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I am 6 feet and 190 lbs of pure willpower.

Profile Information

Hometown (where you come from):
Landstuhl, Germany
Do you have diabetes?
Yes
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Date diagnosed
December 26, 2007
Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
at dx: 17.3, 5/2008: 9.7, 3/2009: 7.1 7/2009: 8.4, 10/2009: 8.0
What glucose meter do you use?
One Touch Ultra Smart, Freestyle Lite
Type of treatment you use
Shots, Pump, Diet and Exercise
What pump model do you use, if any?
minimed paradigm 712
What is the address for your Facebook profile, if any?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?id=12311448&...
What is the address for your MySpace page, if any?
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&am...
What is the address for your Twitter profile or other web site, if any?
http://twitter.com/draakstar
What do you expect from TuDiabetes?
Just being part of a community that understands what I'm going through is a gift.
How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
Looking for information about diabetes. Just sort of stumbled across the site during a google search...admittedly when I was supposed to be doing my criminal law homework :)
Who referred you? (if anyone)
I found you all by myself :)
What do you do for a living?
Law Student

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Ryan

big, Big, BIG news!

So, big news I am now the owner of a brand new paradigm 712 :) (there's a pic of it in my photos)
I'm pretty excited about it, the story of how i received this pump is kind of complicated.
Basically, it was donated to me by the girlfriend of a friend's brother, told it was complicated haha.
To make a long story short she had heard i was in need and told me that her parents had bought her a back up pump that she had never used, she asked them if they cared if she gave it to me, they said of cours… Continue

Posted on September 9, 2009 at 6:00pm — 13 Comments

Ryan

update, of sorts :) with numbas

So, the bg nightmare is still in full swing. Some of you may have read my discussion
Here about my fluctuating numbers. I decided to make a new logbook because the ones that come with meters are ridiculously tiny and annoying.
I'll give you guys my last seven days:
6-18:
29 @ 2:31 am
118 @ 1:11 pm
112 @ 3:40 pm
6-19:
360 @1:05 am
94 @ 2:29 am
236 @12:19… Continue

Posted on June 25, 2009 at 8:09am — 3 Comments

Ryan

Sometimes things seem dark but there is always light.

So yesterday I was in a bit of a tiff with life. For back story the last couple of weeks have been a testament to Murphy's law. My car decided to die on me and after replacing the battery, two fuses, the spark plugs, plug wires, distributor cap and rotor it still wouldn't run, i figured out it's the ignition control module that's about a hundred bucks or so, and I'm going to have to wait two weeks to buy one. Oh and my right rear tire is flat. What a sweet deal, I spent 250 bucks and the car is… Continue

Posted on June 6, 2009 at 9:25am —

Ryan

Numbers, numbers, numbers...my life is all about math.

I hate math. I'm more into science and law. But as every diabetic knows....life with the beetus becomes life with math. I'm pretty lucky though I have a really great group of friends who are super supportive about counting things haha.
I do have some big news though, sanofi-aventis gave me a years worth of lantus for free! all i did was fill out some paperwork, make a copy of my tax return for verification of my poorness and take it to my doctor who filled out a section and three weeks later, te… Continue

Posted on June 1, 2009 at 11:15am — 3 Comments

Ryan

Sports and Diabetes

Soooo anyone out there play tennis? I absolutely love it. I also play softball and soccer but I used to play baseball before I tore my ACL and lost my scholarship. Anyway just wondering what kinds of sports you guys love to play or watch for that matter. I play tennis three to four days a week, mostly with my girlfriend and some of my friends. I actually picked up a tennis racket for the first time last summer and have since gone a little crazy with it. But as my doc says it's great exercise and… Continue

Posted on February 9, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

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At 3:45pm on October 11, 2009, Erin Ball said…
ok i guess, better but i am very tired of this already but i know nobody likes it and some people have it even worse than this.
At 8:00pm on October 10, 2009, Erin Ball said…
hey im erin i am about a month diagnosed
how r u doing? LOL:)
At 3:58am on September 11, 2009, Manny Hernandez said…
Congrats on the new pump!!!
At 9:31pm on August 27, 2009, Christina said…
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At 7:33pm on July 21, 2009, Christina said…
Thats awesome. Did you have fun?
At 6:52pm on July 19, 2009, Christina said…
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At 3:49pm on July 10, 2009, Jahlisa said…
hey ryan waz up? my summer is really gr8t jus chillin' has wel an tryin' 2 go as much places as i can. hope tht u enjoy ur' summer 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! wel laterz!!!!!!!LOL.............
At 1:12pm on July 10, 2009, Brea said…
hey. life in indy is life in indy ha. i actually may be moving to muncie where Ball State is. idk i guess we'll see. a lot of my friends went IU and my sister just got accepted there for grad school. hows life in your neck of the woods
At 9:07am on July 10, 2009, Jim Huck said…

Hey Ryan, I just found a picture that I took on our trip to Athens. The campus is really nice...I can't believe the new Baker Center.

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