If you are relatively new to the diabetes game, you may not know how medieval the insertion devices for diabetes … More
Author: leah
Diabetes Cost of Living – Germany Edition
What is the true financial cost of living with diabetes? Unfortunately, that depends on where you live. As part of … More
Survival Mode Before Diagnosis
In light of today’s Happy Diabetic Challenge prompt, diagnosis story, I wanted to share a memory of BEFORE my diagnosis, … More
A Husband’s Perspective on What it’s like to Live with a Type One Diabetic
Hi everybody, my name is Richard and I am living with my beautiful wife for almost one and a half … More
November 2017 Happy Diabetic Challenge
EDIT: This is the 2017 Happy Diabetic Challenge! You can find the 2018 prompts here. A few months ago, I … More
My First Insulin Pump
I don’t remember the first time I ever injected myself with an insulin pen after diagnosis. Really it has never … More
Know Your Rights: Free Medical Bag When Flying
Even though I did the research and offered links, please check with the airline on what their current medical bag … More
Why Diabetes Jokes are Never OK
Have you ever heard a joke about cancer patients and chemo treatments? What about children with epilepsy? No? Me either. … More
My Favorite Low Carb Pancakes
I’ve been searching and searching for a great low carb pancake recipe for quite some time now. Before today, I … More
