Navigating Halloween with diabetes can certainly be challenging. When October 31st comes around each year, we are faced with any type of candy you can imagine. Can you feel your blood sugar levels rise as this time of year approaches? But Halloween with diabetes...
Some people grow up being the only person in their entire family with diabetes. And others see diabetes throughout their family members. What is it like to grow up with a parent who has diabetes? And what is it like to be a parent to a child with diabetes? Today we...
The idea of trying to hide a diabetes diagnosis is familiar to one of my new friends, Bek. As a child, she tried to hide having type 1. The struggles she faced were scary and sometimes life threatening. But she has shown incredible perseverance and is now helping...
When we hear of people becoming parents of type 1 diabetics, we usually hear of parents of young children who were just diagnosed. Personally, I was 12 years old at diagnosis, and my co-blogger’s son was only 3 years of age at the time. But more often lately,...
Today I have the privilege of sharing an amazing conversation I was able to have with Chelsea. She’s a personal trainer who has been living with diabetes for 18 years. During this chat, she shared about her diabetes alert dog, diabetes preparedness, and her...
