Apropos to Halloween last week, a doctor I know — who happens to be an endocrinologist — recently offered me a piece of hard candy. Casually. Without hesitation. When I smiled and noted that my “condition” keeps me off that stuff, he insisted I was being “obsessive.”
Surely one piece of hard candy won’t do much to your blood sugar, right?
Ummm, that’s what I take when I’m low. For me it’s a treatment, you know…?
The…
Lest you forget (haha), Halloween is in just a few days…
In case you need some last-minute costume ideas, we’re on it:
Thanks to our friend and guest cartoonist Meredith Gruebbel, a type 1 PWD who works as a graphic artist in Louisville, KY, and blogs at With a Side of Insulin. We sure know what you mean with that doorknob costume (unfortunately!) Pretty scary.
Stay tuned for some more fun costumes…
The leaves are falling and it’s starting to feel like autumn. But does our diabetes management have to play along?!
Much love to our talented guest cartoonist Meredith Gruebbel, who is a type 1 PWD working as a graphic designer in Louisville, KY and blogs at With a Side of Insulin. Thanks, Meredith!
Happy Autumn wishes to everyone in the Diabetes World and beyond!
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So you’re a PWD and Halloween is here. Think you’re worried?!
We are delighted to welcome to our Sunday Funnies series: Jerry King, one of the most published and prolific cartoonists in America, creating over 200 cartoons each month for websites, magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, etc., worldwide.
His client list includes Disney, American Greetings, Newsweek, Golf Digest, Diabetes Health magazine, and hundreds of other publications. Jerry’s been recognized as one of the top…
Something wicked this way comes! And its name is Halloween. As much as I enjoy the costumes and the candlelit parties, this holiday constitutes a true nightmare for those of us whose health is severely — and immediately — impacted by consuming sugary treats. For parents of diabetic kids, it’s especially rough, since you can’t deny them everything. How to achieve moderation without making your T1 children miserable? I have no idea. So I turned…
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