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When Your Non-diabetic Son Wants to be a Diabetic for Halloween
If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry … literally. While discussing Halloween costumes this year my oldest son, who does not have type 1 diabetes (T1D), quickly said that next year he was going to be a...
How to Support a Spouse with Diabetes
No matter what you agree on in “the diabetes talk,” you both have to accept that your spouse is the one with diabetes, not you. If at all possible, your spouse needs to be self-reliant and able to...
How to Survive a Health Crisis with Your Spirit Intact: Part II
In the initial months of my health crisis I had a difficult time accepting that I had to adjust how I was doing many of my daily activities. Every adjustment reminded me that there was something “wr...
How to Survive a Health Crisis with Your Spirit Intact: Part I
To a person who doesn't live with multiple autoimmune conditions, I know the description I offer of what equates as “good health” sounds like hell, and it would be hard to imagine calling thi...
Denial is Overrated
She goes onto to say that college wasn’t any better. Very few people even knew she had type 1 diabetes (T1D). She would take shots but didn’t frequently check her numbers. Being in a sorority with...
Rising Above Diabetes with Yoga
The one tool that has helped me to rise above self doubt and judgment is my yoga practice. Yoga doesn’t understand criticism and abhors comparison. The word yoga means completeness. Being already co...
The Boy on the Bus
These two things, insulin in the fridge and friends who are keen to listen, may make me the most fortunate type 1 in Panamá. No one’s relationship with this disease is easy, but you must consider s...
Making Peace with It—A Spouse’s Story (Part II)
I cried many tears when I got home—some were for myself, but most of them were for him. For the ways I haven’t supported him throughout this process and the recognition that he often shields me fr...
Making Peace with It—A Spouse’s Story (Part I)
There have only been a few times in my life when I’ve felt that amount of voltage run through my body — the current nearly knocked me over and I felt a wave a nausea that didn’t subside unti...
Essential Oils and Balancing Blood Sugars
For hundreds of years, we know that essential oils and herbs were used for medicinal purposes from uses such as an anesthesia to relaxation. Thankfully modern medicine has come a long way since then (...
Get a Clue — A Sister’s Perspective
Being a sibling of someone with type 1 diabetes comes with its own challenges and experiences. Learn from Krista about her experience.
“You Have Sugar”—Being Diagnosed with Diabetes in India
If you are currently not fully-diagnosed or are pre-diabetic and look like you have all the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes and someone comes with herbal medication or some homemade concoction that they s...
#MeFirst
When I said "yes" to the highly regarded Continuous Glucose Monitor, I was stoked to finally commit to something that would help me grab my blood sugar by the balls, and lower my A1c for goo...
Secrets to Lowering Your A1C — A Diabetic Health Coach Gives Us the Scoop
Reflection is about self-care and realizing which actions/thoughts serve you, and which do not. Remember, you are in the driver’s seat of your life. If you feel like you’ve lost control, ask your...
M is for Meditation
Have you ever wondered what all the fuss is about with meditation? Or have you told yourself you’re too busy to give it a try? Well I’ll let you on in on a secret.
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