When Is The Party?
A while back I attended my uncle’s 50th birthday celebration. It was a big deal. The party was held at a big banquette hall at a local golf club, and there were TONS of people there. Many, many family members,…
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Ninjabetic MN Meet-Up Details
There’s a little less than one week before my buddy G-Money (aka Ninjabetic, aka SuperG, aka George) comes to town. I’m very excited, and can’t wait for him to get here! As I try to figure out everything that we…
Toenails?
Later this month I will be celebrating my 30 year anniversary of living with type 1 diabetes. As that number gets bigger, the more important it is for me to pay attention to the little things. As that number…
Meet A Hero (Heroine?) of Mine
This is Riva Greenberg. I’m a big fan of her, and feel lucky that I can also say she is a friend. I can’t remember exactly how I first found Riva and her blog (Diabetes Stories), but once I started…
Screw It! I’ll Just Eat The Rest…
A while back I wrote about a fight I had with a can of tomato soup (which I lost…). Tonight I had a similar experience with my dinner. I took a shot of symlin then put together my meal. I…
Spontaneous Exercise and Diabetes
I have really been trying to get back on the exercise wagon lately. Everything feels better when I’m exercising regularly, both physically and mentally. Within the past year or so, I’ve noticed that my body just hurts when I’m not…
Three Weeks and Counting…
Three weeks until I pick up George!
Meet Joe Toucan!
I got an e-mail earlier today letting me know that Joe_Toucan was now following my tweets on twitter. When I get those messages I will usually click through and check out their profile. I check to see if the…
Food Issues & Type 1 Diabetes
My latest “Viewpoints” article is up over at dLife. This month I’m talking about something that I bet many of us struggle with. I know that it is a real battle for me, and it is starting to make sense…
What Do You Wish They Knew?
I love my “brother in diabetes” Wil. He’s a guy who “gets it”, and has a really incredible talent for writing that is a pure joy to read (did you guys read his recent breathtaking “Man vs. Wild” post?). I…
The 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge
Amy has announced the opening of the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge, and created this really neat little video to kick things off (I love this!) I love that Amy has had such great success with this contest. Because of that…
That Is Not Pocketable
Chapstick is pocketable. A small swiss-army knife is pocketable. A mini-flashlight is pocketable. Insulin pens are not pocketable. I have been using an insulin pump for a long time. Before I started pumping, they did not have these giant portable…
It’s Not Just The Diabetes
Living with diabetes is hard. But today reminded me that it is not just the diabetes that makes living with diabetes hard. It is all the extra crap we deal with around our diabetes that is almost more of a…
Where The Hell Is My Insulin?!
I hate when I take some insulin to bring down a high, and when I check two or three hours later I am exactly where I was when I started. It’s like “what happened to that insulin I took?” I…
Where The Hell Is My Dinner?!
I played basketball tonight, and it was miserable. I was looking forward to playing basketball tonight. I had been on the road all day, and was tired of the inactivity. I was hungry, so I stopped at a Perkins for…
One Great Idea, One Catchy Name
I got an e-mail yesterday from Monica. Monica is 15 years old and has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was 13 months old. Monica has a great idea, and she needs our help. www.ZipTheCure.com With Zip The Cure,…
What’s That Thing on Your Arm?
Yesterday I didn’t get into the gym until around 8:30 PM. I had been in the car all day. As I was getting close to the gym I started really feeling excited about lifting weights (I know, weird, right?). I…
Slow Down?
Back in the day, I could read ALL of the diabetes related blog posts in a couple hours. Now? I can’t read all of the diabetes related blog posts no matter how much time I have. There are just too…
What do you mean it’s closed?
Is it bad blogging etiquette to post something on Thanksgiving? Maybe so, but given why I need to post this today, I think you’ll forgive me. Today, Thanksgiving, is the first weekday that I’ve NOT worked out since October 19,…
One Day, One Dollar AND The DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Story Contest
Hi everyone! I wanted to share some news on some really neat and worthwhile things happening around the blogosphere. One Dollar, One Day First, the folks at “Fight It!” are kicking off their “Fight It! Friday” fund-raising efforts today. The…