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...Their goal: to remain within the "gray zone," the normal range of readings between 50 and 150 mg of glucose per 0.1 liter of blood. The adjustment is uncomfortable for those whose bodies are used to higher sugar levels. "I usually feel more energetic at around 200," says Angela, 28, but she is happy to make the change because studies show that this discipline will improve her chances of having a normal child...
...stay in the gray zone, Angela and her classmates will have to increase their injections of insulin from two a day to three, and in some cases four, usually taken before meals and at bedtime. By far the most difficult part of the tight-control regimen is learning how much insulin to give. Most diabetics are accustomed to simply following doctors' orders when it comes to their dosages. Not so under tight control. Students in the self-care program must learn how to adjust their insulin dosage based on their last blood-glucose reading, what and how much they...
...read. What we normally think of as "important events" are only touched on, and no event boasts an emotional spin that makes it stand out from the rest. In "The Dictionary in the Laundry Chute," the troubles of a marriage are explained in one interjection, almost as an afterthought. "Angela was wearing a starched bloused with a new straight skirt--at least, new to Ed--and a string of cultured pearls...
...Stephen DavisDavid Traum Dave Finn Susan HendricksonEliot House: Greg Lyss Julie SchragerJohn Coburn Quincy House: Southeast Yard:Tom Cronin Ben Broder Pam DoughmanFelicia Eckstein Ethan Cohon Buddy FletcherScott Falk Sarah Glimp Ki IngersolMichael Okwu Sesha Paratap Brian C. OffuttKirkland House: Warren Shlomchik Ray VasvariMark Eichorn Doug Winthrop Southwest Yard:Angela Ferry Paul BokotaAlison Harrington Maureen BroeMartin J.Herman Tara DealRebecca Rozen Mitchell Elkind Luke Fleckenstei
...dictates. With organ transplants, can one be free of mortality? Break the sound barrier, the color barrier, the four-minute mile. Rockets, free of gravity, shoot into space, land men on the moon?a demonstration of both organizational and individual will. The professional athlete becomes the free agent. Free Angela. Mr. Middle Class wishes to free himself from home, wife, children...