If life is a beach, how does diabetes fit in the cooler?
It never fails, for whatever reason, that keeping my blood sugars under 200 while I’m at the beach is as much of a challenge as it is to keep remembering to reapply sunscreen. It may be that as soon...
View ArticleJust Relax…and Drink your Juicebox
Any women who has ever been pregnant will tell you that your body is no longer your own. Even before the ‘bump’ makes its appearance, the life force that takes over your outer being starts to rear its...
View ArticleAdvocating for Your Diabetes During a Hospital Stay
Given my recent experience from an in-patient perspective, I thought I would share my insights on how I would do things differently when advocating for my diabetes care during a routine hospital stay....
View ArticleDiabetes and Breastfeeding: The Reality!
Okay, for my regular readers who are not in the child-bearing stage in their lives, I apologize, as I am sure you are looking for my next informative blog regarding food and nutrition tips for blood...
View ArticleWhy My Insulin Pump is a Blessing AND a Curse!
I have been on the pump for a little over a decade now. So much has changed with technology and all the intricacies of the pump have gotten smarter, smaller and supposedly are making our lives easier....
View ArticleWearing your Diabetes
By now most of us in the diabetes community have heard, seen, or read about the beauty queen wearing her insulin pump during the swimsuit portion of her competition. Newly crowned Miss Idaho’s Sierra...
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