Those of us living with diabetes carry a lot of baggage. And no, that doesn’t just mean the various cases and pouches we need to haul our myriad D-supplies all over the place!
Any PWD (person with diabetes) knows the daily challenges we endure, involving both literal and physical “bags” we need to carry along the way.
That is the exact focus of a new book just released by Naomi Kingery, a fellow diabetes advocate…
One of classic rock artist Tom Petty’s great tunes is called “The Waiting,” and the chorus proclaims that “the waiting is the hardest part.”
Well, when it comes to diabetes doctors, Tom Petty got it wrong. That’s not the case. At least not for me.
No, the waiting to see my endo is actually the easy part. Scheduling and actually going to my appointments is the hardest part in my Diabetes World.
Case in point:…
Here we are on our final Friday in the month of January, and we find ourselves wrapping up our Life with Diabetes (LWD video series that’s been a regular find here for the past four months.
In this week’s final snippet, we visit with a teenager with diabetes struggling to keep her weight down and manage her blood sugar levels, all the while making it through college courses and working a job too, and, you…
Nearing the end of our regular Friday “life with diabetes” video series from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, we bring you a clip that dives into a very personal issue for those who’ve grown up with diabetes and lived with it throughout their childhood and teen years.
The topic: finding the ongoing motivation necessary to keep doing what we’re supposed to, whether it’s checking our blood sugars or counting carbs or even taking insulin. In this clip,…
We know our endos and diabetes educators don’t try to be Lucy, but it sometimes feels this way…
Props to social media guru, funny man, and illustrator Mike Lawson, who is also a lover of Peanuts-creator Charles Schultz and had some fun with a D-twist on his classic cartoon characters. Touché, Mike!
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