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The Truth Behind My Encounter With Diabetic Ketoacidosis The Truth Behind My Encounter With Diabetic Ketoacidosis: (A day like any other, can turn into a day you’ll never forget) With diabetes comes the good and the bad. When it’s good, it can be REALLY good. But when it’s bad…it can be life-threatening. I’ve certainly had […]

Living Life With Diabetes: (Guest Post) Living Life With Diabetes:   I remember the night I was diagnosed pretty well considering it was over 30 years ago. Yep, I’ve been living life with this diabetes crap for 30+ years and I miraculously haven’t killed anyone yet. You see I tend to be somewhat of a […]

Let’s Raise Our Voice For Esme Having diabetes is a challenging disease within itself and has many obstacles to overcome. But one of the most important continuing issues that many diabetics face today, is healthcare coverage. “Why must we fight tooth and nail to have our insurance costs lowered?” The cost of deductibles and premiums […]

Fighting Against “The Silent Killer” Every year WHO celebrates World Health Day on 7th of April. This year the theme is ” Beat Diabetes.” How does a person generally react when diagnosed with diabetes? What are the gamut of emotions we see them go through? Grief, Anger, Anxiety, Despair? But does it have to be […]

Diabetes Doesn’t Stop Me From Living A Fulfilling Life Diabetes Doesn’t Stop Joanne From Living A Fulfilling Life “Are you familiar with diabetes?” I remember a doctor asking my mom as I lay in the ER during the summer of 1995. I was a 21-year-old college student who was trying to imagine a life ahead […]

Why Managing Diabetes Is a Full-Time Job: I don’t think ‘we‘ as diabetics give ourselves half the credit that we should. After all.. managing diabetes is a full-time job. Having diabetes is like running a marathon—where there isn’t a finish line. Some days you’re keeping up to pace, and other days you’re falling behind. It’s an around the […]

Guest Post: Diagnosed Diabetic: “How I Embraced My New Life” Diagnosed Diabetic: How I Embraced My New Life I was diagnosed diabetic at the age of 11. I had been losing weight and sleeping a lot over several months. One night my breathing got really bad. I remember waking up and going to the kitchen […]

My Struggle As a Teenage Diabetic My Struggle As A Teenage Diabetic: Being a teenage diabetic was a struggle, to say the least. I was a typical teenager, combating hormones, stress from school, and lack of self-confidence. Then throw diabetes into the mix, and you have yourself a world full of trouble. Not many of […]

Life’s an Adventure: I remember the day when I started on my new life adventure. I remember the day I was diagnosed like it was yesterday. It was a hot summer night in mid-July. I was 8 years old at the time. My family was sitting around the dinner table when my pediatrician called. “You […]

Feeling Good In My Own Skin Feeling Good In My Own Skin: My weight has always been a struggle for me. It’s not a matter of just watching what I eat and exercising. They’re more factors involved. I have to not only eat healthy - exercise - but manage my blood sugars on top of […]