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Food Friday – Homemade Salsa
Published on 2012-05-25 07:30:02
I recently read an article that said adult picky eaters may actually have a disorder. This is funny, since every single member of my immediate family is a picky eater. I have never considered any of us as having selective eating disorder nor do I buy into this theory. Unless, knowing what you like and [...] Related posts: Food Friday – Roasted Beet Pesto Food Friday – Pasta with Pesto Cream Sauce Comfort Food on Sick Day > read more
I Miss The Sun
Published on 2012-05-24 07:30:40
(Vancouver, BC, 2012) Being born and having lived in a couple of countries in Africa, I took the sun for granted. The sun always glowed and if it didn’t, just give it a moment, it came back before it was missed. I remember my first warm sunny day out of Africa. I had been living [...] Related posts: Fallen For Winter Fashionable Vancouver – Obakki fall/winter 2011 > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Stop And Smell The Roses
Published on 2012-05-23 07:30:11
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It Is Over – Diabetes Blog Week 2012
Published on 2012-05-21 16:00:53
I cannot believe the 3rd annual Diabetes Blog Week is over. I am looking forward to the 4th next year. It might take me till next year to catch up on reading all the posts. Diabetes Blog Week 2012 had 240 participants each writing 7 posts for a total of 1,680 individual blog post. A [...] Related posts: What we’ve learned – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 Find A Friend – Diabetes Blog Week Day 1 Something Good To Eat (Wildcard) – Diabetes Blog Week Day 5 > read more
Diabetes Hero – Diabetes Blog Week Day 7
Published on 2012-05-20 15:21:11
(Photo credit – University of Toronto) Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was a feared disease that most certainly led to death. Doctors knew that sugar worsened the condition of diabetic patients and that the most effective treatment was to put the patients on very strict diets where sugar intake was kept to a minimum. [...] Related posts: One Great Thing – Diabetes Blog Week Day 2 Fantasy Diabetes Device – Diabetes Blog Week Day 4 One Thing To Improve – Diabetes Blog Week Da [..] > read more
Saturday Snapshots – Diabetes Blog Week Day 6
Published on 2012-05-19 12:31:07
Diabetes burnout hit me hard in the beginning of 2011 and it refused to go away. I had owned my camera since 2009 and I did not have a single picture of “diabetes”. Both my sister and I had used photography to deal with mom’s breast cancer diagnoses and treatment. Sometimes photographing treatments and also [...] Related posts: Snapshots – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 One Thing To Improve – Diabetes Blog Week Day 3 One Great Thing – Diabetes Blog Week Day 2 > read more
Something Good To Eat (Wildcard) – Diabetes Blog Week Day 5
Published on 2012-05-18 07:30:44
Something good to eat! Yes please, maybe some lentils and salsa tacos. I love lentils, they are nutritious, versatile and super easy to prepare. Unlike other beans, they do not require pre-soaking. Cooking lentils is as easy as rinse, boil and season. Rinse, combine one-part lentils to two parts water and cook for about 25 [...] Related posts: Fantasy Diabetes Device – Diabetes Blog Week Day 4 Find A Friend – Diabetes Blog Week Day 1 One Great Thing – Diabetes Blog Week Day 2 > read more
Fantasy Diabetes Device – Diabetes Blog Week Day 4
Published on 2012-05-17 07:50:28
In 2009 I read an article about a UK TV anchorman in praise of his insulin pump. The heading read.. ‘I thought insulin pumps were for lazy diabetics – now I’m hooked’, says Steve Dixon. He goes on to apologize saying – I am sorry to say I was extremely critical,’ says Steve. ‘I gave [...] Related posts: One Thing To Improve – Diabetes Blog Week Day 3 Find A Friend – Diabetes Blog Week Day 1 One Great Thing – Diabetes Blog Week Day 2 > read more
One Thing To Improve – Diabetes Blog Week Day 3
Published on 2012-05-16 07:30:28
Yesterday we patted ourselves on the back with one great thing that we do spectacularly. Today we are blogging about one thing to improve, plus to improve is to change. It is not the strongest of species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change” I beat myself up when I [...] Related posts: One Great Thing – Diabetes Blog Week Day 2 Awesome Thing – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 Find A Friend – Diabetes Blog Week Day 1 > read more
One Great Thing – Diabetes Blog Week Day 2
Published on 2012-05-15 07:30:16
As a toddler I had two older brothers who were already in school and my mom worked outside the home. I hated being home “alone” with my nanny so much so that I begged my parents to put me in school. I was two and a half years old and unable to feed myself when, [...] Related posts: Awesome Thing – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 Find A Friend – Diabetes Blog Week Day 1 Diabetes Blooper – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 > read more
Find A Friend – Diabetes Blog Week Day 1
Published on 2012-05-14 07:30:47
This week I am participating in the third Annual Diabetes Blog Week organized and hosted by Karen Graffeo of Bitter Sweet, “because life with diabetes isn’t all that bad”. Today’s topic is “Find A Friend”. Previous diabetes blog weeks introduced many of us to new blogs that we had not yet found or heard about, [...] Related posts: What we’ve learned – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 Snapshots – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 Admiring our differences – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 > read more
Food Friday – Colorful Cauliflower
Published on 2012-05-11 07:30:12
Happiness is colorful cauliflower. Just looking at them fills me with joy and makes me want to gorge myself on their multicolor goodness. They are not just pretty to look at they, are also pack full of nutrients. I like the white cauliflower a lot they are a weekly steeple that provides me with a [...] Related posts: Food Friday – Chickpeas Food Friday – Hominy Grits Food Friday – Food Trends 2012 > read more
New Daily Carrying Case – For New iBGStar Meter
Published on 2012-05-10 07:30:28
My new iBGStar blood glucose meter is tiny enough that it felt lost in my regular diabetes supplies carrying case. Sadly, I do not like using the cases that comes with blood glucose meters, they all look a little too medical. I chose this little midnight blue M0851 case. It is the perfect size plus, [...] Related posts: Diabetes supplies – My daily carrying case Bionime Rightest GM100 Blood Glucose Meter Rescued By The Daily Dose Syringes > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Calla Lilies
Published on 2012-05-09 06:05:18
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STARsystem – Get The STAR Treatment
Published on 2012-05-08 07:05:53
Sanofi Canada launched STARsystem along with the iBGStar blood glucose meter on March 29th. STARsystem is a web-based platform designed to provide individualized diabetes education, health coaching and an action plan to help manage life with diabetes. Hugh O’Neill, President and CEO of Sanofi Canada says – STARsystem was designed to address the unmet needs [...] Related posts: iBGStar Blood Glucose iPhone Monitor > read more
Hollywood Stereotypes – African Men
Published on 2012-05-07 07:00:05
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Food Friday – Espresso Tea
Published on 2012-05-04 07:05:55
I had espresso tea and digestive biscuits for dinner, some fresh strawberries and whipped coconut milk for dessert. It was yummy… I brew my rooibos tea in an espresso stove-top maker making it espresso tea. It tastes smoother and richer, and is brewed just as you will brew coffee. Directions 1. Fill the bottom chamber [...] Related posts: Food Friday – Pasta with Pesto Cream Sauce Food Friday – Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries Food Friday – Vegan Whole Wheat Pancakes > read more
My Point Of View – A Diabetic Journey
Published on 2012-05-03 07:05:39
My point of view, a diabetic journey is a short video about Fiona King, the story of her experience with diabetes. Fiona King was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 19 and went on to pursue a career as a ballet dancer. She later developed a number of complications including kidney problems [...] Related posts: 10 Things I Hate About You, Diabetes – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 Diabetic Bear – Rufus Raise Your Voice for Diabetes Advocacy > read more
WINNER, WINNER! – A Giveaway – “Care to Win” A $200 Visa Gift Card
Published on 2012-05-02 14:00:16
I wish I could give a $200 Visa gift card to everyone who entered the contest, unfortunately there could only be one winner and I only have one Visa gift card to giveaway. We had 44 entries and according to random.org the winner of A Giveaway – “Care to Win” A $200 Visa Gift card [...] Related posts: A Giveaway – “Care to Win” A $200 Visa Gift Card “Care to Win” – A $200 Visa Gift Card Winner, Winner – Accu-Chek “Care to Win” $200 Visa Gift Card Contest > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Empire State Of Mind
Published on 2012-05-02 07:05:06
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iBGStar Blood Glucose iPhone Monitor
Published on 2012-05-01 07:05:02
I finally got my hands on the iBGStar I wanted one before the idea of it even existed. I scarcely remember a Treo (Before it became Palm Treo) blood glucose meter in the mid nineties. The Treo meter was no longer available by the time I was diagnosed in the late nineteen nineties. Last year [...] Related posts: OneTouch Verio IQ Blood Glucose Meter Bionime Rightest GM100 Blood Glucose Meter Accu-Chek Mobile Blood Glucose Meter > read more
I’m So Tired – A High Night
Published on 2012-04-30 10:09:43
High blood sugar readings and multiple site changes last night has left me tired and sleepy today. I have Neko Case’s “I wish I was the moon” stuck in my head on repeat. Last night I dreamt I had forgotten my name ‘Cause I had sold my soul but awoke just the same I’m so [...] Related posts: oh what a night Because I Was High High Blood Sugar – Melancholy > read more
Food Friday – Baked Fruits And Oats
Published on 2012-04-27 07:10:02
I grew up thinking the adults in my life were cruel especially when it came to food. They often made me eat things I disliked. Eating was punishment most days. I did not comprehend why they simply would not let me eat what I wanted. It would have made my life and certainly their lives [...] Related posts: Food Friday – Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries Food Friday – Strawberry & Blueberry Crumble Food Friday – Home Baked Bread > read more
Death & Grief
Published on 2012-04-26 07:20:41
I knew it when the phone rang but I did not believe it even after my sister told me our great-aunt passed away. Later that evening when I spoke to my uncle I felt like I was someone else. “My condolences, I am so sorry for your loss” I said. “Our condolence, our loss” he [...] Related posts: Mourning the Death of My Insulin Pump > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Concrete Jungle
Published on 2012-04-25 07:15:26
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Be Prepared – Hypoglycemia
Published on 2012-04-24 07:15:43
I was never a Girl Guide but I believed I live their motto – “Be Prepared”. I wrote about keeping a bottle of Dex 4 glucose tablets in my glove compartment, a fact that I have always been proud of. I left work at noon yesterday in a bit of a rush to a dental [...] Related posts: Driving While Diabetic Philosophy Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia) – What Does It Feel Like? Hypoglycemia in the time of travel > read more
A Giveaway – “Care to Win” A $200 Visa Gift Card
Published on 2012-04-23 07:10:34
It is better to give than receive I can’t believe April is almost over. Next Tuesday will be May 1st. Accu-Chek Canada’s “Care to Win Contest ends on May 6th at 11:59pm EST. If you are a Canadian resident, there is still time to enter to win the $3,500 grand prize. Your chance to win [...] Related posts: “Care to Win” – A $200 Visa Gift Card “Care to Win” – Accu-Chek Canada’s Contest? “We’ve Got You” – Accu-Chek Canada > read more
Food Friday – Olive And Rosemary Focaccia
Published on 2012-04-20 08:05:54
“Quality ingredients make quality food” In the last few years this phrase has been repeated so many times that it is beginning to sound like a myth. But it is true and this simple olive and rosemary focaccia proved it. It was moist and super tasty, we paired it with fresh homemade salsa. INGREDIENTS 1 [...] Related posts: Food Friday – Sundried Tomatoes & Onion Frittata Food Friday – Hummus Food Friday – Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries > read more
Have Diabetes, Will Travel – VoyageMD
Published on 2012-04-19 07:15:04
I love to travel but figuring out insulin dosing while travelling through several time zones can be stressful. When all I want to do is enjoy my vacation or concentrate on that business meeting. I often spend the first few hours of my vacation trying to get my blood sugar back to an acceptable range. [...] Related posts: Travel to the place… Hypoglycemia in the time of travel Stressing Out About Stress > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Swan & Lake
Published on 2012-04-18 07:00:58
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High Blood Sugar – Melancholy
Published on 2012-04-17 07:05:30
High blood sugar makes me sad it makes me cry at not so sad movies and situations. It is all very strange and mysterious. It has taken me over a decade to figure it out. If no one else is sadden by a movie or a situation, its time to test your blood sugar. Related [...] Related posts: Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia) – What Does It Feel Like? Food Friday – Honeycomb Toffee (a treat for low blood sugar) high blood glucose rants > read more
“Care to Win” – Accu-Chek Canada’s Contest?
Published on 2012-04-16 07:05:05
There is still time to enter Accu-Chek Canada’s “Care to Win” contest it ends on May 6th at 11:59pm EST. I blogged about how I would thank my supporter with $200. As May 6th approaches I find myself day dreaming about the $3,500 grand prize. Hmmmm – a month long vacation, maybe? Or a New [...] Related posts: I’ve Got You – Accu-Chek Canada’s “Care to Win” Contest “We’ve Got You” – Accu-Chek Canada Winner, Winner – Accu-Chek “Care to Win” $200 Visa Gift Card Co [..] > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Clouds, Paris
Published on 2012-04-11 06:05:53
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Wordy Wordless Wednesday – One World, One Hope
Published on 2012-04-04 06:30:29
One World, One Hope “It is called one world one hope,” he said pointing to the painting I was admiring. We had just moved to Vancouver and we were out and about, shopping for furnishings. We stopped at a little art and framing shop hoping to pick up some hanging hooks when I first saw [...] Related posts: ONE WORLD, ONE HOPE Wordless Wednesday – Diabetes, Tools Of The Trade Wordless Wednesday – Blood Bead > read more
Archaeological Dig Uncovers Diabetes
Published on 2012-04-03 15:32:31
It is a hundred years from today and a team of archaeologist unearth a box I buried. In it I have a short note that says – Hello, Diabetes which is now curable was not so in 2012. We lived a long life with this incurable illness by performing a series of actions to manage [...] Related posts: Diabetes Alert Day 2012 A Day In A Life With Diabetes Diabetes Closet – Am Coming Out > read more
Diabetes Closet – Am Coming Out
Published on 2012-03-30 15:03:40
Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) blog carnival topic for March is –> Does your employer / school / friends know you have diabetes? Why or why not? My answer is yes, they do now, but that has not always been the case. I try, if at all possible not to go into any relationship announcing [...] Related posts: Diabetes Closet – When should I come out? A Day In A Life With Diabetes Diabetes Alert Day 2012 > read more
Winner, Winner – Accu-Chek “Care to Win” $200 Visa Gift Card Contest
Published on 2012-03-30 02:30:37
Thank you very much to everyone that participated in the giveaway contest. The $200 Visa Gift Card goes to – Emmy! Submitted on 2012/03/26 at 12:55 PM I’d love to win the cash, I’d put it towards a much needed wheelchair ramp. I’m afraid we don’t have any money for spoiling anyone, but if I [...] Related posts: I’ve Got You – Accu-Chek Canada’s “Care to Win” Contest “Care to Win” – A $200 Visa Gift Card “We’ve Got You” – Accu-Chek Canada > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Silver & Gold Daft Punk Coca Cola
Published on 2012-03-28 06:50:58
Please comment on Monday’s post for a chance to win a $200 Visa Gift Card. “Care to Win”? Related posts: Diabetes Alert Day 2012 “Care to Win” – A $200 Visa Gift Card Wordless Wednesday – Sea and Sky Related posts: Diabetes Alert Day 2012 “Care to Win” – A $200 Visa Gift Card Wordless Wednesday – Sea and Sky > read more
Diabetes Alert Day 2012
Published on 2012-03-27 11:47:06
American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Alert Day is a one-day “wake-up call” asking the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Take the risk test here. Also, please take this opportunity to get to know the symptoms of type 1 diabetes. Help [...] Related posts: Know the symptoms because type 1 diabetes has no favourites Wordless Wednesday – Diabetes, Tools Of The Trade A Day In A Life With Diabetes > read more
“Care to Win” – A $200 Visa Gift Card
Published on 2012-03-26 07:00:53
Last Monday I wrote about how I will use $200.00 to thank my diabetes supporter. It was a daydream follow up post to Accu-Chek Canada’s “Care to Win” contest and their “We’ve Got You” campaign. Accu-Check Canada was amused by my daydream and they have decided to give $200.00 to one lucky Canadian reader. To [...] Related posts: “We’ve Got You” – Accu-Chek Canada I’ve Got You – Accu-Chek Canada’s “Care to Win” Contest Accu-Chek Mobile Blood Glucose Meter > read more
Food Friday – Doria Melodie Ai Cereali
Published on 2012-03-23 07:45:58
We came across Doria Bucaneve cookies a while ago at our local Italian store. We love them, they are sweet and delicate and crispy, best enjoyed soaked in milk like cereal. They are also beautiful, my sister posted about them on her blog. Last Christmas we came across Doria Melodie Ai Cereali, we thought we [...] Related posts: Food Friday – Smarties Cookies Food Friday – Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries Food Friday – Bulgur Wheat Porridge > read more
Petit à Petit L’oiseau Fait Son Nid
Published on 2012-03-22 07:50:31
As a kid I loved that saying. Little by little a bird build’s it nest Little by little I feel I am finding my way back, I have started reciting the saying again reminding myself it takes time and patience. I find Sheila Thorn’s story truly inspirational, it has me saying – If she can [...] Related posts: Admiring our differences – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 Mourning the Death of My Insulin Pump 85 years of living with diabetes > read more
Wordless Wednesday – A Modern Kitchen Tool
Published on 2012-03-21 07:10:34
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Life Is About Creating Yourself
Published on 2012-03-20 07:45:44
I do not entirely remember how we came to own this book. It does seem like it’s always been there, on that shelve waiting to inspire. I walk pass it several times a day, I even have the words memorized. But I have never really thought about the words and what they mean. Last night [...] Related posts: A Day In A Life With Diabetes > read more
I’ve Got You – Accu-Chek Canada’s “Care to Win” Contest
Published on 2012-03-19 13:52:11
Last Friday’s blog post was about Accu-Chek Canada’s “We’ve Got You” campaign, their “Care to Win” contest and a question. How will you use the $200 or better yet the grand prize of $3,500 to thank your supporters, the type 3’s in your life? I did not dream about the $3,500 grand prize, at least [...] Related posts: “We’ve Got You” – Accu-Chek Canada Accu-Chek Mobile Blood Glucose Meter iTunes of Diabetes Care > read more
“We’ve Got You” – Accu-Chek Canada
Published on 2012-03-16 17:38:49
Accu-Chek Canada makers of the Accu-Chek Mobile glucose meter, On Monday launched “We’ve Got You” campaign. “We’ve Got You” is a campaign to help promote their Circle+ program to Canadians who use insulin. The program provides up to $7.00 in patient assistance on boxes of Accu-Chek strips. Circle+ members also receive a free care package [...] Related posts: Accu-Chek Mobile Blood Glucose Meter Snapshots – Diabetes Blog Week 2011 Raise Your Voice for Diabetes Advocacy > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Blood Bead
Published on 2012-03-14 11:18:14
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Finding my way out of lost
Published on 2012-03-12 08:15:54
Lately I feel like I have fallen down a rabbit hole, I feel lost and I am having a hard time finding my way back. The change was subtle in the beginning, making this rabbit hole seem familiar. However, my surroundings and things appeared just a little off and sometimes even wrong. Beauty once seen [...] Related posts: Finding Storage Solution – Diabetes supplies Innocence Lost > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Mohandas Gandhi
Published on 2012-02-01 06:05:37
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Our Abilities
Published on 2012-01-31 06:15:25
I saw a woman walk up to the mall door. She stood in front of it for a little while then turned to walk back to her car. As I passed her she murmured – “the mall is closed”. It was only after I had pulled the door open that it came to me. The [...] No related posts. > read more
Being Female
Published on 2012-01-30 06:30:27
Life got in the way of blogging but I am back now. Thank goodness I am back, I missed my blog. I was happy to hear Mohammad Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Yahya, 42, and their son Hamed, 21, were each found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Shafia’s three [...] No related posts. > read more
Wordless Wednesday – Atomium in Brussels, Belgium
Published on 2012-01-18 06:10:19
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Saturday Scenes – A Break In The Rain
Published on 2012-01-14 08:05:06
Winter this year has been warm and rainy. The lack of sunlight and super short days depresses me a little. However, once in a while we get a break in the rain. Then Vancouver becomes magical again. Related posts: Vancouver in the rain Saturday Scenes – The Raindrop Saturday Scenes from Cambie Bridge (Western Views) Related posts: Vancouver in the rain Saturday Scenes – The Raindrop Saturday Scenes from Cambie Bridge (Western Views) > read more