Out of three siblings, my brother and I share type 1 diabetes. It is a bond we never asked for, but I considered us blessed to have it together. While I consider my diabetes to be a part of my identity, I do not wish it to belong to anyone else. I see the great potential […]
How to get Diabetes
While I am sure that there are many people out there who have done what I have done. And still have not developed Diabetes, this is how I did it, so it can serve perhaps as a guide to those who don’t know. I sincerely hope that, if it is to be used […]
November 1961, I was a 7 year old thin female. I had started losing weight, peeing in the bed, crying a lot and couldn’t play or keep awake. My dad had recently abandoned my Mother with me, a 4-year-old brother and a newborn sister. Granny moved in with us. At the doctor’s office it was discovered […]
Today, American Diabetes Wholesale is asking help from the diabetes community to share diabetes stories, and announced they will donate $3.00 for every story published on GlucoStories.com to diabetes organizations. The company’s goal is to reach 1,000 stories during Diabetes Awareness Month.
“Since the launch of GlucoStories.com in May of this year, we’ve received amazing feedback on […]
About three years ago, my 18-year-old cat Skeeter started losing weight and drinking more. A LOT more. My vet confirmed that he was diabetic and that he would need to be given one unit of Lantus insulin twice day.
Coupled with my cat’s heart murmur, FLUTD (Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease), and advanced age, I thought that […]
My diabetes story is a juxtaposition of two deadly diseases; the disease of diabetes and the disease of an eating disorder. I have struggled with an eating disorder since I was about thirteen years old. The fight for my life began on January 2, 2002.
I will never forget that day in January when my doctor called […]
I was 13-years-old returning from a week in Colorado with my swim team. I was in the greatest shape of my life- a competitive swimmer, runner and biker. I did it all on a local, state and national scale. When we flew into Miami, I could barely move to get off the plane. It had been […]
In the early 80’s, I’d traveled to Northern Ireland to get into the music scene, folks and cultural, Trad-rock and generally goof off. I wound up getting married and settling in Belfast, a major city over there, because of the musical venues and ‘sessions.’ What we would call ‘Jam sessions’ here in the USA.
We’d just moved […]
In retrospect, no one really knew that Agent Orange might contribute to the cause of type 2 diabetes. I knew before Vietnam that I didn't want to go there. Now, 40 years later, I have learned some of the fallout.
Diabetes is a familiar word in our family history. Every generation for the past four, has someone with the disease, so the signs and symptoms have been recognized and memorized for years. […]