My addiction with diabetes blogs began in September of 2006 when I stumbled upon the Diabetes OC. We had spent the first couple of years or so of Charlie’s diabetic life insulated in our own little world. For whatever reason, we rejected the notion of support groups, stubbornly thinking it could not help us.

But I was also going through my own honeymoon period in the very beginning, as Susanne says. I bought into the rosy notion that everything would be fine as long as we tested his blood sugar just four times a day and simply counted carbs correctly. When Susanne insisted that we get up every night, I sided with the doctors who said it wasn’t necessary. I was wrong. In doing this, Susanne took the lion’s share of the worrying during the first six months. (READ MORE)

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I've been reading "Psyching Out Diabetes" off and on. Each chapter is devoted to a different emotion that commonly affects diabetes management. So far, I haven't had an epiphany. But it is nice to hear what some diabetics struggle with in their diabetes growth and how those outside are affected.

One of the topics in the "Anger" chapter is about terminology and labels. What is right: diabetic or person with diabetes? The great debate!

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