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Mark H. 34, Male Ellisville, MO, United States: BlueBrained; Share

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Do you have diabetes?: Yes

Type of diabetes: Type 1

Date diagnosed: August 14, 2007

Most recent A1C (BG Average) Value: 5.3

What glucose meter do you use?: Dexcom 7 and One Touch Ultra

Type of treatment you use: Shots, Pump

If you use a pump, what pump model do you use?: Paradigm 512

Hometown (where you come from):: Breese, IL

Where do you live? (City, Country): Ellisville, MO USA

What is the address for your blog or other web site, if any?: http://public.fotki.com/mark3367/

How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?: My sister Mollie

Who referred you? (if anyone): Mollie

What do you do for a living?: Medical Social Worker

Hello all. I am a Medical Social Worker in the St. Louis, MO area and was diagnosed on 08/14/07. I am determined not to let diabetes slow me down and I want to thank my sister for directing me to this site and all of her advice and support.

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I had a new A1C, an insulin antibody, and an islet cell autoimmune and antibody test done today. I will have the results of the A1C Monday and the others sometime next week. My Endo is puzzled because my GAD antibody was negative. I will keep you posted.

Posted on October 6th, 2007 at 1:15am — 2 Comments (Add)

Diagnosed 08/14/07 at age 33

Hello everyone.

My sister Mollie directed me to this site, she has been a Type I for 33 years and coincidentally I was diagnosed at age 33. I am a Hospital Social Worker and was at work on Tuesday and was not feeling well. Knowing the signs of high blood sugar from growing up around diabetes I asked a nurse to do a finger prick, the reading came back HIGH. So she tried another meter and it came back HI. I went down to the ER and they did a serum glucose level and it came back 686. The… Continue

Posted on August 17th, 2007 at 11:53pm — 4 Comments (Add)

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At 6:18pm on June 27th, 2008, Kimberly said…: Nice to finally get to meet you, too! I do love to show off our robots so it was a pleasure for me as well.

At 12:09am on April 16th, 2008, Jen said…: Hi, Mark! I'm new to this site, but I was poking around and I saw you are a Medical Social Worker -- just curious, what exactly do you do?

At 3:16pm on April 14th, 2008, Kimberly said…: Definitely - she's already mentioned this to me and we're planning on getting you in to check out our robots here at NASA. Whether or not you guys make it down to Clear Lake, I would love to meet up and chat. I still feel like a moron when it comes to this diabetes thing.

At 1:16am on September 29th, 2007, Amylia Grace said…: wow--interesting story. I know your diagnosis is pretty recent. You'll get your A1C down. After 18 years of type 1, it's still never easy, but it does get better. BTW, love your smile! It's contagious!

At 2:06am on August 24th, 2007, Marston A said…: Mark,

That is really great! I'm glad you're liking SugarStats. Keep an eye out, we're working on a lot of new stuff to make it even better :-) But of course feel free to send in your thoughts, comments or feedback as you use it.

At 11:34pm on August 23rd, 2007, Mark H. said…: I did find a good site for cheap strips, http://www.americandiabeteswholesale.com/StoreFront.bok

At 9:01pm on August 22nd, 2007, Six Until Me - Kerri Morrone said…: Hi Mark. I see that you've been diagnosed very recently - how are you feeling so far? I've been type 1 for almost 21 years now. If I can help you out in any way, please feel free to ask! There's a great community here - the support is very nice. :)

- Kerri.

At 4:06am on August 19th, 2007, LindsayRyan said…: Hi Mark!
Nice to meet you. I can't recommend any places to get supplies because I only buy my supplies from Minimed. People tried to sell them cheaply on Ebay for a while, but it's illegal so that ended real quick!

As far as medical ID bracelets go, check out this site for cool men's designs. I figure since you will have diabetes for a long time, you might as well get a good med alert bracelet!

Here's the url:
Camo- http://www.custommedicalbracelets.com/inc/sdetail/4791
dog tags: http://www.custommedicalbracelets.com/medical_necklaces?b=1
men's
http://www.custommedicalbracelets.com/men_s_medical_bracelets?b=1

At 2:34am on August 19th, 2007, Maura said…: My mom called when she got the news from your mom. I noticed that you were diagnosed on the anniversary of my release from the hospital after my diagnosis in 1979. I'm sure it's a bumpy road at times right now, but you've got lots of support...sometimes even when you may not want it. ;) Take care...catch ya later.

At 11:12am on August 18th, 2007, Kimberly said…: Hey Mark - hope everything is going well for you now that you're out of the hospital. I think you'll find this site very handy for the next several months. I personally think it's pretty fabulous b/c it got me in touch with your sister and the rest of the Type1 ladies in Houston. If you haven't already, join a group that covers your area. You might find the same.

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