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** It’s Diabetes Art Day **

By AmyT on September 1, 2010

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 Ann’s recent guest post here about the therapeutic qualities of art expression for people living with the ultra-frustrating and…

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Wayback Wednesday: What Makes You Think I’m Brave?

By AmyT on November 18, 2009

Courage and diabetes. This seemed an excellent topic to revisit on the second-to-last Wednesday of Diabetes Awareness Month. (Not to mention that I saw Wicked over the weekend with my oldest daughter )
Other than that I believe this post, from early 2007, needs no special intro:

What Makes You Think I’m Brave?
It’s happened many times over, and again yesterday. I just don’t understand it, really. Some less-intimate friend or acquaintance catches me poking…

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AAD Syndrome (Ambiguity About Diabetes)

By AmyT on February 20, 2009

In the aftermath of my recent cancer scare, I’m feeling lucky to be alive these days.  But it doesn’t make the diabetes any easier.  Ironically, the days I work out hardest are often my worst BG control days, since I’m so hungry and craving carbs…
All of these thoughts brought me back to this post, which first appeared on the Diabetes OC site when I was “Featured Blogger of the Week” over the holidays.  (I’m…

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