Several months ago, when my A1Cs climbed out of their usual range of 6.5 to 7.2 up to 8.0, my endocrinologist suggested …
Balancing Acts | Jane Kokernak
DBlog Week: No Colleagues with Diabetes
Today is the third day of Diabetes Blog Week. Its founder, Karen Graffeo, suggests that “now seems like a great ti…
DBlog Week: As Compared to the Ideal Self
Today is the second day of Diabetes Blog Week. Its founder, Karen Graffeo, proposes: “Write a poem, rhyme, ballad, haiku…
DBlog Week: I Hate Paperwork and Phone Calls
Today is the first day of Diabetes Blog Week. Its founder, Karen Graffeo, proposes: “Let’s kick off Diabetes Blog Week b…
Learning to Use My New MiniMed 530G with Enlite CGM system
It takes a while to make a change and learn something new.
Last spring I knew I was eligible, through my health insuranc…
Transition to a Gluten-Free Diet
Yesterday I took down the artificial Christmas tree and moved it to the attic. This morning my husband and I lugged a 1…
Left Out of a World Obsessed with Food
I stand on the outside, looking in.
That’s how I would describe my feeling, as a person with Type 1 diabetes and n…
Drinking from the Nutrition Fire Hose: First Steps at Learning the Gluten-Free Diet
At the Massachusetts of Technology, where I work and teach, there is a well-known expression in our community about how …
The Surprise and Relief of a Celiac Disease Diagnosis
For more than a decade — and possibly longer, but a decade is about all I remember — I have been diagnosed a…
The Health of My Whole Person
Annual physical: check
Blood tests: check
Mammogram: check
Calcium, Iron, and Vitamin D: check
The school year is over (…
