Diaversary: It Was 40 Years Ago Today

40 years with diabetes has gone by like "THAT!"   I plan to hang with friends tonight and tomorrow night. Initially I wanted to th...

Adulting With Diabetes

"Adulting with diabetes," buying what you need (and have just run out of,) with your Target GiftCard, instead of splurging on some...

My Omnipod Experience - Part One

Learning and discovering new things every damn day and glad that Insulet gives us 45 days to figure it out.  There’s a learning curve when i...

Free Write: Diabetes In The Storm

I took a break from the work I was doing because of all the thoughts swirling in my head. So I set the timer on my phone for 8 minutes and d...

Post Election Funk, Fear, Pulling Myself Up By My BootStraps & Forging Ahead

Because the past few weeks has been hard on our whole nation - but I'm forging ahead with a  vengeance.  ###### Post election funk is re...

Diabetes Tell: Tired, But Can't Sleep.

After two weeks of for the most part - beautiful blood sugars - with some lows spattered in just for diabetes shits and giggles, I knew that...

When Diabetes Burnout Enters My World

I originally wrote this post for findapsychologist.org back in 2014 and it's one of my favorites.  Diabetes Burnout happens to the best...