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Vacation from Diabetes

By Eric Devine

Vacations can be anything but carefree for a person with diabetes. Eric Devine struggles especially at meal time to maintain his tight blood glucose control. Read more about his dilemma.

Even though independence is a critical part to diabetes self-care, Eric Devine wonders if diabetes patients become too consumed with the idea of it. He recognizes the importance of his team of physicians who help him manage his care.

Handling Pervasive Stress

07/07/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

The stress of an uncertain and instable economy is a drain on nearly every American. However, for those Americans living with diabetes, the stress only adds to the already stressful life of daily diabetes care. Read how Eric Devine manages his health and stress.

Expertise

06/20/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Becoming proficient in managing type 1 diabetes takes a lifetime of experience and understanding. Read Eric Devine's insight into managing diabetes.

Pump up the Volume

06/18/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Living with diabetes can be as emotionally draining as it is physically taxing. One way Eric Devine deals with the daily stress of diabetes is to engulf himself in music. Read more about his escape into sound.

C.O.N.T.R.O.L.

06/02/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Control is an important aspect of diabetes management. However, Eric Devine has learned that there are somethings that can't be controlled. Read more about this life lesson.

I Would Prefer Not To

05/30/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Eric Devine compares his occasional unwillingness to engage his diabetes to a piece of literature. The lesson he learned was that without doing anything he will never become anything. Engaging diabetes means tackling it head-on.

Defining Success, One Day at a Time

05/15/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Learning to adapt to day-to-day challenges of managing diabetes is an unending struggle. What works one day may not work the next. Life with diabetes is constant adjustment and learning to accept a new definition of success.

Low Places

05/13/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Diabetes and a stomach virus made a dangerous combination for Eric Devine. Unable to stabilize his blood glucose level, he was raced to the hospital with severe hypoglycemia. Read more about the signs of extreme hypoglycemia.

Me, Myself, and I: On Self-Reliance

05/09/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Being comfortable with who you are is a lifelong quest. Eric Devine cites authors like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Shakespeare in his personal struggle with learning to accept diabetes without letting it overshadow who he is.

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