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Insulin Dependent Diabetes Introduction: The facts you should know
February 6, 2009 by Justin Kaiser
Filed under Diabetes Basics
Traditionally considered to be a fairly uncommon illness, Type I diabetes affects nearly one out of every 250 people, both kids and adults, living in the US today. Although “juvenile” has long been the appellation of this type of the disease, as in Type I juvenile onset diabetes, the disease process may actually occur at any age, and appears equally among both boys and girls.
There are thousands things that can go wrong with your body. Consider this short list:
11 beta hydroxylase deficiency – Congenital deafness – Anorchia – Acne – Deafness hypogonadism syndrome – Cortical degeneration of the cerebellum parenchymatous – Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic
Fortunately, even most doctors have not heard of some of these. But even though it is considered fairly uncommon, you probably know someone with Juvenile Onset Diabetes.
Symptoms
While the signs of Type I diabetes tend to be subtle in most cases, if not treated, they will in time become really severe. Some of the most common symptoms include:
Blurry vision – Frequent urination – Dry mouth, even after drinking – Heavy or labored breathing for no apparent reason – Tingling in the hands or feet – Frequent skin, vaginal, or urinary tract infections – Increased thirst – Nausea
Several serious signs associated with Type I diabetes that demand an urgent need for medical attention include:
Abdominal pain Loss of consciousness, rarely in extreme cases Fruity or sweet smelling breath Rapid breathing and heart rate
Causes
Scientists still aren’t aware of all the factors causing one to have Type I diabetes, although they do know that a tendency to the condition may be genetic. Researchers have discovered that this form of diabetes may also be caused by environmental factors that causes the wrong reaction within the body’s immune system. However, they are not sure as to the exact origins of these possible triggers.
Diagnosis
For an accurate diagnosis of Type I diabetes, your family doctor must check for abnormally high glucose levels by performing a blood test, or also testing for the presence of sugar in the urine. With today’s knowledge, there is no way to test for impending Type I diabetes, or any method to prevent this type of diabetes.
Treatment
There are many people, of all ages, who enjoy long, quite healthy lives despite having Type I diabetes. It’s imperative to keep blood sugar levels under tight control, which may be achieved by eating a good diet, exercise, and having insulin therapy on a regular basis. Anyone with this disease is require to have insulin injections in order to properly maintain their glucose level, which will also have to be tested regularly.
Without treatment, Type I diabetes may presage several serious conditions, some of which may be life-threatening. Kidney damage is a fairly frequent problem in those with the disease with a condition known as nephropathy. Other possible complications include retinopathy, which causes a loss of vision, poor blood circulation, nerve damageand instestinal problems which may also result without medical treatment.
Although a serious condition, juvenile onset diabetes is a condition that can still be successfully managed with the right medical care.
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February 2, 2009 by Justin Kaiser
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Diabets Weight Loss Blog – Snackisode #24 – Colonics ‘R Us
December 21, 2007 by Justin Kaiser
Filed under Podcast - Diabetes and Weight Loss
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Colonic Cleansing with Justin, Kristin, and Kena – Diana has left the building
- We want your comments at (206) 333-0783
- Bernard thanks for following us on Twitter. Diabetes 365 is an interesting Flickr Group
- Diana’s Dedication
- Diving into Colonics on this Snackisode
- Making a splash with this topic
- We’re finally going there
- Photoblogging Colonic Cleansing
- Kena the Colonic Master
- More energy, feeling better, feeling lighter, feeling clogged up
- Different ways to do a colonic
- What does it look like when it comes out
- I think I’m going to do a colonic cleansing – Research this before committing to it
- A woman my age…
- Getting attacked by the pills… WARNING – PROFANITY HERE -
- Clockwork bowel movements daily
- A healthy colon is essential to good health
- With a colon cleansing the toxins get flushed out
- Are there health risks associated with a colon cleansing?
- Should you do it again? Is it economical?
- $30 for 2 good bowel movements a day… priceless
- Toxins in our body caused by lifestyle, environment, etc…
- What’s the deciding factor to do this?
- Excited that the colon cleanse is coming to a close
- Is the system as sensitive?
- Getting out to go… on the side of the road…
- Can this be addicting? Can it be a mental addiction
- Ridding your body of Toxins
- After your cleansed what changes will you make to your system?
- Do you recommend a colon cleans
- Have the Preparation H on hand
- Comments or questions on this interesting topic (206) 333-0783
- This may not be right for you… seek medical input first… we’re not responsible for your bowel movements… or lack thereof
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Diabets Weight Loss Blog – Snackisode #23 – Politically Incorrect
December 18, 2007 by Justin Kaiser
Filed under Podcast - Diabetes and Weight Loss
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- Kristin and Kena are back
- Not too shabby, fabulous, ghetto fabulous, and inundated by Estrogen
- Do we have a plan or are we sharing relatively strange and useless information
- More than 3/4 of Obese Americans have healthy eating habits
- Distracted with the word obese…
- Good gravy would you get away from the table
- PC – Politically Correct – Maybe not
- Can ice cream be considered a health food?
- Ice cream works best on belly fat
- Chubby Chasers – Say I do and you’ll gain more
- Gaining weight is socially contagious
- 672-7272 for Papa Johns
- Dating gives you an incentive to stay thin
- Secure in dating
- Overeating – Justin is skilled on this eating thing
- You need someone to champion you
- Kena, don’t eat all the brownies
- A Weight loss competition on the horizon?
- Diana has no bra on…
- Quit making excuses Diana
- An apple a day… or vibrating mice
- Washboard abs – Mice research on abdominal fat cells
- Do we have to be on all 4’s?
- I’ll vote for vibrating anything… Kena???
- A room full of women
- An apple a day keeps Jenny Craig away
- Diana’s Spanish speaking students
- Spanish Made Easy
- Diet Soda – Drinking 1 soda a day regular or diet can cause excessive abdominal fat and diabetes
- Diet Rite Rocks!
- Kena’s Diet is really bad
- So what does Diet Soda really count as for water?
- Omega 3 Fish Oil is good for your heart and regular excersise has show that you can lose weight
- Kena has gas issues
- Magic brownies – Pure’ed Black Bean, Fat Free Brownie Mix
- In the bathroom all night
- What are your bowel movements like? Sticky
- Best of the worst game show moments
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Diabets Weight Loss Blog – Snackisode #22 – The Found Episode
December 13, 2007 by Justin Kaiser
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We’re back…
- ristin is back again
- Busy eating Barbeque Chips
- Leave us a comment at (206) 333-0783
- Weigh-in Sucked – Let’s not even talk about it…
- Kristin hits a 20 pound weigh-in landmark… and she’s been slacking
- Diana’s been gung-ho in the eating crap arena
- It’s a hard month
- It’s a matter of re-committing to weight loss
- Ruffle’s Light bag is only 7 points
- Stinky gas and bad bowel movements
- NASTY – Paying for it
- Hummus is nasty… or is it
- Kena (our cheering section) joins us
- Kena’s too cheap to join a gym
- Diana and the 7 point bag
- Performance Anxiety
- The wife, the fake wife, and the mistress
- WGN’s Don and Roma Wade comparison – The ultimate compliment
- We’ll take all the compliments we can get
- Recommitting and a great day
- Pita pockets and Whole Wheat wraps
- Justin likes oatmeal now
- Yes Virginia, Doritos and Caramel Dip do taste good together
- Can it be weight watchers friendly
- Allie Dey, thank you for the note… we struggle with losing weight as well…
- Barney at Lijit.com thanks for the personal note about your father and grandfather. We appreciate it!
- PodcampCHI.com is June 6, 7, and 8
- Thanks to Steven Klassen from the Google Couple’s Cast
- Juvenile Diabete’s runs in Kena’s Family
- Diabetes is a life change – a way of life
- Diana wants to do the poking
- Thanks for joining us Kena – Like you had a choice
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Diabetes and Weight Loss Blog – Snackisode #16 – Personal Health Day
October 30, 2007 by Justin Kaiser
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We’re back after 3 full days off. Justin was run down before the weekend happened and now… even more so…
- We lost the Friday show and didn’t even attempt a Saturday or Sunday show
- Personal health day
- Funky cold meJustin
- Fighting computers
- Family Fun and Fitness Fair with Iroquois Memorial Hospital
- Justin wins a 1 year membership to TOPS – I’ve never won anything in my life
- Was it fixed? Fat guy from the radio?
- We have a listener in Canada?
- Justin isn’t too screwed up
- Justin wins the Body Fat Analysis test
- Why don’t they make scales and testers for Fat People?
- Justin is full of hot air
- Diane Schoolman does local Diabetes education and is highly knowledgeable
- Toastmasters Public Speaking
- Bad -Busy- Diana
- Weigh-in is tomorrow
- Justin’s Nerdy Crap
See you at weigh-in tomorrow…
Justin and Diana
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Letters… We get Letters…
October 22, 2007 by Justin Kaiser
Filed under Blog - DiabetesLifeRadio.com
We have received our first comment for our show from the Blubrry site at http://www.blubrry.com/diabetesweightloss. Kristina writes “You two are too cute! No yelling at this episode. Looking forward to the next podcast! The Diabetes and Weight Loss Blog and Podcast”.
Kristina, thanks for the note. We’ve spent a couple of days with family and will be doing another show tonight. Keep tuned in and subscribed and keep sending us your comments… we’d love to hear them.
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Diabetes and Weight Loss Blog – Snackisode #11 – Family Sabotage
October 21, 2007 by Justin Kaiser
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Well, not really… family showed up unexpectedly… how will we handle staying on track with Weight Watchers?
Friday edition and we’ve got family in town… Here are the highlights…
- Diana has made good choices
- Grilling at home
- The Dave Ramsey Money Makeover
- Justin’s day started off well and that’s where it ended
- Stranded without good food
- Judging the chili cookoff – Taste Testing of 10 different chili’s
- Eating it because it was right there…
- Letters, we get letters…
Have a successful day,
Justin and Diana and the Diabetes Weight Loss Blog
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Diabetes and Weight Loss Blog – Snackisode #8 – Weigh In Day
October 17, 2007 by Justin Kaiser
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It’s weigh in day… see how we did… Kristin is back as we find out what is going on. It’s a Special K Day
- It’s been a successful week
- Justin loses 1 pound even though he was a heathen. He tracked it all… all week long. Weigh in 475
- Diana did a great job tracking and lost 1.4 and is at 290
- Kristin is nervous… but she lost…
- Kristin did awesome on her first week on Weight Watchers. Doing Weight Watchers without the meetings didn’t work for her. Kristin lost 6.4 pounds and is at
- Amazing what a big eating change can do.
- It all adds up. What can you get away with?
- The first week is almost always big
- Get past the days of discouragement
- The next day is a new day. Try again
- It’s celebration time… and yes we did celebrate but not in a good way.
- Follow the points… cotton candy adds up
- A salad at Steak and Shake? What’s that all about?
- Body changes and surprises
- Eating all the fruits and vegetables
- Starvation mode
- Eat your fruits and vegetables and feel better
- Drinking all that water…
- Diet Rite is AWESOME… White Grape, Black Cherry, Tangerine
- Justin is a Coke fiend
- Progresso Lite Soup
- The salt and sodium
- Losing weight is a give and take
- Does salt and sodium affect diabetes and/or weight loss?
- Balance
- I’d rather have 1 point and 900 mg of sodium rather than 9 points
- Justin wants an IV of Diet Rite
- 3 waters a day can be a caffiene free diet soda
- Is there truth in drinking 1/2 of your body weight in water a day? Can you say HELL?
- Diana wants to get paid to go to the bathroom
- Body cleansing
- Justin’s Big Goal – Stay within the alloted Points – Diana wants to lose 2 pounds next week – Kristin wants to lose something and drink the water.
- We’re going to get there through each other… WE NEED YOU!
Have a Successful Week!
Justin, Diana and Kristin
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Diabetes and Weight Loss Blog and Podcast – Snackisode #7 – Tracking Everything
October 16, 2007 by Justin Kaiser
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Diabetes Weight Loss Blog and Podcast is your place for motivation and inspiration. It’s a day away from weigh-in and here are the show notes…
- Weigh in is tomorrow
- Low point – Low fat strawberry shortcake. Strawberries (obviously) topped with Splenda, shortcake shells, fat free 1/2 and 1/2. 6-7 points
- We don’t drink coffee… one less addiction to worry about
- Relax and enjoy
- Kiwani’s day… barbeque pork and beans
- Portion control
- Lemonade high and diabetes
- The water can kill you!
- Breaking the cardinal rules of weight loss
- Interesting article about treadmills
- Treadmill as a clothes hanger or bookshelf
- Treadmills #1 ranked home aerobic equipment
- Getting out and walking… need to do more
- The hamsters are laughing at us
- Big Goals for Tuesday – Diana – to have weight lost – Justin – 14 points over the max weekly points allowance. Not to use the extra points
- KFC, Chinese, Subway
- Lowest ever morning blood sugar EVER 83 – night 127
- Diana has eaten all of her fruits and vegetables
We really look forward to your comments. Thanks for joining us. Celebrate your successes with us.
Justin and Diana
