Growing Up with Diabetes | Molly Johannes

Two years ago, I was unable to say that I’ve flown on a plane by myself. Fast-forward to present day and it’s a feat I’v…

Four weeks ago, I broke the sesamoid bone in my left foot’s big toe. In the x-ray, you can clearly see two cracks runnin…

My pancreas went kaput almost 19 years ago. In that span of time, I’ve consumed countless glucose tablets to cure low bl…

So, three people with diabetes walk into a bar and deal with a whopping case of diabetes ignorance. Nope, this is not a …

I like to think that I am fairly tolerant of people asking me questions about my diabetes. From “What’s that thing on yo…

Since writing my very first blog post for ASweetLife more than three years ago (my sophomore year of college), I’ve disc…

 
This past January, I celebrated my first insulin pump anniversary. I wrote a blog post in which I discussed the …

Two years ago, I attended the inaugural College Diabetes Network (CDN) Retreat in Bridgton, Maine. As a college student …

This was a favorite prompt of mine from the 2014 Diabetes Blog Week, so I’m glad to see it has made a return for 2016:
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If you had asked me to write this blog post before I started seeing my current endocrinologist, it would have probably t…