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Type 1 Diabetes and Adolescence
My 30 Years of Diabetes – Part 3: Throughout my adolescence, diabetes and I had a love-hate relationship. There were times when everything went well and my blood sugars were perfect and predictable and then there were the rough…
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Low Blood Sugar Memories
My 30 Years of Diabetes – Part 2: I’ve seen so many advances in the last 30 years of diabetes. We’ve come so far in such a short while. I mean, It’s been less…
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Looking Back – 30 Years of T1 Diabetes
My 30 Years of Diabetes – Part 1: I sit here at my kitchen table, reflecting on my last 30 years of life with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Thirty years ago today, I received my…
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New Beginnings in Our Changing Times
The Times They are a Changin’ 2016 is a year of change and new beginnings. Wait – change? No one likes change. Well – sometimes change is inevitable. Nothing stays the same…
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Becoming a 2015 Medtronic Global Hero
I begin this post sitting at my kitchen table, my heart full of memories and gratitude, looking at our world with new eyes. I was selected to be one of 25 long distance…
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I’m a 2015 Medtronic Global Hero!
My diagnosis didn’t end my run! Today, it was publicly announced that I am a 2015 Medtronic Global Hero (see Press Release). I’ll be one of twenty-five long-distance runners who benefit from medical…
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The Whole30 from a Diabetic Perspective
My husband Rob and I have been traveling a LOT this year. So far, we’ve been to Mexico, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, parts of Ontario Canada, and Hawaii. Needless to say, home cooked meals…
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A T1D Christmas Memory
I used to get so excited about Christmas I'd make myself sick. Really. Here's one memory I'll never forget.
