November 2018 Happy Diabetic Challenge

I created the Happy Diabetic Challenge to help create a positive outlook, raise awareness, and provide inclusion for the diabetes … More

Why is Success not Celebrated?

Why is success so criticized in the diabetes community? I cannot tell you how hard this last week has been … More

Last January, I made some goals and wrote them down. One goal included reaching an A1C of 6.5%. For years … More

If you are relatively new to the diabetes game, you may not know how medieval the insertion devices for diabetes … More

In light of today’s Happy Diabetic Challenge prompt, diagnosis story, I wanted to share a memory of BEFORE my diagnosis, … 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