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Hometown (where you come from):: Orange County, California

Do you have diabetes?: Yes

Type of diabetes: Type 1

Date diagnosed: July 29, 2007

What glucose meter do you use?: One Touch

Type of treatment you use: Oral, Shots, Diet and Exercise

What is the address for your Facebook profile, if any?: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=622627221

What is the address for your Twitter profile or other web site, if any?: http://www.WhatSomeWouldCallLies.com

How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?: Link on a blog

Who referred you? (if anyone): n/a

What do you do for a living?: I work for a youth-serving non-profit org

Mike's Groups

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Twitterbetics

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POETRY CLUB !

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Geeks With Diabetes

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Mike's Events

Pre-Existing Condition: A Traveling Art Show To Benefit Type One Diabetes Research (Phoenix)

July 3, 2009 from 6pm to 10pm – Pravus Gallery

Mike's Discussions

What Is Your All Time BG Personal Worst???

Replied Jun 18

I want a pump!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by marty peters Jun 10.

Do you have some kind of energency identification that says youre a betic?

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My Other Blog

This is the one about my new BFF.

So I’m totally besties with Kevin Spacey. As you know, I was in New Orleans last weekend, and I had a kind of run-in with Usual Suspects/American Beauty/LA Confidential actor Kevin Spacey…or K-Space as I now call him. It started when we went to breakfast at The Alpine Bistro on Saturday. When we walked in, I instantly [...]

This is the one with NOLA photos.

I’m posting here some photographs from my New Orleans trip I took this past weekend. In the next couple of days I’ll update y’all on some of the fun stories that happened (including my 2 breakfasts with Kevin Spacey). Bodies can’t be burried here because the city is under sea level. If you were to [...]

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Mike Lawson's Got Dieabeeeetus.

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Traveling While Diabetic...

Okay, so I don't do as much traveling as I wish I could. And this weekend I'm taking a mini-vacay to New Orleans. I've never done the whole airplane thing while carrying insulin and needles. And was wondering if any of you have any suggestions.

PS: Follow me on Twitter if you want to see some pictures of my trip as they happen. http://www.twitter.com/MrMikeLawson

Posted on June 25, 2009 at 9:44pm — 2 Comments

Happy To Be Uninsured

I was standing in what appeared to be a non-moving pharmacy line. The elderly gentleman picking up his medications was confused about the prices being charged, and demanded an explanation. "I"ve been taking these same pills for 10 years," he said. "Why does it suddenly cost more?"

I hate this.

To make matters worse, the lady in front of me is talking on her cell phone. The guy in front of her is getting visibly grumpy. The pharmacy employee is getting upset. And right then, after waiting in th… Continue

Posted on June 25, 2009 at 8:29am — 5 Comments

Help Me: Do I need a new doctor?

I've got a dilemma, and I was hoping some of you can help me.

Since my DKA in May, I've been seeing a doctor that I randomly found by flipping though my insurance provider's list of approved doctors. I made my first appointment and went in and told him my whole story.

I won't bore you with my back-story, but the gist is that my insurance just recently started covering Diabetes care after a long waiting-period because of a "pre-existing condition." Dumb.

So the Doctor comes in and is a really… Continue

Posted on June 18, 2009 at 7:59am — 5 Comments

A good reason to tell EVERYONE you have Diabetes

I remember a couple of discussions in the past here on TuDiabetes about revealing to your co-workers that you have Diabetes. I know that most of us have told the people that we work with...but if you are not sure if you should let everyone know, let me tell you a story:

I run a technology lab here in Phoenix for kids (ages 5 through 18). For the past few weeks one of the teens that comes to my program was carrying around a little stuffed pig. It was a really cheap little pig...like something wo… Continue

Posted on June 17, 2009 at 8:00pm — 8 Comments

Doing it in public

This afternoon I was at lunch with the boyfriend, and I whipped out my insulin and injected right there at the table. I'm getting more comfortable injecting and testing in public. I think most people know that when you're sticking a syringe in your tummy it's pretty innocent.

So we are sitting at the table this afternoon and I inject really quickly and that's that.

"You know," Dan said, "when you inject in public you do it a lot quicker."

"Really?" I said, thinking about this observation.

"Y… Continue

Posted on June 14, 2009 at 7:13pm — 8 Comments

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wil v commented on Mike's blog post 'A good reason to tell EVERYONE you have Diabetes'on Wednesday

its funny where we put our stash. I carry my laptop in a backpack and I have my pills in the front pocket of the backpack. When I walk, the pills make that shaking sound that pill bottles make so every morning on my way to my desk I sound like a r...

Jim Huck commented on Mike's blog post 'Happy To Be Uninsured'June 26

I was uninsured for a while. I had never paid full price for insulin before. When I got to the cash register and was told that 1 bottle was over $100, I was tempted to grab the box and run out the door yelling, "You'll never get me!!!" If you get...

David Brown commented on Mike's blog post 'Traveling While Diabetic...'June 26

We just went through a recent discussion of flying with diabetes in the US, Flying with Diabetes about a week ago. in Tu Diabetes.

John Smith commented on Mike's blog post 'Happy To Be Uninsured'June 26

My insurance plan sucks! Though it covered my insulin pump after a hefty co-pay, I pay $40/Humalog.

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At 4:56pm on June 22, 2009, Tracy Malloy said…: thanks for the add!! Ransom notes for the pig! LOVE IT!!

At 11:50am on June 21, 2009, Christina said…

At 10:03am on June 13, 2009, Jaimie Hernandez said…: Happy to make it official over here too :) getting a pump if endo is labeling for type 2 (or are you considered 1.5? if so dr can write type 1 on rx) can be difficult but not impossible...you will have to fight for it through a series of appeals no doubt.....do you know your c-peptide yet?

At 9:33pm on June 7, 2009, Robyn said…: Iread your blog and I really hope that you are feeling better and continue to do so!
Like your photos too!

At 9:03pm on June 7, 2009, Cherokee Angel said…: As a matter of fact, and I'm not pushing politics here, but there's a nation wide grassroots coalition that the Pres. has formed to hear the horror stories about healthcare night mares, for healthcare reform. I went to the first meeting yesterday, and if you want to be involved with a passionate cause, honey there is one!!! The Pres. reads 10 stories a night from his websights then contacts those people to talk about the situation. healthreform.gov is one place, or, just go to his MySpace page.
It doesn't sound like alot, but with 46 million uninsured people in this country, that's a pretty good sized army, if enough people are mobilized, we can get this changed. I believe it with my whole heart, and I've never been political before. The one thing Prez O has done that singularly made me believe him, was when he reversed Bush's bill to stop funding for research and preservation of the Polar Bear. They'll soon be extinct. After that, the reverse on the ban of stem cell research, it's almost in reach, and hundreds of wretched diseases will be history!!
Ok, off my soap box!!
Jessie/Cherokee

At 9:01pm on June 7, 2009, Mike Ganino said…: Hey Mike--even down to the name, eh?

I am the Director of Training at www.homemadepizza.com

You?

At 7:23pm on June 7, 2009, Ryan said…: yep i am :) thanks for the add man, hows life out west treating ya?

At 6:52pm on May 25, 2009, Robyn said…: Thanks for helping Ken with the test strip info!

At 8:10pm on April 19, 2009, Domo! said…: i'm not newly diagnosed but i would be interested in telling my story, most of it is in my blogs

At 8:20pm on April 13, 2009, patti lopez said…: HAPPY BELATED EASTER

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