Paisley's Page - Tu Diabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes

Paisley 28, Female Miami, FL, United States: Share

Blog Posts (2)
Discussions
Events
Groups (3)
Photos
Photo Albums
Videos

Paisley's Friends

View All

Paisley's Groups

Oh! BABY!!!

86 members
Queer Diabetics

39 members

Diabetes and Women

290 members

View All

Latest Activity

Opportunity for people with diabetes left a comment for Paisley Jul 29

Paisley's profile changed Jun 12

Paisley added the blog post 'Byetta, MODY, vomit'May 21

Paisley's profile changed May 21

Paisley's profile changed May 14

landileigh left a comment for Paisley May 3

Judith left a comment for Paisley Apr 26

Paisley replied to the discussion how exactly are queerness and diabetes connected for you? Apr 26

Profile Information

Do you have diabetes?: Yes

Type of diabetes: Type 2

Date diagnosed: June 14, 2006

Most recent A1C (BG Average) Value: 5.6% YAY! Me!!

What glucose meter do you use?: OneTouch Mini

Type of treatment you use: Oral, Shots

Hometown (where you come from):: Miami, FL

Where do you live? (City, Country): Miami, FL

What is the address for your blog or other web site, if any?: http://www.myspace.com/treeyaya

How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?: OneTouch sent me an email about this site.

Who referred you? (if anyone): OneTouch

What do you do for a living?: Educator / Activist / Doula

What's the deal with you, anyway?

Simple things make me smile, like fingerpainting, meteor showers and going barefoot. My favorite colors are lime green and indigo. Holding hands is my favorite sport. Camping is the best way to spend a weekend. And a passion for learning can be richly satiated just by listening.

I'm moved by the radiant, pulsing energy of the colors of Fall, the softness of a baby's palm, and the swirling magickal world of literature.

My friends are my family, and my wife is my home.

A radical sense of fairness drives me forward. And I am changing the world, just by being right here, right now. I know it.

Paisley's Blog

Byetta, MODY, vomit

Started on Byetta today. It took me three hours, a drive to my wife's office and a bucket of tears before I worked up the courage to do it. My shot at dinner took 10 minutes and well far less eventful. I'm dizzy and nauseous and hoping these side effects dissipate soon. Dr. Acosta (my diabetologist) thinks I have MODY (a form of type 1.5). I don't know anything about it. Google, here I come. I have bloodwrok done this morning to confirm the diagnosis.

Posted on May 20th, 2008 at 9:48pm — 1 Comment

Diabetes is stealing my life.

I got home from work today to find a letter from the Diabetes Research Institute waiting for me. I have an appointment there, with my new diabetologist, in a couple of weeks. The letter asked me to bring my BGM log. Are you kidding?? I don't keep a log! I realize that I have been very used to not having to pay attention to my diabetes. I was getting by eating almost anything I wanted, forgetting to take my meds, and still waking up under 110. And then this week, it happened. I forgot to take my… Continue

Posted on April 26th, 2008 at 12:12am — 3 Comments

View All

Comment Wall (5 comments)

You need to be a member of Tu Diabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes to add comments!

Join this network

At 1:18pm on July 29th, 2008, Opportunity for people with diabetes said…: Hello,
We are casting a commercial in Miami. We're looking for people who use any kind of blood sugar monitor to share their stories. They must speak Spanish. It would be wonderful if you could forward it to your contacts. Please feel free to contact us with any questions

At 11:36am on May 3rd, 2008, landileigh said…: i'm so glad that you found us through OneTouch! i love the people here as they are very warm and real!

At 2:57pm on April 26th, 2008, Judith said…: Paisley---Welcome to TuD. I admire the work you do and the energy of life behind it very much. There is a grand slice of humanity here and you'll find lots of support. Be sure to check out the lo-carb groups and discussions---including things like Libby's famous recipes. They can help a lot...We all want to help.....

Take care.....Judith in Portland

At 1:10pm on April 26th, 2008, Scott Strumello said…: Welcome to TuDiabetes, Paisley!

At 10:28am on April 26th, 2008, Kristin said…: Welcome to TuDiabetes Paisley! I am glad that you found this community! It's a great place for support and knowing that you are not alone :)