I traveled to China as a newly diagnosed diabetic and was totally paranoid about losing my insulin pens. Guess what? I lost them in the hubbub of travel. I notified my guide for the journey along with my traveling companions. Sixteen of us traced our steps for the past 24 hours, scouring buses, taxis, restaurants, and […]
Our story begins on Jan 25, 2009. My son Matthew age 8, had been feeling ill for a few days, vomiting, tired, pale and thirsty. (I myself had just gotten over a bout of the stomach flu), thinking he had more of the same, he just didn’t seem to be getting any better.
We called our […]
Celebrate. That’s not usually the word people correlate with diabetes. Maybe a birthday or national holiday, but not a chronic illness – especially if diagnosed as a toddler. Which, I was – at age three. So, I had three glorious years of living without diabetes, and I don’t even remember them. Even though it’s certainly not […]
My mother was diagnosed with diabetes nearly 20 years ago at age 66. This disease terrified her as her sister-in-law had already lost several toes and eventually her leg to diabetes. The Doctor explained that her diabetes could be controlled through diet and oral medication and did not require insulin, yet. If she continued with her […]
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Glad to be here still. On June 1, 2009 my daughter insisted that I go to the emergency room at the hospital, I had been feeling bad for a while and had started vomiting everything I put in my stomach. I thought I had the flu. Upon arriving at the hospital my head starting ticking from […]
My story starts in October of 2008.
I woke up one day and noticed I had a light blind spot in my left eye. I thought maybe I slept on it funny, and after a few days it would go away. After 2 days of it not going away I decided to go to the emergency room. […]
Luckily, I haven’t had any major illnesses. But several years ago, I had to help my Dad, who almost died from a diabetic coma. He had stopped playing basketball and tennis, and had put on 50-60 pounds, maybe more — over a period of 7 to 8 years. He was taking Lipitor to lower his cholesterol, […]
My husband is a type 1 diabetic. He was diagnosed at the age of 16 years old~he was afraid to tell me when we were dating because he thought I wouldn’t want to continue dating him BUT love is a powerful thing (we just celebrated our 19th anniversary this June 2009).
My mother-in-law pretty much did […]
Running around, being captain of the varsity team, and being a crazy, life-lovin’ high school junior came to a sudden halt one morning. It was my fifth or sixth time missing school in the span of a couple of weeks. My mom, being equally as energetic in nature was really distressed over my state. She thought […]
I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when I was 8 months old – October 4, 2001. It’s been an amazing journey….one that has made me the strong and independent 8 year old that I am today. In a sick twist of fate, my best friend was diagnosed with Type 1 just 2 weeks ago. How […]