After thorough research on diabetes service dogs, we decided to work with Diabetic Alert Dogs of America. On February 18…
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How to Integrate New Diabetes Technology into Schools
The school was there to figure out a way to help my daughter embrace pumping without having to leave the classroom to go…
How to Choose Medical ID
It’s a relatively small thing, but it can be a literal lifesaver: medical alert jewelry. For people living with diabetes…
I Was A Diabetes Poster Child
No hospital pictures, ever. When someone is sick and in the hospital, they are vulnerable and unhappy. I don’t want to …
63 Years After a Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis
There were no meters, you didn’t know what your sugar was. The only way to know for sure was to test your urine, which w…
Does Diabetes Interfere With Your Parenting?
My five-year-old daughter thinks diabetes is something she will have when she’s a mom. Like me, she’ll write stories, ha…
A Writer with Diabetes Creates a Character with Diabetes
Leah walks past her mother and gets the vial of insulin out of the refrigerator. After she draws the right number of uni…
A Weekend Excursion to a Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis
“Your blood sugar was five hundred and twenty four,” whispered the doctor through pale lips, after gently pulling back t…
A Type 1 Diabetes Guide To The Universe
Many parents feel at a loss as to how to be effective parents around diabetes stuff if they’ve never heard a healthcare …
Interview with Miss Idaho, Sierra Sandison
As Emily’s parents told me she had been bullied for her diabetes, especially the fact that she wore a CGM, I glanced ove…
