I got together with a small group of Diabetes Daily members again last weekend. It was awesome. missitaly, deanusa, Molly & Dixie, and myself all enjoyed some warm beverages, easy conversation, and lots of laughs. For those that are not…
Greatly inspired by all of you who have gone before me, I present to you my first VLOG post!
My good buddy and I were recently talking about the greatest lines we’ve heard from our doctors. He was telling me about a visit some time ago, when he was struggling with his control. The doctor was looking through his…
Courtesy of the “Wayback Machine“, I bring you the early entries I made in my online diabetes journal. This was back before Blogger made things easy, and I had to write the entries in HTML. The journal is no longer…
A small breakthrough just happened for me. I’m sitting here, low (64 mg/dl, for the record), and feeling every bit of it. I’m shaky, panicked, jittery, hungry, unsettled, and a bit scared. I have treated, with a few of those…
I have a habit of checking for exercise ketones some nights after I play basketball. It helps me know whether I need to juggle my insulin around a bit to combat the insulin resistance it can cause. Last night as…
I am still using Symlin, and most of the time I am absolutely amazed at how well it works for me. It can be quite complicated, and sometimes downright scary, but when all of the circumstances line up such that…
Courtesy of the “Wayback Machine“, I bring you the very first entry I made in my online diabetes journal. This was back on February 28, 2000. Far before Blogger made things easy, and I had to write the entries in…
This week I had to come back to work after two weeks of wonderful vacation around the holidays. We got the kids a couple nice things for Christmas without going into debt, which is awesome, but left us very broke…
I was scanning through blog posts on Tuesday night, and saw that Lili was in town for a day or two! I quickly commented to her blog post and asked if she wanted to get together. I didn’t know if…
I think many of you saw the great contest that Amy Tenderich put together over at Diabetes Mine™, the “DiabetesMine™ Holiday Survival Sweepstakes“. Amy did an incredible job of pulling together some really valuable prizes, and we all really enjoyed…
I seriously cannot believe that 2008 is gone already. Where the heck did all that time go? I mean, an entire year?! Really!??!! Alright, game time. I feel that I have all the physical tools to do better with my…
I had (am having?) a great holiday season. It is a bit hard during the holidays (I think it is for anyone who has lost someone), but overall I’m feeling good. I have been eating a TON of EVERYTHING though. …
For a good cause, and because I have a soft spot for all parents with little ones living with diabetes, I want you to take a quick peak at Friday’s Wall Blank’s print. From Jenn at Wall Blank: “We have…
Nope, not that kind, the other neuropathy. We are taught to fear peripheral neuropathy, the kind that can cause us problems with our extremities. But I had never heard of autonomic neuropathy before digging into some other diabetes literature long…
As soon as the e-mail arrived I started to grin. An image was attached. I don’t know about the rest of you, but my day would be one smile less if Bernard was not around to amuse me. Bernard –…
A while back I posted about going in for a sleep study. I recently went in for my follow up visit to get the results. I was floored to hear that I was waking myself up almost 47 times per…
“But I’ve NEVER won anything in my life…” “I’m not a winner…” “I am the unluckiest person in the world…” You know what guys and gals? That is all about to change. Do you have diabetes? Can you read…
It has taken me many years, but it finally happened. I completely filled up my home sharps container with insulin pump cartridge fill needles. Now what the heck do I do with it? It has honestly been SO LONG since…
I was munching on a big bag of white cheddar popcorn the other day when one of my friends walked by and said something about how hard it is to know how many carbs you’re eating when going right out…