Archive for March, 2011
Tour de Cure San Diego - gearing up for our biggest ride ever!
I CANNOT believe that the Tour de Cure San Diego is only a month away - it’s crunch time! We have over 800 riders signed up for our ride, but we’re gunnin’ to top out at 1200, so now’s the time for a big registration push. One thing we do here in SD is hold [...]
On my mind…
I’m in the car solo all day for my work, so I’ve become a big fan of talk radio. My FM buddies y all day long, and lately there’s really only been two topics trending in the news. They are, of course, Japan and Libya, two places suffering from very different but devstating issues. I’ve [...]
Lance a lot? Or not really?
There I was, digging in my bag o’ diabetes bits, fishing for a lancet. After searching through the cavernous beast known as my purse for a while, I finally felt my fingers close around one last lonely lancet. It was smushed in the corner of my bag, as if it had been hiding from me in that dark [...]
Something fishy…
When it comes to food and diabetes, I’m a believer that nothing is permanently “off limits” with this disease. Every person with diabetes has been asked the question “are you allowed to eat that?,” which is usually accompanied by a judging look and skeptical tone, and often asked just as the forkful of carmel-brownie-fudge-sundae is [...]
You better watch it.
Dear Diabetes, You make no friggin sense. On Thursday, I woke up as low as can be - 49mg/dL! I had 12 grams of carbohydrates - I measured the tablespoon of frosting in a real tablespoon, so I know it was right. Just an hour later though, you were already up to 188, so I took two [...]
Announcing: Dramatic Health
Ask any D-blogger why they started a blog about diabetes, and most of them will come back to one theme: community. There is a deep-seated need with this disease to be connected with others who “get it.” Diabetes can be a lonely disease sometimes, and part of the issue is folks without it have a [...]
How on earth…?
Us folks with diabetes can be a little…messy sometimes. Try as we might, this disease involves a lot of stuff, and sometimes, despite our best attempts, our stuff gets away from us. Especially test strips. Who hasn’t found a wayward strip on the floor of the car, or wedged in between the couch cushions? Heck, [...]
Working lunch.
Those of you who checked in on the blog last week know that I was at a crzay-busy meeting without a computer on which to blog. Last week’s meeting was inspiring, fun, and challenging all at the same time. Although I was technically in Dallas for four days, we only left the hotel once in [...]
The Device-Free Dress.
Guess who’s back!? That’s right, this blogger has her computer up and running, a solid internet connection, and most importantly, the time to write about a subject that’s been floating around my head for over a week. The Vanity-Ispired Pump Break I took last weekend. Let me explain: I wear a lot of devices. Two [...]
Way behind…on life..
Sooooo, I’m blogging from my new computer (awesome), but I also have about 1,000 unanswered emails to return (some from you guys! sorry!), a few dozen phone calls, at least three tons of laundry, family members in town that I need to see, and oh right…that whole going to work thing…I should probably make that [...]
