That is the first line of Andie Dominick’s 1998 memoir, also titled Needles, on growing up with type one diabetes…
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Day One of Life with Diabetes: Memories from Diagnosis Day
Since September of 1986, when I was seven, I have been living with type 1 diabetes. Day one of diabetes is mostly a blu…
The Choices of Diabetes: Reflections on a Twentieth Diaversary
Life – particularly with diabetes on board – is a series of choices. Looking back on the 20 years of my daughter Lauren’…
What Does Insulin Smell Like?
Asking what a clear liquid smells like sounds like an oxymoron, although it makes sense. Of course I’m talking about ins…
My Way-Too-Sweet Sixteen: A Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis Story
The theory in my family is that my pancreas had been dying a slow death for fifteen years. A cow’s milk-related allergy …
Caring for A Dog With Diabetes
I adopted my first dog, a scruffy 10-pound terrier mix named Frankie, when I was an adult and fairly clueless about all …
The 10 Best Things About Diabetes
Living with diabetes is stressful, frustrating and exhausting, and my general response to people who encourage me to fin…
The Essential Diabetes Auntie
There’s another kind of auntie our world needs: this one’s bond with the person comes not from blood, but from blood sug…
I Sort of Have Type 1 Diabetes
Although I was diagnosed three years ago, and Jack three months ago, neither of us has taken a speck of insulin. Having …
A Heartbreaking Diabetes Coincidence that Made a Friendship Stronger
I called my friend Anne from the ER. “Lauren’s in the hospital,” I said. “She was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. A…