If you are a teen who lives with diabetes, I recommend this book. If you are a parent of a teen who lives with diabetes, I recommend this book - but DON'T FORCE IT ON YOUR TEEN! :-) I met Korey when we did a session together for the Children With Diabetes (CWD) 2011 Family Support Weekend a few months ago. I was able to grab his book and do a little homework before … [Read more...] about Type 1 Teens – by Korey K. Hood, PhD
Diabetes
Death and Diabetes
It is often hard for me to remember that diabetes can take young lives. When I think about death and diabetes, my mind wants to think about a person who has lived with diabetes for a long time. I want to think that they lived a full and satisfying life, fighting diabetes blow for blow along the way. Like a boxer who is not quite great enough to avoid getting hit, but … [Read more...] about Death and Diabetes
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 gets bigger, the more important it is for me to be careful about routine personal hygiene things, like trimming my toenails. In almost 30 years, I've heard a lot … [Read more...] about Toenails?
Wayback Wednesday – Brain Meds
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 available, but thanks to the wonderful tools available on the internet, I was able to find much of my old stuff. I'd like to share one of the old entries with … [Read more...] about Wayback Wednesday – Brain Meds
Wayback Wednesday – In The Swamp
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 available, but thanks to the wonderful tools available on the internet, I was able to find much of my old stuff. I'd like to share one of the old entries with … [Read more...] about Wayback Wednesday – In The Swamp