So it’s been an entire decade since type 1 diabetes turned my life on its ear, or something along those lines…
Many of you know my story: How I had a new baby who had just turned 5 months old, along with a 5-year-old and 3-year-old to care for when the symptoms hit… How I thought I was just exhausted because my baby had been suffering with a nasty flu that kept the two of…
Here we are in Day Four of Diabetes Blog Week, and today’s topic is all about the accomplishments we’ve had both big and small.
Today’s writing prompt, from campaign creator Karen Graffeo:
We don’t always realize it, but each one of us has come a long way since diabetes first came into our life. It doesn’t matter if it’s been 5 weeks, 5 years or 50 years, you’ve done something outstanding diabetes-wise. So today let’s…
We’re in the third day of the annual Diabetes Blog Week, hosted by Karen Graffeo over at Bitter-Sweet Diabetes.
The topic today takes us down Memory Lane… diabetes-style!
As Karen instructs:
Today we’re going to share our most memorable diabetes day. You can take this anywhere…. your or your loved one’s diagnosis, a bad low, a bad high, a big success, any day that you’d like to share.
What is probably my most memorable…
It’s taken me a little longer than expected to get around to posting this review of Erin Spineto’s new book “Islands and Insulin“ — but hey, good things take time, right? It’s a different kind of diabetes book from any I’ve encountered so far; it’s a narrative of a huge sailing adventure + the college-age experiences that shaped Erin’s life, with a generous helping of diabetes on the side — rather than the other way…
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With Mother’s Day this Sunday (hope you didn’t forget!), we wanted to honor the many, many Superhero D-Moms out there, by highlighting how they have dealt with the transition from “regular mom-hood” to being a parental pancreas.
It’s tough to single out one in particular… But we’re excited to have found a mommy blogger who’s caring for not just one little girl with type 1 diabetes, but two.
You may recognize Heather Brand of Grand…
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