All I’m Asking For
My schedule has been pretty hectic for the past week. I’ve been in Orlando, FL attending the 2010 CWD Friends For Life conference and the Roche Social Media Summit. I’ve got a TON of stuff to share about both of…
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Just Talking – When the Snow Hits the Fan
I had the pleasure of talking with Christopher Snider, from “A Consequence of Hypoglycemia” a couple of weeks ago. He does a weekly podcast called “Just Talking“, with a wide variety of guests, and it is a fun way to…
But I Already Spent That…
Have you ever thought of your willpower as a limited resource? Like money? You get a certain amount each payday, but once you spend what you’ve got, it’s gone! During the day I do pretty good. I wake up refreshed…
My First “Red Rider” Experience: Part 2 – GO RED RIDER!
You can check out Part 1 here: My First “Red Rider” Experience: Part 1 ——– Even though it was pretty early in the morning, around 7:30 AM or so, the park was very busy. Tons of people and tons of…
My First “Red Rider” Experience: Part 1
A couple weeks back I mentioned that I signed up for the 2010 Tour de Cure, and just this week posted a very quick blurb about the Red Rider dinner that I attended the night before the ride. The ride…
Guest Post at The Life of a Diabetic
Chris Stocker writes a great blog called “Life of a Diabetic“, where he treats us with wonderful glimpses of his experiences living with type 1 diabetes. This week Chris is featuring guest posts by a bunch of folks, and I…
You Are Why We Ride
I am riding in my first ADA Tour de Cure tomorrow, and I have to admit that I’m pretty excited. I can’t say enough about how thankful I am to Auntly H for spearheading this, and for getting me back on…
The Effect Of My Miscalculation? Major Suckage and a Day Wasted.
The thoughts were nagging at me all morning. What do I do about my blood sugar? What adjustments should I make to my insulin? How should I manage my meal bolus? I was scheduled to meet up with some members…
With A Bullet In My Foot…
Do you ever wish you could “undo” insulin? After you’ve sent it inside you, and it is working away to lower blood sugar and store calories, and you realize that you didn’t need as much insulin as you took —…
Missing My CGM
When The meter read 298 mg/dl, my first thought was that I was probably 300 mg/dl all night. If I would have known about it I would have done something about it. Then I thought about what I did before…
The “C” word
From Karen: Sunday 5/16 – Dream a little dream – life after a cure. To wrap up Diabetes Blog Week, let?s pretend a cure has been found. We are all given a tiny little pill to swallow and *poof* our…
D-Blog Week – Pictures
From Karen: Saturday 5/15 – Diabetes snapshots. Inspired by the Diabetes 365 project, let’s snap a few d-related pictures to share today. Post as many or as few as you’d like. Be creative! Feel free to blog your thoughts…
Get Me Moving!
From Karen Friday 5/14 – Let’s get moving. Exercise . . . love it or hate it? Do you have a regular exercise routine? Or do you have trouble finding your exercise motivation? How do you manage your insulin and…
Carbohydratatarian
From Karen: “Thursday 5/13 – To carb or not to carb. Today let’s blog about what we eat. And perhaps what we don’t eat. Some believe a low carb diet is important in diabetes management, while others believe carbs are…
Biggest Supporter
Day 3 ? Your Biggest Supporter.Sure, our diabetes care is ultimately up to us and us alone. But it?s important to have someone around to encourage you, cheer you, and even help you when you need it. Today it?s time…
D-Blog Week Day 2: Make the LOW GO! (a.k.a., eat everything I can see)
From Karen, our assignment for today: Tuesday 5/11 ? Making the low go. Tell us about your favorite way to treat a low. Juice? Glucose tabs? Secret candy stash? What?s your favorite thing to indulge in when you are low?…
A Typical Day?
My friend Karen, over at Bitter Sweet Diabetes Blog, kicked off an idea to post on a certain aspect of diabetes on specific days, posting each day of this week. I love the idea, and so have a lot of…
Magical Meet Ups
It has been about three days since I dropped George off at the airport. I have been thinking about how to write about it ever since. You know what? There is no way I can do the visit justice. It…
A Ninjariffic VLOG Post!
George’s vacation here absolutely FLEW by. But we did a lot of fun things. I know that we’ll both be posting a bit about all of the fun stuff over the next few days, so I don’t want to let the…
The Wonder of Stories
I attended a nearby “pump users” group meeting last night. This is an awesome group that usually meets monthly. There is often a certain topic they cover, and sometimes there is a speaker, but they also do “round table” type discussions. …