Okay, so let me clarify something: I’m a perfectionist with Type 1 diabetes. Of course I’m a control freak. But I’ve started to wonder whether my hypervigilance with diabetes care may have begun to bleed, if you will, into other areas of my life as well.  This occurred to me at midnight on Saturday, as I was surfing...

One great thing: My husband Mike runs marathons with type 1 diabetes.  He blogs about it, but he doesn’t boast about it.  He should.  Anyone who runs a marathon should feel proud.  Anyone who runs a marathon with diabetes should feel like such a winner.  It’s a feat. In order to run a marathon with diabetes you have to...

Last week marked the death of a person most of us have never heard of: a Canadian woman named Sheila Thorn.  While she may not have been a household name, Ms. Thorn will be appreciated by anyone living with Type 1: she was one of the very first people to receive artificial insulin — from none other than Frederick Banting himself....

On Sunday, I ran my first 5K ever. Woo hoo! Even though my daughter and I have been running steadily for 12 weeks now, I wasn’t sure I was cut out for nonstop group running in unfamiliar territory. Add diabetes and insulin to a bit of caution, and I had some mental hurdles to overcome to prepare for the race and see it through. It...

Technically speaking and I am so inclined a calorie is burning timed and weighed   Since when has it weighed so heavy gravitating down the inverse of my father’s raised eyebrow with every M and M   Gluttony is cardinal and so each day I pull the sled of my sin against the grain whole grain long grain it would be all...

I am not much motivated by vanity when it comes to exercise. Although I may want to look good at my upcoming college reunion, that desire will prompt me more to buy a flattering outfit than it will to do leg lifts. Furthermore, those ads on Facebook for a bikini body seem like hocus pocus to me, and I mentally block them out. And though...

My Sweet Life: Successful Women with Diabetes is a heartfelt and inside view of 24 women’s lives. Women, who have each found a way to successfully manage a career and/or their family and their diabetes. The book’s publication is the successful accomplishment of clinical psychologist and certified diabetes educator, Dr. Beverly...

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I spent last Saturday at a meditation workshop, part of which was devoted to the idea of “metta,” which is roughly translated as “lovingkindness.”  Now, I should point out straight from the start that I hate the term “lovingkindness.” It reminds me of Berkeley...

My last interview featured Phil Southerland, founder of Team Type 1 and the youngest person ever to get Type 1 diabetes and still be living. Now meet the indomitable woman who raised him, Joanna Southerland. This is the 11th in my series of profiles on diabetes change leaders — and the first with one’s mother. (Joanna and...

Phil Southerland is a remarkable young man. He may be the youngest person ever to have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (at the age of 7 months) and still be living. Today, at 29 years old, Southerland is the founder and CEO of Team Type 1 (TT1) , a global sports organization whose Type 1 diabetic cyclists won “Race Across...