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Two new additions, by popular demand, to Reality
Check's Starter Kit make a valuable read for us all.
Ketones & DKA - the most misunderstood diabetes issue is now made crystal clear. Hormones & Girl stuff: your guide to all the curve balls D throws at gals. And for our health professional friends, these new resources are available to download as Fact Sheets from the website. |
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In a new column, Dr Michelle, a GP who just happens
to have diabetes too, ponders some diabetes
questions that weren't in any of those text books.
To start it off we posed a seemingly simple question, with a not so simple answer! How can some people need almost 100 units of insulin a day and others are way down in single figures? Well, it's like getting drunk, says Dr Michelle. |
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Our website has an exciting discussion this week
about some tasty sugar free chocolates that some
people have unearthed. Beware the laxative effects,
and the fat content, and some say it's best to just
stick with the real thing ... but there seem to be a
few new entrants worth hunting down!
Check out the suggestions, or share your own discovery! |
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As the Silly Season looms, Christmas party and
holiday planning is well underway, and we know that
it's a crazy couple of months ahead.
Time to go for a wander with Ms Kate McCluskey, diabetic dietitian extraordinnaire .... she walks us down the high street, popping in at all the fast food outlets. Let's chat with Kate through the best choices for satisfying both hunger and that guilty diabetic conscience. |
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A midwife/lecturer from University of Ballarat is doing
a research study about the experiences of young
mothers who have type 1 diabetes and would love
you to contact her to be interviewed about your
experiences of this. Rosey King would like to
interview women who have had children, and had
Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes since before they became
pregnant. She is particularly keen to hear from
Australian women from OUTSIDE the cities!
Please contact Rosey King by phone 03 5327 9871 or email r.king@ballarat.e du.au for more information. |
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So all injections hurt but do you ever have one that
really kills? Or do they always sting like buggery?
Some useful suggestions and experiences being suggested on our website that might help ... including: Touch the needle on the skin before injecting to test. Using a different type of needle. Make sure you haven't got a bad batch of needles. |
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I was diagnosed at 13. My hormones were
raging, my skin was spotty, and I wanted more than
anything to be skinny and beautiful and perfect.
Trouble is, of course, that being 13 and being a Type
1 diabetic are two of the most incompatible states
known to humankind, in terms of developing a
healthy
self-esteem and body image at any rate ... I began
to battle with my body and with my psyche until I
had such low self esteem that I used to slap my own
face in self-hatred.
At 22, and after nine years of diabetes I had such a
disordered eating pattern that I had no idea
what "hungry" felt like or what "normal eating" looked
like. It would be true to say that food occupied my
thoughts 80 or 90% of the time. |
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A new insulin was launched recently by Novo
Nordisk,
known as Detemir (chemical name) or Levemir (brand
name). This is a long-acting insulin anaolgue with a
flat profile similar to Lantus/glargine, so that it slowly
releases into the blood stream at a constant rate.
At this time, Levemir is only available on private prescription without a subsidy from the PBS, so is much more expensive than regular insulin. Efforts are being made to get it subsidised however, and we will keep you up-to-date of course! |
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"Scientists have perfected a way of making
embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryos
from which they derive, a breakthrough that will
challenge George Bush's opposition to the research."
The United States is an enormous funder of medical research, so if this development really does leap-frog the ethical concerns which the Bush administration (and many others!) have with stem cell research, we could potentially see much more money and resources and smart minds being able to pursue this exciting field of research! |
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Hope you enjoyed this issue of Yada Yada. We do
encourage you to pass it around.
... and don't hesitate to hit reply if you have any questions or comments for any of the team at Reality Check. Cheers! |
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