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It’s almost Thanksgiving, the time of year when we, like many others, focus on how grateful we are for the good things in life. Mike and I are incredibly grateful for the life we share and for the family we’ve created together.\u00a0 Diabetes does take a toll on us, but overall we’re doing okay.\u00a0 We’re not complaining.\u00a0 Inspired by Catherine Price’s wish that we all live with ease<\/a>, we’ve decided to share some of the small things that make living with diabetes just a tiny bit easier. Nobody asked us to write about these products!\u00a0 If you can think of little things that belong on this list, please let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n

Glucose on the go\"\"<\/a>!\u00a0 I’m a sucker for cute little things, like travel-size shampoo bottles and purse packs of just about anything, so it’s no surprise I think Dex4’s mini-pack of glucose tablets<\/a> is a great invention.\u00a0 It’s very easy to keep\u00a0 in your jacket pocket, running pack, or a small evening bag.<\/p>\n

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Butterfly test strips:\u00a0 Abbott’s old Freestyle test strips were fine, but the new-ish butterfly test strips suck up blood better than a vampire.\u00a0 They require only the tiniest drop of blood and they catch it faster than I can believe.<\/p>\n

Lancets in happy colors:\u00a0 The box of lancets<\/a> I’m using now is as colorful as a bag of M&M’s.\u00a0 I can’t say the lancets make me happy about testing my blood sugar, but they make me happier than Abbott’s standard light blue ones.<\/p>\n

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Opsite Flexifix<\/a>:\u00a0 We learned about this tape from Kerri Morrone Sparling at Six Until Me<\/a>.\u00a0 We haven’t tried it yet, but we take Kerri’s word on it, and we’re about to order some.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Riva Greenberg<\/a> for telling us about Accu-Chek MultiClix lancing device.\u00a0 This item is number 2 on my diabetes wish list, right after I wish that diabetes would go away!<\/em><\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our contributors and readers!\u00a0 We are grateful to all of you.\u00a0 Very grateful.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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