My Journey With Diabetes and The 5 Stages of Grief Throughout my journey, I’ve experienced and endured the five stages of grief. The hardest part about this disease is the emotional aspect. If only I could have accepted the diagnosis from the get-go, adjusted to the life long changes, and lived happily ever after. But unfortunately, that’s not how […]
The Positive Effects Of Diabetes: How It’s Shaped Me Into The Person I Am When thinking about diabetes, I often have negative feelings towards it. From battling my blood sugars, taking insulin, adjusting my insulin dosages, fixing overcorrecting or under correcting, long nights, early mornings, and the rollercoaster of emotions. I feel it’s normal to […]
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 […]
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