Our Diabetic Life

I want you to know when your teen doesn’t bolus for a meal, they really can “just forget."  And they can “just forget” a lot. I want you to know that hormones are satan's sugars. The...

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Life changing things happen in ordinary moments. There is no dramatic music or stylistic pan in with the camera. No voice over to prepare you, or lighting changes to soothe the moment. It hap...

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I think we can agree that Diabetes is complex.  Part of that stems from the fact that every person with Diabetes is unique. There are no “cookie-cutter” people with Diabetes. This has ...

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I watched September 2nd crawl nearer to me on the calendar every day last week.  It was a relief each day to know it wasn’t here yet, and then yesterday morning, it came. And because I’m ...

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20 years ago, I was 25 years old and my son J was 9 months old. 20 years ago, The Yankees won the World Series, the Bulls won the NBA Championship, and the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl. ...

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How to be the perfect parent to a child with Type 1 Diabetes: NEVER SLEEP: Diabetes never sleeps and neither should you. Food, growth, exercise, weather, illness, and "The Voice" results can a...

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I have a magic carpet. It isn’t something I keep in my closet, or store in the garage. In fact, I don’t even own it. But it shows up sometimes. And when it does, it is mine. I si...

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We are called D Moms.  D Mamas.   Even Type 3's. Sometimes we get a bad rap. ~We're too "intense." ~We worry too much. ~We are overbearing. ~We over think. ~We over react. ...

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I ran across a fascinating bit of data yesterday watching an enlightening, and validating, lecture posted by a friend deep in the comments on another friends post on Facebook. (Link HERE ) I t...

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My children, who were once made of perfect innocence, have turned into wizards. With a roll of their eyes I am banished into no man’s land. My words are gobbled up by their minds and spit ...

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2 of my 3 boys with Type 1 Diabetes are Dexcom users. One boy uses it because he likes the security of knowing his numbers all the time. He will glance at his phone, confirm how he feels, and ...

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I sit here alone in the middle of Indiana. A silent house. A loud soul. It pounds against my mind, begging for me to work through the feelings of anger, love, gratefulness, and fear. ...

http://ourdiabeticlife.blogspot.com/2017/11/were-more-than-diabetes.html

It’s Diabetes Awareness Month, or as I like to call it, Diabetes Throat Punches me Every Time I go onto Facebook Month. Everyone is doing an amazing job of posting. My newsfeed is full of pi...

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I had just returned from a long trip and was sleeping soundly in my own bed. My dreams were vivid and detailed; My consciousness wasn’t anywhere near where my body slumbered. I heard my son...

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His lanky body sat elegantly in the chair. The evening sun glowed behind him, backlighting the delicate hairs on his neck. His chin was raised and his expression was one of thoughtfulness. He fl...

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Let’s get real here. There is an insulin pump defect that needs to be addressed. The defect is mostly affecting teenagers, Although children and adults everywhere are susceptible to the cons...

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The post titled, Still a Little Broken , popped up in my Facebook memories today. I read it as an outsider, sad for the girl that wrote the words. But then the memories came creeping back in. Th...

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I don’t usually post about teenager stuff, but this post is written with permission by my 13 year old. When you read it, you’ll see why. Saturday morning I was woken up by said 13 year...

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I’ve lived in this world of “probably” for the last 19 years. “He’s probably ok.” “He can probably get through the day safely.” “He’s probably going to go low.” �...

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She’s looking into her child’s eyes, scared, but she smiles wide. Her love for her child must be stronger than her fear. Her world is falling down around her but all that matters is she stay...

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Fault: (Noun) An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature in a piece of work or in a person’s behavior. Fault: (Noun) Responsibility for an accident or misfortune. Fault: (Verb) Criticize fo...

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What is life worth? Insurance is a for profit business, so this is a legitimate question. It used to be that things were billed according to minutes, or hours spent with a patient. What is o...

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After a Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis... It is unexpected to find that blood sugars numbers are rarely in the place Doctors tell you they should be. It is unexpected to find that one unit of i...

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There’s a story about a man who was worried about his wife. She was losing her hearing and she refused to go to the doctor. The man had a close friend who was a doctor and he asked for his adv...

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If the Grand Canyon was created by water, I wonder how my eyes have yet to become canyons themselves. Last night as the tears flowed uninterrupted, my husband held me knowing there was nothin...

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