by admin | Sep 7, 2017 | Guest Post
I wish people knew that diabetes… …looks like my beautiful fiancée. Rachel lives every day with Type 1 since she was 15. That means every day she has to be perfect to make sure her blood sugar is correct. She doesn’t get a day, an hour, or even a...
by admin | Aug 29, 2017 | Guest Post
My pancreas doesn’t provide insulin to me like theirs does, but I can do it pretty well with my insulin pump. My diet is not much different than other people’s, but I just count the amount of carbs (and protein and fat too since I’m at it) that I put...
by admin | Jul 12, 2016 | Guest Post
After spending a great week at the Children With Diabetes, Friends For Life Conference in Orlando, I have been reflecting on what I want people to know about diabetes and what I want other people with Diabetes to know about how Diabetes is for other people who...
by admin | Apr 29, 2016 | Guest Post
I’m lucky, my family has always been supportive of what it takes to live with diabetes. But I don’t live with my family. I live with roommates and I have friends that live really close by. They’re there when we’re traveling. Or walking. Or...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Guest Post
Here’s a few things I wish people knew about diabetes. Originally posted on my blog: https://bittersweetdiagnosis.com/2016/04/21/iwishpeopleknewthatdiabetes/ I wish people knew that diabetes is not a punchline. How often have we heard or seen this: ‘Omg look at that...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Guest Post
May make me exhausted EVERY SINGLE DAMN DAY, but I still get up, can raise my daughter, be a good wife, mum, work, and can live a practically normal life…if you can call injecting 5 times a day normal… Heather Scott...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
The 2nd Annual #IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes Day is happening on April 20th (Wednesday on this side of the hemisphere,) on the twitter and beyond. I hope with all my heart that you will participate and share your feelings using the #IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes...
by admin | Jan 6, 2016 | Guest Post
I wish people knew that diabetes is never the same. The math and calculations are always changing, so you’re constantly in an ever evolving game of equations. Asha Agar Brown...
by admin | Dec 14, 2015 | General
#IwishpeopleknewthatDiabetes means that you are continually being judged – even in a place that’s supposed to be filled with holiday cheer. And that’s effed up. Dear Lady at the Christmas Party, I know that you meant well, I really do. But when you...
by admin | Dec 8, 2015 | Guest Post
As a parent of 3 kids with diabetes I feel like I am an authority regarding how diabetes is never a one-size-fits-all disease. Not that any chronic diseases are OSFA. I read a lot of blog posts, Facebook posts, and twitter posts and the thing that bothers me most in...
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