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To do.
Thank god for long weekends, because lately, the list of things I have to take care of in this 27 year old body has been growing. Between diabetes, my hip, my knee, and my wrist issues, here’s the short list of things I’m supposed to do every day: Tendon gliding exercises for wrist Ice my [...]
Happy Labor Day!
I’m at the beach, and you should be too! (Or whatever resembles a beach in your hood!) Back Tuesday, still having diabetes…..
Linky Bits…
It’s been a bit of a crazy week – it’s amazing what activities you’ll plan for yourself when you’re not working out. I seemed to think that I have extra hours on end due to not hitting the gym. Note to self: cool it. Therefore, I’m a bit light on posts this week, but here’s [...]
Low carb love…
This past weekend was action packed – it involved one bar-b-que, one outrigger canoe race, one outdoor movie night, one 25-mile bike ride over the Coronado bridge, and, thanks to a certain awesome boyfriend of mine who happens to be a Top Chef-quality culinary artiste, several super low-carb meals that kept my BGs cruising nice [...]
Putting me back together…
Soooooo, two doctors appointments and approximately 9 kajillion x-rays later, I think I’ve got a plan for putting my body back together. Upper limbs first: My hand doctor was disappointed to hear that I still wasn’t at full strength in my right hand, a year plus after carpal tunnel surgery, so he immediately took some [...]
Low moments.
I felt the low start to creep in about 15 minutes after lunch. I was just a little lightheaded, and had the telltale heaviness to my body that I get when a low starts to set in. In the middle of running errands, I was annoyed to have to deal with this. I sighed as [...]
Guest Blogger Matt Neal – BMX rider, Type 1, and all around badass!
Hey guys! I am so excited today to have Matt Neal guest blogging for me. Matt was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last year at the age of 28, just as he was on his way to building a successful BMX bike riding career. But read his story below and you’ll find out that Matt [...]
Relief…for now.
Phew. It’s over, and the news was good – another complication-free eye exam has passed, and I’m another year deep into living with diabetes without any issues. Victory dance ensued in the parking lot of my doctor’s office. No – really. As I mentioned before, that eye exam conjures so much emotion in me – [...]
The ‘betes burden.
Walking back to my car after a visit to one of my customers, I had an interesting interaction. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, but it got me thinking. I was carrying a branded bag on my arm containing sales materials, and a gentleman in the parking lot spied it as he [...]
Eyes on the prize.
Nervous nellie over here. I have my annual eye exam this afternoon, and this appointment, more than any other doctor I see make me more anxious than anyone else. Why? Because I’m always wondering if THIS is the year that I start to see a diabetes-related complication. Is this the year that retinopathy has crept [...]
