I recently finished reading “Diabetes and Wellbeing” by Dr. Jen Nash, and I really enjoyed it. Subtitled “Managing the psychological and emotional challenges of diabetes types 1 and 2” Dr. Nash set out to help us find some good ways…
I’ve been feeling better lately (thank you retail therapy). Feeling lost is something that comes and goes when dealing with a lifelong thing like diabetes. Maybe it is a little more noticeable for us because we’re the ones “in charge”…
I’ve been feeling very emotional about my diabetes recently. It feels very vague and hard to identify. There is nothing really specific I can pin it to, no real point of frustration or trouble. More like a low level, under…
Just for the record, my diabetes management has been absolute crap for the last couple of months (plus). I think it is some kind of mourning period from my last A1C surprise. Really high blood sugars and a “poor me”…
I’m not a huge “road trip” guy. I’ve never mastered the art of enjoying the trip. Instead I’m usually focused on reaching my destination so I can be done driving. I’m always glancing down at the clock or the odometer…
Oh how I wish that the title was some witty way of bragging about all the weight loss that is (not) happening for me. Instead, it’s how I feel tonight. In terms of will power and the ability to stick…
Diabetes is, for the most part, an invisible condition. Unless you spend a bit of time with me, you may never know that I walk the never-ending tightrope of blood glucose management. Even if you do spend a bit of…
Not long ago I did a post called “What exactly is it“. This post talked a little bit about trying to figure out what exactly it is about living with diabetes that bothers me. There was some really great comments…
What is it that I hate so much about Diabetes? I spend a fair amount of time and energy being angry about diabetes. There is a lot of raw emotion there. There are a lot of feelings of it being…
I did everything that I am supposed to do, according to what I’ve been told. I followed all of the “rules”. I counted all of the carbs. I checked my blood sugar. I did all of the math. (68g carbs…