#IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes Means That Every Day With Diabetes Is Different

Today is World Health Day -and the 2016 focus is all about diabetes and "beating diabetes,"  and I'm glad that the focus of  ...

Sometimes I Forget & One Day Of Being Surrounded By People WithDiabetes Reminds Me~

Sometimes I forget the physical feeling of being surrounded by others living with diabetes, and what a high it is.  And there are moments I ...

The Daraprim Effect

I write about living with diabetes, I A dvocate for people living with diabetes, and it's incredibly important to me that patients not o...

Way Back Wednesday: Summoning The Diabetes Gods

I originally wrote the following post way back on 5/4/2011 , a lot has changed in my life since then, but not my affinity for calling out to...

Diabetes And Not Being Forced To Wait "It" Out.

Sometimes diabetes forces us to wait, sometimes it doesn't. Yesterday the only thing I had to wait for was my car's oil to get chang...

Don't Forget To Take Care Of Yourself During National Diabetes Awareness Month

I took a few days off before jumping into Diabetes Awareness Month on the blog.  I celebrated my 40th Diaversary on Halloween (CRAZY,) had ...

2 Months of Insulin = 4 Bottles & $955.13

Hard for me to share this pic, but in order to for me to encourage others to share their experiences  so real change can occur re: affordabl...

Me + T1 Diabetes+ Weight Gain+ Insulin Resistance + Metformin ER =

A little over two years ago I started gaining weight - and no matter how much I walked, rode my bike, counted carbs and kept an eye on my pl...

Bedtime High Blood Sugars & Finding Comfort & Support Via The DOC ~

I had a late dinner last night -it was a dinner I eat at least once a week - and usually everything is cool. USUALLY. ###### It started out ...