I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes this past March (see here for my diagnosis story). After weeks of poring through websites, hours of talking…
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“You know, it’s the funniest thing,” I’d say at lunch, wolfing down a turkey club with extra mayonnaise. “I’m feeling a little thirsty. Is anyone else feeling, you know, a little thirstier than normal?”
It took me a long time to realize that I have diabetes, and I still often feel tempted to ignore the real dangers diabetes poses. But, like all other diabetics, I can only avoid the reality of the situation for so long.
I began to understand that my upbringing, my entire childhood, had prepared me for exactly this moment. I grew up keeping kosher in Texas. I’ve always known how to be afraid of food....
Last week I put up an essay here that I wrote about Mike’s type 1 diagnosis. I wrote the essay before I knew about my own diabetes. I think quite…
Facing Mike’s autoimmune disease, I found myself wishing once again for something that could be overcome. The body attacking itself, although I now understood the words, seemed as strange to a young wife as it had to a child.