medical condition (though it still does happen, sadly).

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Sunday, November 15, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 15

A person with type 1 diabetes can check their glucose levels at a minimum of 4 times a day with finger pricks, which is over 1,460 painful finger pricks in a year.

 

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Saturday, November 14, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month/Day - Day 14

The same medicine that keeps a type 1 diabetic alive, is the same thing that can kill if given just a little too much. It is a delicate balance and something that needs to be calculated every minute of the day.

 

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Diabetes Awareness Month/Day - Day 14

 November 14 is World Diabetes Day. Take this day to spread awareness on a condition that affects millions of people all over the world.

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Sunday, November 8, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 8

 

Undiagnosed type 1 diabetes can be life-threatening. Extremely high blood sugar can cause diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Which needs treatment in the emergency room.

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Saturday, November 7, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 7

 

Type 1 Diabetes is an Autoimmune Disease, Not caused by eating too much sugar or lifestyle.

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Friday, November 6, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 6

If you have polycystic ovary syndrome, you are at high risk for developing diabetes.

 

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 5

Gestational diabetes can develop during pregnancy. Even if it goes away, you and your children are at high risk to develop diabetes later in life. Keep up healthy habits to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.

 

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Diabetes Awarness Month - Day 4

 

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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 3

Diabetes is caused by the body’s lack of ability to produce the required amount of insulin to control glucose levels in the blood.

 

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Monday, November 2, 2020

Diabetes Awareness Month - Day 2

 

People with diabetes are likely to lose a considerable amount of money in lost wages and medical expenses.

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