Archive for September, 2010
One cool partnership.
Anybody in SoCal knows its been a bit toasty outside these past few days – I’m talking the summer we never had just came through full force over the weekend, complete with fire warnings. According to Murphy’s Law, it was also the weekend my boyfriend and I went away to celebrate our anniversary…in Palm Springs [...]
Magnificent Indeed.
I returned on Wednesday night from a whirlwind, 48 hour trip to the east coast to participate in the annual Magnificent 7 Tour de Cure summit. Tour de Cure is a series of nationwide cycling events created by the American Diabetes Association’s. Tours take place in over 80 cities across the nation throughout the year, [...]
Yours truly guest bloggin’ on Sweet Life!
The kind folks (Jessica and Mike Apple - both Type 1′s) over at www.asweetlife.org were generous enough to allow me to contribute to their amazing, all-things-diabetic website. If you’ve never been over to their URL, you’re missing out on one of the web’s best diabetes sites! Here’s my essay that ran yesterday - let me [...]
Love. And diabetes.
Ok. Before you take a look at the pic below and get nauseous at the sheer site of the cuteness it involves let me explain. I’m putting this picture up to prove a point. To any young man with diabetes that thinks chicks won’t dig his pump, this is for you. For any woman who [...]
Reality wanted.
Alright. Apologies up front. I’m about to do a little complaining on this lovely Friday. I’ve bitched about lame diabetes commercials before – how they constantly show people that not everyone can relate to. Although I feel for all people with diabetes, the stereotypes of these commercials are what make it difficult for other people [...]
Well that was fun.
Do you guys want to play a game? It’s called how many diabetes misconceptions can the tipsy/chatty airhead in the seat next to you on the plane make in one inebriated mouthful!?? It’s so fun! Ready? Here we go. Yeeeaaaah soooo my step dad like totally has diabetes and he wears one of those little [...]
Yes, we can.
It’s 1:35 in the morning, and I’ve just checked in to a hotel 3,000 miles from home in Washington D.C. Tomorrow, a conference will start with the elite leaders of the biggest and best Tour de Cures in the Nation. I’m here to learn how to make the San Diego ride better than ever, and [...]
Battle wounds…
Stepping out of the shower one day, I noticed a grubby ring of sticky tape residue left over from the DexCom sensor I had just removed. And as I turned to glance at my back, I saw a swollen, red sore in the spot where I had taken out my last infusion. If I had [...]
Dinner for one working pancreas and one..not-so-working pancreas…
Happy Friday folks! I’m still in a bit of a food coma this morning from the feast my boyfriend and I cooked last night. We were craving seafood and a cheesy, creamy sauce - both of which usually go well with pasta. But pasta, well, pasta doesn’t go well with me an my blood sugar, [...]
Dirty Diabetic…
Holy messy meter kit Batman! I unzipped my kit on Monday night after our trip to Catalina and was truly disgusted with myself when about 1 bazillion dirty strips came pouring out. Although I’m certainly not the tidiest person with diabetes around, this was a pretty bad state of affairs. It got me thinking though [...]
