Today is my diaversary of the first time I heard that I was diagnosed with diabetes. I still get emotional 13 years later. I guess for year "Lucky 13" I have come to accept it. I won't be 100% on...
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2024/02/resurrection-day-diaversary-13/
Sugar Rush He woke up before she did. It was 5 AM, and the sun had not yet risen. It was strange, he thought, to be fully awake before the Fajr prayer this time of the year. He could be prepari...
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2023/10/sugar-rush-a-spooky-diabetes-short-story/
Living with diabetes doesn’t only impact the person who was diagnosed; it impacts close family and friends as well. When I was first told I have diabetes, I didn’t want to tell anyone else. I...
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2023/03/innovation-in-diabetes/
Flowers While They Smell Them I grew up hearing the saying, “Give me my flowers while I can smell them.” It’s so important to honor people who have made our path in the journey of life a li...
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2022/11/flowers-while-they-smell-them/
Diabetes Steals My Sleep Often Almost from the moment diabetes entered my world, it’s been stealing sleep from me. When I was in the hospital at diagnosis, the round-the-clock attention of the ...
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2022/09/diabetes-steals-my-sleep-often/
I Want Diabetes Treatment Options Presented Like Contraceptive Options! Before the close of Women’s History Month, I’m sharing something that has been on my mind for quite some time. My histo...
I didn’t know, how could I have known, that when I heard my husband promise to love me in sickness and in health at the age of 29, that I’d fall sick, really sick, within the first two years ...
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2022/03/reflections-of-diabetes-on-my-wedding-anniversary/
A New Year Is Here It’s 2022! This is one of my favorite times of the year because it’s a time when everyone is hopeful. We make promises to ourselves to be on our best behavior. We eat clean...
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2022/01/a-new-year-is-here/
I Wish I Knew Before Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine In the state where I reside, people w/T1D were finally approved to get the COVID-19 vaccine last week on Monday. I got it Wednesday. I was hesita...
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2021/03/i-wish-i-knew-before-getting-the-covid-19-vaccine/
My article for T1D Exchange on Health Inequity Hey Everyone, I wrote an article on my experiences with health inequity and my diabetes journey. Check it out here.
https://diagnosednotdefeated.com/2021/03/my-article-for-t1d-exchange-on-health-inequity/