Making life better for people with diabetes may just be for the birds. Bear with us here: A Wisconsin family with a hist…
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On This Day, Memories of Life Before Diabetes
Facebook’s On This Day feature certainly knows how to yank my chain. Up it pops to say, On this day nine years ago…and p…
Do You Celebrate Your Diabetes Anniversary?
Do you remember the date you were diagnosed with diabetes? Is there a pancreas-shaped mylar balloon that we can blow up…
Why D-Parents Should Listen to Young Adults with Diabetes
It was the summer of 2010, and I was working through that terrifying time in the life of a diabetes parent: figuring out…
Disclosing My Diabetes to My Students
I am a high school chemistry teacher and person with type 1 diabetes. I’ve been teaching for three and a half years and …
When the Insurance Company Said It Wouldn’t Cover My Son’s Insulin
We recently got a letter from our insurance company. It was addressed to my younger son. He is fourteen.
“Dear BRIGGS, W…
Smart Answers to Annoying Diabetes Questions
My family and I get a lot of questions from the rest of the world about living with diabetes. Sometimes the questions ar…
Do You Ever Feel Ashamed About Having Diabetes?
There’s stigma everywhere when it comes to diabetes, and we as a community are constantly on notice to correct misconcep…
A Dangerous Diabetes Misdiagnosis
In early July 2011, I was a frail 114 pounds. I’m 5’5″ tall, and was all skin and bones. My sternum pr…
Behind the Scenes with JDRF: How The Special Diabetes Program Won Renewal
It was 3 a.m. and the JDRF advocacy staff was wide awake and in the Washington DC office, working the phones, following …