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If you’re sick in the United States, one way or another, you’ll pay.
I learned this when, as a type 1 diabetic, I lost m…

Thanks to my half-hearted New Year’s resolutions my diabetes is going better this year than last year.
January is the ti…

Because I am a diabetic, I am not a fan of food. Truth be told, I hate having to eat.
Since I was first diagnosed with t…

I don’t have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I am merely a diabetic.
After much soul searching, and even after consulting…

I’m trying to not be cynical about the ALS dump ice water on your head thing going on lately, but I’m failing.
I think p…

Low blood sugar episodes have provided me with some of the most creative, and spiritually insightful and expansive, mome…

Yesterday was the end of an era. My blood testing machine and I broke up.
Neither of us wanted to end it. My machine had…

Until this topic came up, I never really thought about the little things I do to manage my diabetes a little better. I, …

One of my favorite jokes is, “Aside from that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” It reminds me of having diabetes. It’s li…

I personally never get really down because of my diabetes. I only get down because of how others are down on diabetes.
O…

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