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Standardized Testing and Diabete

Aleksandra — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:21:58 GMT

Hi :)

I thought I would just post this for any people out there who still have standardized testing (SAT/ACT) that that they need to take or will have to take in future!

So here's the information:

About two years ago I was able to work with someone in my high school and the college board to get special testing accommodations for my diabetes. My accommodations say that I'm aloud to have all my equipment and necessary food/water in the room with me and it provides that if I need to take a break for diabetic reasons I can do so without loosing any time on my test. I've used them now for the SAT, SAT 2's and AP testing. I've found that I haven't necessarily needed the accommodations yet but it really is a comfort to know that I have them there for the just in case scenarios, plus it I no longer have to go up to each and every proctor of my exams to explain that I have diabetes and what all my equipment it is!

You can get these provisions for both any SAT or ACT testing though because the two test are out of different organizations you have to get the provisions approved by both SAT and or the ACT

Here's a link for applying for accomodations on the SAT and all other college board tests:

professionals.collegeboard.com/.../apply

Hope this helps! Any questions feel free to ask and I will do my best to help! :)

Diabetic Friends?

foreverandalways1213 — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:27:23 GMT

Hey guys, I'm Grace. I was diagnosed at 10 and have had diabetes for 3 years now. I don't have any diabetic friends or know anyone with diabetes. Am I the only one without a diabetic friend? Any takers?(: Please talk to me! Thanks.

just diagnosed.. going back to school/ reactions

Baleigh — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:12:17 GMT

I'm 17& was just diagnosed last week. I'm going back to school after break, Monday. I'm nervous about the daily routine, stress and people's reactions. I was in school for a few minutes last week and saw one person, most ppl were in classes. her reaction was horrible. any suggestions on what to say back?

Teen support group

Sean Ryan — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:28:49 GMT

Hey guys, my name is Sean Ryan. i live in rochester, ny. i wanted to start a support/social group through the JDRF for specifically teens and i was wondering if any of you would be interested in helping me run it. im looking for more junior/seniors in high school or freshmen/sophomores in college. if youd like to help out just email me at spryan9394@gmail.com and we can talk. have a good day!

ACT Test

singergirl21 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:58:24 GMT

Hi! I am taking the ACT this upcoming December! Any ideas about how to keep blood sugar in range?? Thanks in advance!! (:

JDRF Children's Congress?

Kate — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:01:41 GMT

Has anyone ever done it before? I want to do it, but I can't talk in front of crowds. Do all the kids have to talk? How much would I have to say?

Insulin Pump Misunderstandings?

kaylabrooke — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:21:56 GMT

So I'm a sophomore in high school, and last weekend I took the PSAT. In the middle of my concentration, and hardwork, the test administrator walked up to me, and said, "You need to take your cell phone off." I said, "It's an insulin pump." Ok. yeah, cell phones totally have clear tubing running out of them.THAT DISTRACTED ME FOR THE REST OF THE TEST BECAUSE IT MADE ME SO MAD. Oh well. haha people really really really need to understand the difference!

Bad bruises?

slthames — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:14:00 GMT

So....I've been a T1D for almost ten years, and have been on injections for the majority of that time (always worked better for me than a pump). I've never been an easy bruiser, but over the summer and now into fall, I have been bruising almost every time I give a shot (which is, like, at least four times a day). The bruises are large (up to the size of a fist on my belly), purple, blue, green, and black. As a rather self-conscious teen girl, it is becoming really hard to cover them up. They are so dramatic-looking that several friends who didn't know about my disease were concerned that I was being abused at home. (Don't worry; I set them straight haha) I spoke to my endocrinologist about it and she was concerned and did a full workup, but found nothing. Any tips on what might be causing the bruises or how to cover them up?

Thanks!

Lucy

Why me?

DietMtnDew — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:22:50 GMT

I'm a thirteen year old guy and I've had t1D for almost a year. Sometimes I get really upset because I don't know why I have it! No one in my family has it. Most of them have type two. And they keep telling me how to do everything and that I need to go on a no carb diet. And on top of that I have no friends and I feel like my life is falling apart. Someone find a cure and fast! :(

Just your average teenage type 1 diabetic

Samantha Sizemore — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:25:06 GMT

Hey everyone! My name is Sam. I have actually created a blog just for teenagers with type 1 diabetes. it is called Just Your Average Teenage Type 1 Diabetic. Since I have literately just made it i have only posted a few times. I plan to update it a few times a week. I'll just be posting about different things that i have experienced and what im going through. It would be awesome if any of you could check it out and let me know what you think. the link for it is averageteentype1diabetic.blogspot.com

If you have any questions/comments/complaints/suggestions just let me know! Thanks!!

~Sam :)

Jokes

Meghan Rettig — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:39:26 GMT

Do the kid at your school ever make jokes abou tyou having diabetes? Well the kid at my school do and it kinda make me mad because they dont have to live with it. Also they really have no idea what it is and i have tried to tell them what it is and how i live with it. What do i do about the jokes?

Why do people make fun of me for having diabetes??

kaylabrooke — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:12:41 GMT

So I told my friend that it was my "diabetes birthday" last Sunday. She said, "Oh, did you guys eat gluten free cake?" I was so offended! Back when I was on injections I was made fun of for leaving class because I was "shooting heroin" when I really had to go take my insulin. Now that I'm on the pump, someone makes fun of me for wearing that too! I can't help it! seriously people..

I hate my pump!!!!!

Kara — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:38:46 GMT

Is anyone else just completely PO'd at their pump?!?! After three and a half years, I hate this thing! Its just so freaking annoying! I can get a new one any time I want, but THERE ARE NO NEW PUMPS OUT THERE! Like, literally, I think the only new pump that has been put on the market since I got my pump is the Minimed Revel, and I don't really see anything profoundly awesome about that pump compared to the one I currently have. I am interested in the Omnipod because I constantly accidentally rip my set out when I walk by a cabinet door know and my tubing gets caught on it, (pet peeve!) but I am a little concerned with it ripping off. I am an avid volleyball player, but also play tennis and do tae kwon do. I'm a little concerned about it falling off if I dive in volleyball, or if i sweat too much or something. Is there any advice from you guys?

THANKSSSS!!!!!

The Crap People do!

Hannah Mixer — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:52:42 GMT

I really have to get it to Savannah Barry!

She was going somewhere for her school and had to travel on plane to salt lake city.

and on her way home the tsa gaurds made her go threw the medal detector with her pump

which isn't suppose to go threw a machine and breaks! 10,000 pump ruined because people don't

know what they are doing.. BS!

Check out hte link!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/savannah-barry-diabetic-teen-blames-tsa-for-broken-insulin-pump_n_1502355.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl23%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D159118

That explanation

Hannah — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:52:24 GMT

How do you describe diabetes to someone who doesn't have any relation to it at all? I don't want to give the person a whole load of background information that takes forever to explain; how do you just give a short, understandable explanation?

diabetes isnt funn

abbyforkell — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:45:28 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this video)Hiiii Im abby and im 13 years old :D

I got diagnosed with diabetes on July 203th, 2009.

What I hate about diabetes is when people say "You can't eat that, youre diabetic!!" People need to be more educated about diabetes, because you can eat whatever you want as long as you take insulin!

Im on the omni pod, which I loooove :D

I dont have any friends that have diabetes, so i was hoping I could meet someone.

some people r anoying

Kendra224 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:07:04 GMT

the frist day i walked into school with my pump about like a million (well maybe not a million but alot) of people were like why dose she get to have her ipod it just makes me mad also i hate when im low and people say i wish i had diabetes so i could drink gatorade some people r sooooooo rude its like do you want to prick your finger, insert sites and walk around with a pump no i dont think so the nerve of some people

Does anyone have Gasteroprises& diabetes together?

Mlb94 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:49:14 GMT

Does anyone have gasteroprises or however you spell it and diabetes? If you do how do you handle it with your eating and stuff?

When sugar goes low to high

Mlb94 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:57:21 GMT

Don't you hate it when your sugar is kinda high then it drops to low then you get so hungry, sweaty, & tired, but when your hungry you want to eat everythn yu kan then it goes sky high then you feel miserable afterwords :-/

kony 2012

Alice5 — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:55:06 GMT

Has everybody heard about the kony 2012 program? April 20th (cover the night) i sonly 5 days away and i want as many people in on it as possible.. help stop kony guys!

The Questions

Meghan Rettig — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:19:17 GMT

When i tell someone new the i have diabetes the one thing that i cannot stand is the questions. Like what that or oh i now what the is it when you can't have sugar... but the one that make me mad the most is where do you put your needlethingy... its non of their businessand its embarrassingtelling them where it is. is anyone else annoyed by the questions?

Friends

Meghan Rettig — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:50:12 GMT

My friends are great and they try and understand everything that i am going through. I wish i could talk to them but i feel like they don't want to hear about it or understand it. They say life could be worse and when they say that i just want to scream it like yes ki know that but what you don't know is how annoying it is. if i can't talk to my friends and don' really want to talk to my family about it who do i talk to?

Feel free to add me

A1C big Problem

Nataki — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:47:28 GMT

Ugh my A1C is COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL 9.7% its embrassing and its really makes me sad.. Its like i cant get it together with my bs and eating habits. i have 2 boys and 1 on the way. I never have ti,e to really sit and take care of ME. Is there anyone that has any solutions. i go to the doctors and try. i can do it for a couple of weeks then i go back to not taking care of myself.

Any PS3 users?

Evan — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:16:06 GMT

Post your PSN! I'm NY8675. Just message me that ya found me on here and I'll add ya. I usually play either Battlefield 3 or COD.

Clashing friends - please help!

carrie67 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:54:48 GMT

Ok, there's this one girl I've been friends with for 6 years. We go to the same high school and everything. But just this year a girl transferred to my school with whom I've become really good friends with as well. I'm a junior, and during my sophomore and freshman years I always sat with my old friend at assemblies. But now I've been sitting with this new friend and hanging out/talking with her more in school than my old friend. My old friend is getting annoyed. I can understand that, after six years, she feels kind of abandoned because I'm not spending all my time with her. But this new girl is someone I want to spend time with as well. The biggest clash is in gym class, where all three of us are there together and I feel like I have to pick one to talk to and the other one gets offended.

I know you might say "talk with one about it" but if I do, they won't know what to say or will even consider breaking off the friendship so as not to conflict with the other. I can't bear that.

Oh, and did I mention these girls are polar opposites? The old one is studious, polite, very connected to her family, and follows the rules (that sounds like she's a dry person; she's actually not.) The new friend is rebellious, barely connected with her family, an extreme procrastinator, and much more open-minded. They must be the opposite sides of my personality or something. But the two of them, because they are SO extremely different, refuse to become friends. Not conciously, they just don't fit well together.

What do I do so that I'm not constantly feeling like I have to choose?