Personal Stories

** It’s Diabetes Art Day **

Seeing as how all of my creative mindspace is currently going into selecting bathroom tiles and countertops (oy, remodel madness!), I almost dropped the ball on today’s special holiday: Diabetes Art Day.

This movement is the brainchild of D-blogger and Diabetes Art Therapist Lee Ann Thill. “Diabetes art therapist?!” you say. Yes, indeed. Please review Lee [...]

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September 1st, 2010 | Categories: Fun Stuff, Personal Stories | Comments: (5)

On Keeping Secrets

This recent testimonial in the Boston Globe, about a writer with type 1 diabetes who chose to keep his illness secret from girlfriend for quite some time, has stuck in my head. I can’t seem to stop thinking about the why’s and how’s of concealing your diabetes from people close to you. What a lot [...]

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August 27th, 2010 | Categories: Personal Stories, The Diabetic Partner Follies | Comments: (22)

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10 Things I Didn’t Prepare For

I still feel like my mind is all a-mush after being mostly off-line for nearly a whole month while traveling in Europe. Yowza. Our vacation was relaxing, for sure, if a bit hectic in spots with all the packing and re-packing and boarding and disembarking we did. My BG levels have been admirable, mostly, with [...]

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August 16th, 2010 | Categories: Fun Stuff, Personal Stories | Comments: (3)

Circle/Slash Countertops for Your #BGnow Test

As of yesterday, my family and I are back in the US of A — and in the process of moving into a local Best Western Hotel, which will be our home for the next four months or so while our regular home undergoes surgery. I feel very fortunate that we’re able to make the [...]

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August 13th, 2010 | Categories: Fun Stuff, Personal Stories | Comments: (10)

Art Therapy for Diabetes – What the Heck?!

Lee Ann Thill is a beloved diabetes blogger at The Butter Compartment. I remember when she appeared on the scene a few years ago, and told us what she did for a living. All I could think at the time was, “what the heck?”  Sounds like I am not alone. A big hug goes out [...]

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August 10th, 2010 | Categories: Holy @#$! Amazing Stories, Personal Stories | Comments: (6)


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