Ergonomics

• Have a chair that supports your back properly with adjustable arm rests
• Use Wrist supports for your keyboard
• Have the keyboard at the right level (where you do not hunch your shoulders)
• If you have disabilities requiring you to have the keyboard at a non optimal level, find other ways to make sure your arm and wrists are supported; take frequent breaks
• Use a flat panel LCD monitor if possible (much better for your eyes)

Finger, Wrist and Forearm Pain

• Stretch your fingers out. Use your other hand or an inanimate object to give you a stretch
• Supporting your elbow (wither with your other hand, a desk, table, pillow, etc), rotate your forearm in a circle in both directions, with your fingers lightly leading the motion.
• Supporting your wrist, move your hand in a circle in both directions, with the fingers extended, lightly with ease leading the motion.
• Stretch your hand backwards.
• Shake your hands, in a circle, from sided to side, and back and forth, with your arm dangling at your side
• Stretch each finger backwards
• Move each finger in a circle in both directions at the knuckle joint. Occasionally, do each joint of the finger, gently; the movement with be very slight; hold the joint of one finger with the other hand and jiggle the finger. Do each finger and each joint. Jiggle in circles, gently but vigorously
• Tap your forearms and hand
• Squeeze your forearms and massage your hand and fingers

Shoulder and Neck Pain

• Turn your head from side to side and notice how it feels. Move your head in a circle (rotating), within your pain level, in big circles and small circles (you access different muscles), in both directions
• Turn you head to one side, and with the opposite hand rub and tap your stretched neck to your shoulder. Do the same for the other side. Tuck your chin and bring your head to your chest as far as possible within your pain level. Tap on the back of your head and neck with both hands. Look up toward the ceiling and stretch your head back as far as you can within your pain level and gently tap and massage your throat. Turn your head from side to side and notice that how it feels. Looser?
• Gently massage your face, stroking with your hands outwardly (opposite of squinting) and also gently moving your fingers in little circles on your face. (moving outwards, again)
• Move one shoulder in rotation in both directions, paying attention that you are moving it down and back in your circles (many people tend to hunch their shoulders and hold them forwards) Rotate the other shoulder. Rotate both shoulders. Turn your head from side to side.

Other Movements

• Move at the hips in a circle in both directions
• Move your feet and legs in opposite circles in both directions at the knees
• Move you feet in rotating motion (same direction and then opposite directions) in both directions at the ankle, do together and one at a time.
• Use tennis balls on your feet and back. Place a tennis ball under your feet and roll it around on the floor with your feet exerting pressure, all over your foot. Place tennis two balls on either side of your spine at the lower back and push against your chair and move, wiggle some. Do the same for the balls at your mid back level.

Reducing Eyestrain and Curbing Progressive Myopia

• Breathe and blink (put a sign at your computer)
• Look in the distance, out a window every 10 minutes for 30 seconds. Llook at the sky or the furthest thing you can see.
• Be conscious of your body posture and tightness and relax. Move slightly, shake. Are you clenching your jaws? Let go!
• Palm. Try palming and tightening you eyes for two slow breaths, then letting go for three or four slow deep breaths. At first tighten very strongly, and then less and less. This helps you realize when you eyes are strained and your face is tight before eyestrain or a headache develops..
• Massage your face
• Massage your jaws and move jaw in small circles

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What causes the dawn phenomenon? This is something that is always alluded my understanding. I have found that, without a doubt, the number of units of insulin that I took the previous day (especially in the evening) has a major impact. In my experience, the following four reasons have caused the dawn affect:

1. Fat intake the night before, especially when mixed with carbohydrates
2. Protein intake the night before
3. Caffeine intake the day before
4. Amount of exercise the day before

I think that all of these things ultimately cause a delay in carbohydrate absorption. I have found that fat intake usually delays my absorption of carbs, and I often find that high fat meals within a few hours of bed time invariably create a low blood sugar at bed time and a high blood sugar when I awake in the morning (unless I have timed m y square wave bolus well). I also find that large amounts of protein, even when not consumed with carbs, can actually raise my blood sugar. Interestingly, though, I usually awake with a blood sugar within the target range but find that it rises dramatically with my first meal. Has anyone else experienced this? Fortunately, my insulin pump allows me to change my carbohydrate to insulin ratio based on the time of day.

I have found that caffeine, especially in the form of coffee, lowers my blood sugar in the short run but often causes it to go up in the long run. This has led me to believe that coffee does not actually have a positive impact on Type 2 diabetes control but instead just delays the absorption of carbs. For example, if I drink coffee, my blood sugar is usually lower than expected in the short run but will then spike several hours later. I think that the timing and impact of coffee and caffeine in general varies significantly depending on the amount.

I will soon undergo a detailed study of my own eating habits and see how each of these factors impacts blood sugar. I will post both the plan and the results on this site. If anyone else has knowledge on any these things, I’d love to hear about your experiences.

Some researchers and commentators have recently suggested that continuous blood glucose monitoring may not improve control for someone with Type 1 Diabetes. This is quite surprising to me, and the view is short sighted. The continuous blood glucose monitoring devices that have been created by MiniMed, DexCom, and others are the first generation of these products. Without a doubt, they will get better in the future. Even now, I would much prefer to have sometimes inaccurate readings that alert me of a low blood sugar during the night than to have a low blood sugar without realizing it. I would much rather wake up a few times during the night (because of the alarm) than to never wake up despite having a potentially life threatening low blood sugar.

I hope that these sorts of studies do not thwart the efforts to improve the lives of people with Type 1 Diabetes. Indeed, any new invention when first released is not perfect, but it is a base upon which great inventions can be built. Only 30 years ago, most people did not even conceive of the idea of a computer that you could fit inside a room of your house. Today, we have laptops that are far more powerful that only weight 3 pounds.

My hope is that the technology can improve quickly and that doctors will see the benefit for people with Type 1 Diabetes. Within only a few years, we will wonder how we ever lived before continuous blood glucose monitoring. It will save lives, and it is the missing piece in the “artificial pancreas”.

Recently, doctors in Calgary discovered a way to create large amounts of insulin at far lower prices than the insulin that is currently being created synthetically. As reported, the insulin, which comes from genetically modified safflower, has the potential to supply the needs of all people by 2010 with only 16,000 acres of safflower plants.

This is remarkable. In particular, one statistic is staggering: Last year, there were only 10,000 pounds of insulin used, but it is expected that approximately 35,000 pounds of insulin will be needed by 2010. According to this report, the amount of insulin needed for all people with diabetes will more than triple over the next four years.

Clearly, people have been contracting Type 2 Diabetes at epidemic proportions, but it’s hard to believe that the worldwide insulin needs would increase by 3.5 times in just four years. Of course, the projected quantity for 2010 could take into account the vast number of people that currently cannot afford treatment and the large number of people that are undiagnosed. Nevertheless, the numbers are pretty scary.

This is great news. Although I hope to have a cure before too long, it is great to hear another early story of a substantial advance in diabetes treatment. When I was in Africa a few years ago, I remember being told that diabetes was “the rich person’s disease”. With this and other advancements, the hope is that treatment will become more available to everyone, not just the privileged.

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