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

I don’t remember the first time I ever injected myself with an insulin pen after diagnosis. Really it has never … More

Have you ever heard a joke about cancer patients and chemo treatments? What about children with epilepsy? No? Me either. … More

Does the type of diabetes you have matter? This is the question I’ve been struggling with the last few days. … More

Holy Crap. I’ve lived 11 out of my 25 years on this planet with T1D. That’s 44% of my life … More

Living with T1D is difficult, quite frankly, it is rarely easy. However, none of us want T1 to control us, … More

There’s nothing like having a hypo and speaking a second language at the same time. In fact, when my endo … More

I just received my very first stitch. Just one, but that’s enough. I was previously a member of the “never … More