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...

Slate.Com : With Diabetes, "Even" Little Words Matter

This post started out as a post about the disgusting Mylan epi-pen price increase and how it mirrors the insulin prices increases, but then ...

Dear CrossFit: My Diabetes Homies & I Would Like You To Know....

NO, NO, NO.  Dear CrossFit: My Diabetes Homies & I Would Like You To Know....  Making fun of people with diabetes isn’t funny. It’s offe...

94 Years Ago Today, Insulin Was Discovered - Thanks Doctor Banting & Charles Best!

94 years ago today, insulin was discovered by Dr. Frederick Banting & his assistant Charles Best and a few months later joined by Profe...

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...

Things Have To Change: The High Cost Of Insulin & Other Drugs - It's Not Only An Eli Lilly Issue - It's A Pharma Issue.

This post was supposed to go up late last week, but between life and real people  sick hitting hard towards the end of the week, it didn...

When You See A Blue Candle Posted On Facebook - Consider The Family & Practice Empathy~

I know people get scared when they see blue candles - I do too.  But please, lets remember to consider the family whose loved one the blue c...

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Yesterday I received a press release touting a certain brand of beet juice as a way to prevent type 2 diabetes. This beet juice contained al...