Today’s prompt is a repeat from one we had in 2014, which was when I participated in my very first Diabetes Blog Week.
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Growing Up with Diabetes |
#DBlogWeek Day 3 – The Blame Game
The prompt: Having diabetes often makes a visit to the doctor a dreaded experience, as there is invariably bad news of o…
#DBlogWeek Day 2 – The Cost of a Chronic Illness
The prompt: Insulin and other diabetes medications and supplies can be costly. Here in the US, insurance status and age …
Diabetes Blog Week: Is Health Care A Right or a Privilege?
If you haven’t already heard, the other day, in one sentence, Trump’s budget officer Mick Mulvaney dismissed…
#DBlogWeek Day 1 – Diabetes and the Unexpected
The 8th Annual Diabetes Blog Week is officially here! I’d like to give a shout-out to Karen Graffeo of Bitter-Sweet Diab…
Eli Lilly Raises Insulin Prices While ‘Supporting’ People With Diabetes
Although I was often called Goldilocks as a child, I never took a liking to the story. The little girl and I both had cu…
Two Very Different Diabetes Books By Those Who Live With It
Like my previous post, Pregnancy With Type 1 Diabetes, today I have a short review of two diabetes books also written by…
Pregnancy With Type 1 Diabetes
Forty five years ago when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes I was clearly told I couldn’t have children. I didn’t. To…
Presenting at the Premiere Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre in Toronto
I was honored to be invited to present the Flourishing Treatment Approach to 300 diabetes educators, nurses, diet…
The Great Strudel Excavation
One of the most used insults of my childhood was the phrase, you’re a big, fat something, perhaps a big fat liar, …
