As stories go mine is rather short and simple. Just two weeks ago I went in to see a new doctor in a new town because of sinuses and a sore throat. I used the Doctor lookup provided by my insurance and picked one mostly at random as my only basis for the choice was I […]
Johnny is a brilliant 11 year old boy. He has always been that way – brilliant. Enjoying books and flashcards at 2 and 3, carrying around his Grandma’s medical books instead of toys, fixing computers for his mom at 7 just before they were headed for the trash – he is a brilliant boy. He also […]
April of 1996 required me to start my life over. The year started out with me and my 9-year-old friends playing, eating junk food and leading happy-go-lucky lives. However, by the time Spring rolled around, the similarity between me and the girls enchanted with possessing two digits in their age was practically non-existent. Instead, I was […]
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This is my story of living with type 1 diabetes for over 26 years. I was diagnosed at age 12 in 1983. I was in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) for two weeks before being admitted to the hospital. My blood sugar at the hospital was 490 mg/dL and I had lost 25 lbs. in six weeks. Back […]
If I don’t take care of me who will? That’s the question I had to face when my husband had to have surgery that proved to be life threatening.
It started last April when my husband came home sick with what we thought was the flu. Within 3 days he could hardly walk and was not eating […]
Imagine the scene, 7.30pm on a typical week night, Mum and Dad both home, four boys in various stages of readiness for bed and the family Doctor phones. You have taken your nine year old son to see him this afternoon, because he had lost weight. What you thought was a growth spurt ended in him […]
I was diagnosed with type I diabetes in Sept. 1985 at 17 years of age and a senior in high school. I was terrified of needles and could not imagine myself on insulin injections for the rest of my life. Well, it wasn’t as bad as I imagined it would be. I now wear an insulin […]
When I was first diagnosed with Type II diabetes, I was afraid of the possible consequences of losing my foot or my vision. So, I was very careful about my diet, took my medicine, exercised, and regularly checked my blood. As a result, I lost about twenty pounds fairly quickly. Then, unfortunately, I became complacent. Old […]
The words pop off the page and put a smile on my face: “……leading the league in home runs,” “…………a grand slam and a three run home run in the same game…..”, “…….a rocket that lands out in the parking lot at Staples shopping center….,” “…..another grand slam – his second this season…,” and on and […]
As if life wasn’t already hard enough having survived cancer, kidney failure, losing my teeth at an early age, and all the other long term affects of my cancer treatment, diabetes just had to be added to the list. I was 17 years old at the time of my diagnosis. I was having minor surgery to […]