a blog about diabetes, body image, and other stuff
It started simply enough with some notes. Like most writers, I carry a little notebook around me. It makes me feel just-pretentious-enough; a way to take notes on paper, which I can't quite give up despite how much damn easier it is to take notes on an iPhone. But for me, iPhones are for grocery … Continue reading Would You Like An Autoimmune Disorder With Your Autoimmune Disorder? (Part 6)
The JDRF is the world's leading nonprofit organization supporting Type 1 Diabetes research. Fun fact: they used to be called the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, but changed to the acronym in acknowledgement of the fact that, huh, it's not just kids who get it. (Did you know that Mary Tyler Moore was 33 when she … Continue reading Living With Diabetes: Technology
If I had to organize the events of the recent past into sequences, Sequence 1 ended with my first trip to the endocrinologist. I went from symptoms to diagnosis – “This is definitely Type 1 diabetes” (and, you know, maybe type 2, too). Now I had to learn how to live with the disease. In recognition of … Continue reading Living With Diabetes: The First 2 Months
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