Archive for December, 2011
Resolved.
It’s almost here folks - 2012 is just two days away, and it’s that time of year to reflect on the past, and also make resolutions for the new year. I’m the first to admit that I’m not big on resolutions - I think if you want to do something there’s no time like the [...]
The Year in Review: Diabetes Style
Everywhere I turn, there seems to be a magazine, newspaper, or news show reviewing everything that happened in 2011. It made me think about all the things that have happened to me in the diabetes world this year. So to take a look back at the year that was, I present to you: 2011 in [...]
Now for sale: Show the world that you “Run on Insulin” with a t-shirt!
Hey there party people! Want to show the world that anything is possible with diabetes? Tell everyone that you “Run on Insulin with a t-shirt featuring this blog. The front of these black, American Apparel tees have my signature running man in orange, and on the back it lets everyone know that us folks with diabetes [...]
That Crooked Dex!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday/long weekend, and hopefully your blood sugars behaved better than mine (although much of the troubles were my own doing. Read: FOOD!). Because my boyfriend and I are training for a half marathon that’s in less than a month, we forced ourselves to log a training run on [...]
Nineteen.
It was on this day, December 23rd, nineteen years ago that my life changed forever. It was the day I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and the day that would change the course of my life. It is, of course, the reason I’m sitting here writing a blog about diabetes. It’s the reason I [...]
Soup’s on!
This week has been really and truly and utterly SO busy, it’s a miracle I’ve had time to brush my teeth at the end of the day without falling flat on my face from exhaustion before reaching the sink. Work-wise there’s year-end business to tie up, presentations about my plans for Q1 to present to [...]
The Liver: The “other” diabetes problem…
Raise your hand if you’ve ever had this problem: you wake up to a nice, normal blood sugar of, let’s say 90mg/dL. You don’t eat anything, but you lower you basals a bit and head out the door for a short workout, let’s say a 30 minute run. You come home, and your blood sugar [...]
The Birthday Aftermath
I had one of the most wonderful birthdays ever on Saturday, and I have to say I feel truly blessed to have such wonderful friends and family in my life. And food. I have truly wonderful food in my life as well. On my birthday, I say carbs? What carbs? And I indulge in my [...]
I feel like my pump is saying something to me…
Anyone else feeling like their pump might have a message for them this time of year? Between the holiday happy hours, gift exchange parties, and my birthday coming up tomorrow, it seems like all I’ve been doing is hitting the bolus button! There’s just too much yummy food and drink to be had this time [...]
The Hardest Hurdle.
There are days when I can take diabetes in stride. Days when I go with the flow, go with the good and bad numbers, and shrug off any diabetes frustrations. Days when having diabetes doesn’t really bother me. Wednesday was not one of those days. And it was because diabetes is the most unfair, unpredictable, [...]
