Going Public with Diabetes
Everyday heroes.
I had seriously overshot my dinner time bolus. I was at a work dinner, and usually the carbs are abounding at such events so I think I bolused heavy out of habit. Whatever the reason for my error, I’d just finished a huge plate of low carb food and I knew I was dropping like [...]
New Myabetic Banting Wallet!!! So doggone cute.
What makes a diagnosis?
I worked at a patient program the other night for my company, and shared information about our two medications. One medicine we make is for Type 2 diabetes, the other can be used in both Type 1 and Type 2s. The presentation that night was about healthy cooking tips, and the audience furiously jotted down [...]
Frosting and tomatoes…what’s so weird about that?
Sometimes, us folks with diabetes have very specific needs for this high maintenance disease. And sometimes, we also need a few components for the rest of our lives as well. So when I find myself at the cash register with soft-chew licorice (for keeping in the glove box for lows in the car), Classic Vanilla [...]
Full disclosure.
There was relief from the dreary feelings of yesterday’s blog post after I went in for nerve testing Tuesday afternoon. They found a small increase in the carpal tunnel on my left hand, no sign of it in my right hand, and only a tiny bit of ulnar nerve irritation on the right side. Big sigh [...]
Sprinkle a little guilt on that, would ya?
There is a special kind of word vomit reserved for those explaining diabetes. It’s one part defensive, one part educational, two parts know-it-all, another part annoyed, and a sprinkle of guilty on top. (I don’t know what all those parts add up to, but you get the point, right? That it’s complicated? No? Ok.) If [...]
Pardon my Hardware.
“I’ll have a grande iced coffee with no swee-” BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!! Yep. That was me. There I was, ordering from the 12-year-old-half-goteed barista at Starbucks when my OmniPod decided to occlude. For those of you non-Pod people, when the OmniPod occludes, the warning is just one long, loud, continuous beep. The trouble is, if you’re not near the [...]
In case you’re lost.
There are some folks out there who will only use the phrase “person with diabetes” instead of the word “diabetic” because they believe using the word “diabetic” defines the person by their disease, whereas using the phrase “person with diabetes” allows them to be a human being first, who just happens to have diabetes. Personally, [...]
Selling diabetes.
Lows love to happen at crappy times. They love to just sneak in there and sabotage your rational thinking and ability to form coherent sentences at just the moment you need them. Like when you’re halfway through explaining your product to a group of 15 customers, who all have their attention focused squarely on you [...]
The Hardware We Wear.
“Um. No. I have not worked on people with insulin pumps before,” says the terribly confused massage therapist, his eyes fixed on my OmniPod. “No worries,” I tell him. “Here’s the deal: these things are disposable, so you’re not going to ruin some expensive piece of medical equipment if you bump it or knock it off. [...]
