Nearly 20 years ago, it was the sleepiness and crackly, dry skin that first alerted me something was wrong. Not diabetes, as I’d already been living with type 1 for close to a decade at that time.
No, these symptoms were different.
I had a visibly enlarged gland on the side of my neck, so swollen that it would sometimes hurt when I tried to turn my head. The dry skin was coarse and almost…
My dad has hypothyroidism, as does my grandmother. For my whole life, my dad has taken a tiny little pill every morning to make sure his metabolism functions properly. I always thought that compared to diabetes, thyroid disease wasn’t very “serious” — all my dad needed to do was pop a pill! — and that it was nothing I needed to worry about anyway. But then, because of my diabetes and my “genetic predisposition,” my endocrinologist insisted…
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Got questions about life with diabetes? Even if you don’t have it yourself? We’re here for you!
Yes, it’s another edition of our diabetes-Dear-Abby-style advice column called Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. Today we’re talking with a concerned spouse, and a concerned woman who seems to be en route to our D-world.
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Hallie from Oregon,…
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