What do you call a room full of people with diabetes…?

April 29, 2009 – 4:03 pm

Awesome.
I’ve had so many posts just begging to be written, but Facebook and Twitter seem so much easier to bang out. Alas, the blog has been left by the wayside…sad and lonely. This particular post keeps resurfacing with me, so it’s time to write…more than 140 characters that is.
I had my first “diabetes event” experience [...]

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Still got it

March 28, 2009 – 10:56 am

My legs carried me through a 6 mile run this morning. I didn’t fully trust that they would make it. It was tough, but it was the springboard I needed to start training again. My mood, my blood sugars, my self-confidence have all been a mess ever since I took a “break” from running.  It’s [...]

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A diabetic dilemma

February 25, 2009 – 4:39 pm

After two years of dealing with diabetes (more if you count the 3 months of injecting myself while pregnant with Liv), you would think I could handle the needles.
In reality, the only reason I am able to get my pump infusion sets in without a problem is because I use a rapid inserter that is [...]

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Moody grumblings.

February 20, 2009 – 5:01 pm

I spent an entire afternoon fighting with our phone company yesterday. I have spoken with them 9 times in the last two months in a desperate attempt to get something that seems so simple (yet for some reason is so completely impossible) straightened out. Each phone call has lasted from 30 minutes to 1.5 hours….no, [...]

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25 Things.

February 10, 2009 – 4:40 pm

1. I bite my nails.
2. My favorite foods always involve pig, but I can’t stand baked ham.
3. I miss Pittsburgh.
4. My children look nothing like me and it makes me sad.
5. I assume that everyone listens to college radio.
6. My husband really is my best friend (gag me…I know).
7. I could spend an entire day [...]

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Still finding my way…

February 3, 2009 – 9:43 pm

I read through my old blog posts last week, in search of what’s been making me unravel lately. I was a crying mess as I remembered the woman I used to be, and realized that I was mourning my life before diabetes.
The past two years has strained me. I think I was hiding behind running, [...]

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I did it.

January 26, 2009 – 3:22 pm

I’m finally blogging again and I am attempting to use Facebook. I have no idea how to use the site, but I had friend requests from some people I haven’t seen in years so I’m excited to see what they are up to.
I haven’t been blogging because I’ve lost my mojo. I haven’t run in [...]

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That was then…

December 17, 2008 – 3:55 pm

Remember how I said yesterday that diabetes has become a part of everyday life and I try not to let it get to me? Well, that was yesterday. Today, it got to me.
I was parent helper at Kade’s preschool this morning and as the children were finishing snack, I noticed that I was feeling pleasantly [...]

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Type 1 and O positive

December 16, 2008 – 5:09 pm

I haven’t posted anything diabetes related in awhile. It’s not because things have been in perfect control…far from it. Being diabetic has slowly become just a part of who I am. Waking up to a 300 blood sugar or dropping to 45 after lunch, used to send me reeling into a panic that always left [...]

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A lesson in control.

November 7, 2008 – 2:53 pm

Kade has finally calmed down and is quietly drawing pictures of outer space so I have a minute to vent. Sometimes I just don’t have what it takes to be a calm, patient, level-headed mama. Sometimes I am dangerously close to losing it. Today it very nearly happened.
All morning I was battling a massive headache [...]

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