Category: Living

Is It Still Christmas Without Candy Canes?

Our First Christmas With Diabetes

Our first holiday season with diabetes in the family was 20 Christmases ago, but I can remember it like it was an hour ago. It was all centered on sugar…
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The 10 Best Things About Diabetes 2

The 10 Best Things About Diabetes

Living with diabetes is stressful, frustrating and exhausting, and my general response to people who encourage me to find the bright side of diabetes is to want to slap them. Nonetheless, while I’d take a successful pancreas transplant in a heartbeat, there are certain benefits that diabetes can provide.
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How to Be Bad at Diabetes: A Confession

How to Be Bad at Diabetes: A Confession

From the outside, it’s easy to assume that diabetes is a numbers thing. Eat this much food, give this much insulin, exercise this many minutes, aim…
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Halloween Costumes Only People with Diabetes Will Understand

Halloween Costumes Only People with Diabetes Will Understand

But the last thing anyone wants to do is dress up as a freaking glucose meter. Or worse, a CGM that beeps all through the party. And then... you can't dress up as a syringe or everyone will think you're a prick. You know what happened to me last time I wore my paper mache metformin costume?
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