...– It’s an Endurance Sport. Catherine Price I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with my continuous glucose monitoring system (currently the DexCom SevenPlus). Putting aside its design flaws, it is a huge relief to be able to go to bed at nig…
...have this summer head cold beat. I will wait until my blood sugars stop swinging from 389 to 42. But, what good does waiting do? As I pondered this question, I chose to revisit an article by Catherine Price titled, “Thinking About Diabetes With…
Are you looking for a good book to take along on your vacation this summer? All month long ASweetLife’s bloggers and contributors will be sharing some of their favorites. My favorite diabetes book is Pumping Insulin but it’s not exactly the sort of…
...and helpless. One day he sent me an essay in the New York Times, written by Catherine Price, one of ASweetLife’s writers, about her experience as a type 1 diabetic. And I wept as I read it, realizing for the first time that I was not alone in my confu…
...even brought tears to our eyes. So here you have excerpts from some of our very best. Please click on the link to read the full post. We wish everyone a very happy and healthy new year! Catherine Price: Protons And My Pancreas “When I pricked my finge…
...believe might account for the unexpected number of deaths among ACCORD study patients. In this essay you will read about one patient’s story, as well as surprising research conclusions. Yacon: The Root of Sweetness: In one of our funniest pieces to da…
...agree with the others… not waking up in the morning. And I’m terrified of complications. Who’s on your support team? My husband, over and over and over again. Also, my father, my brother, Mariela Glandt, and my fellow diabetes writers Kar…
Traveling with diabetes is always tough. You’ve got a different schedule, different exercise patterns and, above all, different food. I’m in Klaipeda, Lithuania right now, just starting week two of a three-week bicycle trip through the Baltics &mda…
...straight for the beach we ended up walking around a tiny Turkish town in search of underwear and a glucometer. We found underwear. The first lesson here is, of course, don’t forget to pack your glucometer. The second is a reiteration of Catherine Pric…
...So what inevitably happens when I read these sort of guides is that I end up with a feeling of slight longing for adventure, and a strong feeling of regret. But now – finally- Catherine Price has written the perfect travel book for me- 101 Places Not …
