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Diabetes Planner Stickers: Stay Organized With Fun Reminders This post contains sponsored links from A Merry Nest I’m Colleen, a busy mom to 5 sweet kids. My oldest, Nate, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in January 2015, shortly before his 6th birthday. As it typically does, it took our family completely by surprise, and […]

Pharmaceutical Companies Are Robbing Diabetics Of More Than Just Money Today, as a fill my pump with insulin, I think to myself how grateful I am for this life-saving medicine. For without it, I wouldn’t be here. This life that I’ve grown accustomed to is normal to me. Normal in a chaotic way. I go […]

  A Brave Girl Beating The Odds and Urging Others To Recognize Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms   June 2015, Father’s Day weekend. That’s when I first noticed something was seriously wrong. I watched my then 6 year old, chug bottle after bottle of water, pee 3 times an hour and beg for more to drink. […]

Feeling Judged With Diabetes Dealing with diabetes is more than just a number. It’s more than an A1C result, a blood sugar reading, or the amount of carbs I’ve eaten throughout the day. It’s the endless minutes, hours, days, and years that I’ve been battling this disease. If diabetes wasn’t hard enough—I often feel shame […]

The Diabetes Rollercoaster Yesterday I had a day that was one of many. A day where nothing seems to go right. Where I feel like I’m being defeated. Where I feel physically debilitated and mentally distraught. The days where I don’t feel like going through the motions. Where I feel victimized, more so than any […]

What Living With Diabetes Feels Like Diabetes is often perceived as a self-inflicted disease. Assuming it’s someone who brought it upon themselves by poor eating and lack of exercise. It’s commonly joked about and mocked in conversation with reference to body image and sugary foods. With so many misconceptions and negative stereotypes, it causes this disease […]

Sending Your Child With Diabetes To School As the new school year approaches or is already here, it’s important to prepare to send your child with diabetes to school. Trying to prepare for class, new binders, pencils, and reviewing the new curriculum is probably the last thing on your mind. What is on your mind […]

I Want Others To Understand Diabetes From My Point Of View Diabetes is an invisible illness. It can’t be explained in a few short words, nor can you fully understand diabetes unless you personally endure it. I’ve spent half of my life explaining to others what it takes to take care of myself on a […]