a blog about diabetes, body image, and other stuff
I was reading People Magazine the other day (and YOU'RE WELCOME for singlehandedly keeping print media in business) and I came across a quick review of that show Colony on USA Network. It's by Carlton Cuse, the guy who did Lost, and it stars a guy from Lost. You know, the show you've seen a billion subway ads … Continue reading Another Fictional Dystopia I Would Die In
OK kids, let me catch you up. On June 29, Cross Fit tweeted this fake coke ad: Nick Jonas, who recently "came out" publicly as a Type 1 Diabetic, fired back: "This is not cool. Please know and understand the difference between type one and type two diabetes before making ignorant comments. Sensitivity to all diseases, … Continue reading Nick Jonas/Crossfitgate 2015
Dear Jessie, OK. OK. OK. I've tried to start this letter several times, and each time I keep coming back to the word "OK". OK. I'm going to drop a truth bomb on you: tomorrow is going to suck. In fact, it will go down in the history of your life as pretty much the … Continue reading A Letter To Myself, One Year Ago
I name this post not just as a tribute to one of my favorite writers, Zadie Smith, but as a follow up to my previous post (On Mortality), which has left me spinning with energy and desperate to continue to take shots at how stupid societal conventions and expectations are. Despite all the horribleness of … Continue reading Living With Diabetes: On Beauty
Part 7. For Part 6, click here. For Part 5, click here. For Part 4, click here. For Part 3, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 1, click here. So there I was, at the endocrinologist’s office, having been told I definitely had Type 1 diabetes (not that I believed it) and … Continue reading What. Just. Happened: WEIGHT WEIGHT WEIGHT (Part 7)
Part 6. For Part 5, click here. For Part 4, click here. For Part 3, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 1, click here. I have the world’s greatest endocrinologist. She is the world’s greatest endocrinologist for a million reasons; many of which you will hear about as I continue with this … Continue reading What. Just. Happened: The (world’s greatest) Endocrinologist (Part 6)
Part 5. For Part 4, click here. For Part 3, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 1, click here. All told, I spent two nights in the ICU, and three days in the hospital. This comprised: Dozens of visits by social workers, nutritionists, endocrinologists, diabetes educators, doctors, residents and nurses 4 diabetes … Continue reading What. Just. Happened: Out and In (Part 5)
Part 4. For Part 3, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 1, click here. It hurts to remember this. It hurts to remember, authentically, the emotions and feelings I had when I was in the hospital. I wish I could change them – I wish I could have understood then what I understand … Continue reading What. Just. Happened: TYPE WHAT NOW? (Part 4)
Part 2. For Part 1, click here. Before I continue, one disclaimer: a lot of this narrative has and will discuss the “shame” of getting diabetes. First off, let it be known that this entire blog is comprised of my own personal opinions, and would never claim to be objective fact. The shame I describe here is … Continue reading What. Just. Happened: Mortification (Part 2)
I can’t pinpoint exactly the day it started; honestly, not even the week. If you held a gun to my head I might guess January 15th, 2014 – or some day in the middle of January, perhaps. But of course that would have meant that I went up to 6 weeks before diagnosis, which also … Continue reading What. Just. Happened: Professional Denial (Part 1)
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