Comments on: Diabetic Self http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Claire http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-973 Claire Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:31:15 +0000 http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-973 Salon just ran a big article on diabulimia today. It includes interviews with several diabulimics and some new research from the Eating Disorders Institute: http://5resolutions.blogspot.com/2007/11/eating-disorderdiabetesdiabulimia.html Salon just ran a big article on diabulimia today. It includes interviews with several diabulimics and some new research from the Eating Disorders Institute:
http://5resolutions.blogspot.com/2007/11/eating-disorderdiabetesdiabulimia.html

]]> By: Amalas http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-964 Amalas Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:53:47 +0000 http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-964 Sadly, I will have to admit that I let my numbers run slightly high right before my wedding to help me lose weight. And by slightly high, I mean in the 150s instead of the 120s. I wasn't on the pump then, so I'm not sure my control was all that great anyway. But no worries, I got back in the game shortly after my wedding. From what I've heard of LADA, it really can take years to develop. That's very different than the sudden-onset of Type 1. Sadly, I will have to admit that I let my numbers run slightly high right before my wedding to help me lose weight. And by slightly high, I mean in the 150s instead of the 120s. I wasn’t on the pump then, so I’m not sure my control was all that great anyway. But no worries, I got back in the game shortly after my wedding.

From what I’ve heard of LADA, it really can take years to develop. That’s very different than the sudden-onset of Type 1.

]]> By: Cara http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-958 Cara Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:12:30 +0000 http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-958 That's awesome! I will have to hit Walgreens tomorrow & try to pick up a copy. Amylia, I'll send you one! That’s awesome! I will have to hit Walgreens tomorrow & try to pick up a copy. Amylia, I’ll send you one!

]]> By: Lili http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-956 Lili Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:51:33 +0000 http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-956 It sounds like she'd have to have LADA, if the onset took years. That's one of the unfortunate things about gradual onset - some people never notice, and by the time they get diagnosed, they have complications. It sounds like she’d have to have LADA, if the onset took years. That’s one of the unfortunate things about gradual onset – some people never notice, and by the time they get diagnosed, they have complications.

]]> By: Amylia http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-955 Amylia Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:30:39 +0000 http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/diabetic-self/#comment-955 Hmmm....I wonder if I can find a copy in Taipei. Sounds interesting. Anyone want to scan in a pdf and send it to me? You know, I am not diabulemic, nor have I ever heard that term, but when I was in high school I felt fat (I wasn't) and wanted to lose weight, so I considered not taking my insulin shots. I never did it, thank God, but the thought did cross my mind. I guess I resented feeling hungry and having to eat so regularly with diabetes, that I figured if my levels were high then I wouldn't feel hungry and would lose weight, like I did when I was diagnosed as a kid. I am not proud of this kind of thinking, but I did want to rebel against my diabetes as a teenager. Luckily, I never did anything too bad, though I did eat one too many oreos from time to time--at least with insulin and checking glucose. Hmmm….I wonder if I can find a copy in Taipei. Sounds interesting. Anyone want to scan in a pdf and send it to me?

You know, I am not diabulemic, nor have I ever heard that term, but when I was in high school I felt fat (I wasn’t) and wanted to lose weight, so I considered not taking my insulin shots. I never did it, thank God, but the thought did cross my mind. I guess I resented feeling hungry and having to eat so regularly with diabetes, that I figured if my levels were high then I wouldn’t feel hungry and would lose weight, like I did when I was diagnosed as a kid.

I am not proud of this kind of thinking, but I did want to rebel against my diabetes as a teenager. Luckily, I never did anything too bad, though I did eat one too many oreos from time to time–at least with insulin and checking glucose.

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