Has the world ever been more anxious to greet the coming of a new year? Even in the best of times, the changing of the year is looked forward to as an opportunity…
Category: Personal
‘Tis the season for self-improvement! All around the world people will take the opportunity of the dawn of a new year to dwell on the last year’s failures,…
We spent five frightening days in a South American hospital at the end of March 2018 after a family friend recognized the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes…
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There was a diabetes day more than a decade ago that hit me like a ton of bricks.
OK, maybe that’s the first flag right there… when I said…
Facebook’s On This Day feature certainly knows how to yank my chain. Up it pops to say, On this day nine years ago…and presents a child with impossibly…
Do you remember the date you were diagnosed with diabetes? Is there a pancreas-shaped mylar balloon that we can blow up and tie to our breakfast…
I am a high school chemistry teacher and person with type 1 diabetes. I’ve been teaching for three and a half years and have had diabetes for 26 years,…
In early July 2011, I was a frail 114 pounds. I’m 5’5″ tall, and was all skin and bones. My sternum protruded, and my wrists appeared…
I remember the day my very kind endocrinologist told me “Your weight has gone up again. I’m concerned about the long-term consequences with the…