Checking Reality

By Becca Kantor

Becca Kantor was born in Philadelphia and now lives in the Philadelphia suburbs. She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude and with distinction in English. Her short stories have appeared in Peregrine and Labrys magazines. In her free time, she likes to draw, paint, and travel as much as possible. Becca was diagnosed with type 1 Read full bio | Go to blog»

Say It Out Loud

By Belynda Bady

Belynda Bady was born in Philadelphia and spent most of her youth in West Philadelphia. She has lived in Massachusetts since 1986. Belynda’s Type 2 diabetes was diagnosed in 1998, the same year her father, a three-time amputee, died of diabetes complications. Belynda comes from a large family of nine children. Belynda's younger brother also has Type 2 diabetes. Read full bio | Go to blog»

The Reluctant Diabetic

By Catherine Price

Catherine Price (www.catherine-price.com) was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. She has written for publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, Popular Science, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, Salon, Slate, Men’s Journal, Mother Jones , Health Magazine, The Oprah Magazine, and Outside, among others. A graduate of Yale and UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism Read full bio | Go to blog»

Welcome to my Roller Coaster

By Gary Rudoren

Gary Rudoren is a writer amongst other things. The other things include being an actor, director, architect and photographer. Most recently he co-authored the humor bible, Comedy By The Numbers (published by McSweeneys). CBTN is now also a Book-On-Tape CD featuring many top comedians reading from the book. He is an alumni ensemble member of Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre Read full bio | Go to blog»

The Natural Diabetic

By Jessica Apple

Jessica Apple grew up in Houston. She studied Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan, and completed an MA in the same field at the Hebrew University. She began to write and publish short stories while a student, and has continued to write essays and fiction while raising her three sons (and many pets). Read full bio | Go to blog»

Deep Fried Diabetes

By Jim Huck

Jim Huck lives with his wife, son and three dogs in Nevada City, CA. He was diagnosed with type 1diabetes in 1977, back in the days when insulin pumps were the size of shoe boxes and peeing in a cup was the only way to estimate blood sugar from home. Read full bio | Go to blog»

Where is My Robot Pancreas?

By Karmel Allison

Karmel was born in Southern California, diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of nine, and educated at UC Berkeley. Karmel now lives in San Diego with her husband, where she is loving the sunshine, working as a software engineer at BrightScope, Read full bio | Go to blog»

Cook, Eat, Run

By Michael Aviad

Michael Aviad has had type 1 diabetes since 2002. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and grew up in Jerusalem. After studying law, Mike went on to study business. He has an MBA with a major in finance from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and works as an economist. Mike is an avid soccer fan who loves to cook, eat, and run. He is the father of three sons. | Go to blog»

My Unexpected Muse

By Riva Greenberg

Riva is finally doing what she set out to do in high school – writing her observations of life and human behavior - little did she know then that diabetes would be her muse. Riva has had type 1 since 18 and is the author of “50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life: and the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It” and “The ABCs Of Loving Yourself With Diabetes.” Read full bio | Go to blog»

A Biologist's View

By Robert Scheinman

Robert Scheinman received a PhD in Pharmacology in 1990 and joined the faculty of the University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy in 1995. Robert runs a medical research laboratory focused on the role of inflammation in various disease states including diabetes, arthritis, and cancer. Read full bio | Go to blog»

The Athletic Diabetic

By Scott Richard

Scott Richard was born in Miami, Florida and grew up in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he completed a degree in Communications. Initially, Scott began his career working in the entertainment industry, but found the world of Wall Street more fascinating. Read full bio | Go to blog»