Gary and I recently traveled upstate for a friend’s wedding. I was anxious about the trip because it was my first overnight away from Maya. I knew…
I woke up at 3:00 a.m. to the rustle of the plastic bag that Mike was trying to open. “Are you okay?” I asked.
“Yes,” Mike said. “My blood sugar is 44. …
I had the opportunity to see Mike & Jess in person last week (what a treat!) and at some point our conversation turned toward the new IDF diabetes…
Dear Catherine,
You wrote just the other day about the constant struggle of exercise with diabetes. It made me think about many things, and I wanted…
Research suggests there is a close relationship between diabetes and dementia (and more specifically, diabetes and Alzheimer’s). I know I shouldn’t…
Over the last few years there have been many arguments in the diabetes space about the use of scare tactics to motivate people to take care of themselves.…
Looking back now with the eyes of someone who attended the Friends for Life conference I can say that I regret - to a certain degree - not attending camps when I was younger. Being around others with diabetes has given me greater awareness of what it means to live with diabetes.
I find that my life with diabetes revolves around several recurring themes, with issues around how to exercise with diabetes ranking high among…
In my last post, “What Doctors Feel…” I interviewed Dr. Danielle Ofri, an attending physician at Bellevue Hospital and…
“When I was pregnant with my first child, I had to get an ultrasound and an amnio but I couldn’t find the office. I walked up and down the…