At some point each day lately, I find myself preaching to my little ones about responsibilities and what is expected of them as they grow up. Little do they know what a hypocrite I am.

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The back to school rush is in full force at our house. Between paperwork, tuition payments, classroom visits, teacher meetings, bus riding anxiety (mostly on my part), and school supply shopping, there has been little time to wallow in my recent diabetes funk. Although I feel strongly that each and every one of us is entitled to some “woe is me” days, because let’s face it, it is indeed the reality of this disease (I can’t stand people who insinuate that these kinds of days aren’t necessary, I personally feel it is healthy to ride high on the positive days and try to learn from those bummer days that hit all of us from time to time). Sorry about that….ok, where was I….right….

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I have
struggled with depression for as long as I remember.  At one point in time in my twenties, my
grandmother, my mother and I were all taking Prozac at the same time…. Is it
genetic, is it environmental, why is my family so prone to being depressed?  Is it just a state of mind?  Can I train myself to deal with it without
using medication?  I was off meds for
years, until my LADA diagnosis, then my world fell apart and the depression
cloud parked itself on top of my head once again, and hasn’t budged since.  (READ MORE)

Hello!  My name is Megan and I am excited to be joining the team of Blogabetes writers here at dLife!  I was diagnosed as a late onset Type 1 in January 2009 at 33 years old.  Needless to say, my entire world was turned upside down and ready or not, my new diabetic life began.

After having faced gestational diabetes with both of my pregnancies in 2006 and 2007, I was made aware that there was a good chance I would struggle with being a Type 2 diabetic in the future if I wasn’t careful.  Never did I think after a flood of symptoms and testing, I would be diagnosed as a Type 1 only two short years later. (READ MORE)