When our six-year-old daughter, Bisi, was hospitalized last summer after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, part of t…
Diagnosis
The Last Lemonade Stand
It all started when Bisi drank all our profits at a Sunday afternoon lemonade stand on Block Island.
Well, it had real…
Telling 127 People My Diabetes Diagnosis Story
This past weekend was my ten-year high school reunion in Columbus, Ohio. It’s 2:45 A.M. PST and I just got home f…
Simply Human: A Doctor Confronts His Patients’ Illnesses and His Own Diabetes
Book Review: After the Diagnosis: Transcending Chronic Illness by Julian and Betsy Seifter…
Symptoms Visible and Invisible
Having lived my way around and through a type 1 diabetes diagnosis is helping me set my course as I begin to cope with P…
Climb Back In, Climb Back Up
Getting back into climbing is like getting back into anything, I suppose. You decide you’re going to do it and you thro…
You Know You Have Diabetes, Right?
With his back to me the doctor said, “You know that you have diabetes, right?” "Excuse me?" I said...…
Surviving the Diagnosis
A nurse tested Nate's blood glucose level, turned around, and walked out without a word. When the doctor came back in, …
Diabetes Diagnosis, Before and After
“This seems to be type 1, and not gestational diabetes,” my new endocrinologist said, “and we’re treating two patients h…
Interview: Dr. Zachary Bloomgarden on the HbA1c Assay
The current standard allows a HbA1c measurement to be within 8% – which means that a level of 6.5 could actually be a 6.…
