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Nicole Purcell lists having type 1 diabetes last when she's asked to provide information about herself - because that's where it belongs.
She is, first and foremost, a daughter, sister, aunt, partner, and friend and a professional fundraiser, writer, advocate, and clown. Diabetes is both incidental and central in her life - an afterthought that makes its way front and center more often than she'd like it to.
A native New Englander, Nicole has worked as a fundraising executive for various non-profit organizations since 1997 and keeps a blog at CuriousGirl.
Nicole's foray into the world of parakeet training failed miserably; so she's gone with plan B - taking her own calls, delivering her own mail, and eating her own beets. Her most recent obsession is the CD Fortress Round My Heart from Ida Maria…
Nicole Purcell is a writer, a poet, a friend, a daughter, a sister, an aunt. She is also a type 1 diabetic. Coming on three decades with the naughty passenger. Diabetes is both incidental and central in her life - an afterthought that makes its way front and center more often than she'd like it to.
Does That Hurt?
I'm sitting waiting for a table at the cafe' for me and a friend who is running a bit late. Feeling a little off, I grab my test kit and poke my finger, getting a little blood droplet.
"Does that hurt?" Asks the man sitting next to me. He's an older guy, with some pretty pr (READ MORE)
Crazy Dazy Weekends
The past few weekends have been INSANE... And the next couple are not going to slow down much at all.
With the new Great Gatsby movie coming out, our retro dance troupe, Chifferobe (READ MORE)
When it's just that easy....
Sometimes, like once in every eight or nine hundred days, diabetes life is actually easy. Don't believe me?
Take yesterday, for example. I woke up at 100 mg/dl after a pretty hard work out the night before. I hadn't woken up at 3 am miserably low. I hadn't had bad dreams (READ MORE)
What? Seriously?
The dude in front of me at the cafe was gathering his breakfast items from the grill. Eggs, tater tots, hash, some sausage. He asked the gentleman behind the spatula to grill him the two corn muffins he had in his hand. I have to admit I feel some pangs of jealousy when I see a plate like tha (READ MORE)
What? Seriously?
The dude in front of me at the cafe was gathering his breakfast items from the grill. Eggs, tater tots, hash, some sausage. He asked the gentleman behind the spatula to grill him the two corn muffins he had in his hand. I have to admit I feel some pangs of jealousy when I see a plate like tha (READ MORE)
Michelle Kowalski, a writer, editor and photography hobbiest living in Phoenix, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in February 2005. In January 2008, as part of her quest to start on an insulin pump, Michelle learned that she actually has type 1 diabetes. (Read More) Nicole Purcell lists having type 1 diabetes last when she's asked to provide information about herself - because that's where it belongs. (Read More) 
