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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Relationships Emotions Real Life
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When you're writing about your diabetes life for a living, it can be hard to remember that there is a life outside of this disease. When you're daily racking your brain for blog topics, diabetes fundraising ideas, and how to market a diabetes network to the world, it's tough to keep track of yourself. But I've desperately been wanting to know myself more, better, wholly.
I've done just that in the past three years. Being out on my "own" here at college has made it much easier to find that true person that lies beneath all the health conditions. Sometimes I still get lost in the mix...like am I truly against large groups of new people or was my self-esteem just beaten down by the PCOS? But mostly, I've learned myself in more detail than I ever knew before.
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Relationships Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: diabetes care exercise
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I couldn't do it. I couldn't tell Sarge to hit the bricks. ((Insert big sigh here.))
I had very good intentions to do so. Monday morning when I got downstairs I let Sarge out of his crate so he could go outside while I ate breakfast. He was remarkably calm and didn't jump on me like he usually does. I briefly reconsidered walking with him. And then he jumped on the front door making an awful slam that shook the whole house while I was trying to close it quietly so as not to wake up everyone. That's when I changed my mind again. And then, while I was watching the local news and gingerly eating my yogurt, Sarge started whining, which he rarely does prior to our walk. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps
Tags: basal testing carb counting strange patterns
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I haven't ACTUALLY basal tested in awhile (by that, I mean I haven't done it the right way, but surely I've watched my numbers fall in patterns). I usually eat the same things for breakfast, so to me basal testing for the morning hours seems a bit ridiculous. But the last few days of numbers have me thinking that a basal test is in demand.
I've been trying to check after meals more regularly so that I can see if I want to go on Symlin later. But these new numbers have me wondering what is going on inside this body of mine.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: No Insurance Test Strips
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It seems like we're going to be without insurance for a couple of months. The cost of going on now is astronomical but if we wait three months, the company starts to pick up half. I have an application in for MassHealth for Olivia, but it's going to take a few weeks to kick in, provided they approve it. Of course, in that time, we're going to need test strips again. (I have some extra insulin, thanks to Heidi, over at the D-Log Cabin - thank you, Heidi!!)
I've been checking around and it seems that Wal-Mart carries something called Reli-On strips and meters. Do any of you use these? They are far less expensive than the One Touch Olivia currently uses, which will be a big help as far as costs go.
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Categories: Type 1 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children In the News Real Life
Tags: clinical trials cure type 1
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When I heard about the clinical trials that are beginning for a possible cure for type 1 diabetes, I was really excited! I can't imagine not having this disease to lug around anymore but I am willing to give it a shot that is for sure! I would imagine most people with diabetes would.
No more finger sticks and insulin shots. All the calculating of carbohydrates and insulin on board would be gone. No glucose tabs to carry or a medical ID necklace to wear. I can't imagine it but I welcome it. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Complications Real Life
Tags: blood glucose testing hypoglycemia unawareness
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"I totaled my truck”
I looked at my friend in shock. He did not look hurt or anything but his lower lip quivered enough to tell me it was bad.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: celebration diabetes anniversary
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Today is the sixteenth anniversary of my diabetes diagnosis. And I'm not sure that I know what I feel, or if I'm feeling anything at all. Should I celebrate? Should I reflect? Should I move on and never recognize the day at all?
I definitely believe that it's a day worth recognizing. Sixteen years with this disease is a lifetime, a major feat, a true achievement. But I guess I just don't know how to feel on the actual anniversary.
For me, diabetes is a daily walk. It's a constant celebration. I'm always cursing it. Not a second of my life goes by without considering the consequences of diabetes, both in the present and in the future.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food In the News Real Life
Tags: blood glucose management food Logging People poverty
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Last week's #dsma (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy) twitter chat topic was the delivery of diabetes education, medication, supplies, and support to others -- both in the US (and other "First World" nations) and emerging ("Third World") nations. I've blogged before about the logistical and political issues organizations such as the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF -- Médecins Sans Frontières) have in delivering medical care and medications to those in need. But while we often talk as if everyone in the United States had fingertip access to smartphones (with unlimited data plans), cable TV, and the Internet, that certainly is not the case.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Real Life
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I met Marvin over a year and a half ago in both our senior years of college. I wasn't looking for a serious relationship, more just a companion to spend Friday nights out on dates until I graduated in May. From our first moments sitting in Starbucks and learning all about each other, I think something told me it would be different with him.
I remember the next day texting a few times back and forth. He wanted to set up a date...soon. And I was playing it cool. I didn't want to fall head over heels, so why did I need to see this guy every night of the week? I knew exactly what I was looking for and a better half wasn't it.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
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I picked the absolute worst possible evening to work the snack stand for the baseball league Charlie plays in. Hottest day of the year. 100 degrees. Inside the little snack hut, hot lamps blazed down on the French fries, dogs sizzled on a chrome roller grill and vats of hot oil percolated. It was freaking hot in there is what I'm saying!
A teenage boy sat on a stool in the far corner of the snack stand with an industrial-sized fan positioned just on himself. I gazed at him from across the room with a "seriously?" scowl on my face and a single drop of sweat falling from my cheek like a tear.
"I'm just gonna grab one of these Gatorades if that's OK," I said.
I placed the blue Gatorade on my forehead.
"Sure is hot!"
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