One more time, with feeling!
An update for those who have pitched in, and a plea for those who have yet to do so:Tomorrow's the big day! In less than 24 hours, I'll be cutting the ceremonial ribbon for this year's JDRF Walk to...
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Putting my shoulder to the boulder again
Rumor has it that I have a blog, though one wouldn't think so from the frequency of the posts. (Thanksgiving?! I swear I didn't die of pumpkin pie, you diabeetus naysayers. I can eat what I want!)But...
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Falling to pieces
Literally.This morning, as is my routine, I got out of bed and brought all my tech with me. I stacked my Dex on my phone on the kitchen counter next to my meter (this is, of course, the only way I...
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That's quite an algorithm you've got there, Dex
My new receiver arrived yesterday and, since the G4 has the transmitter number available on its settings screen, I just fired it up. The tracking between the two receivers is something to...
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Which is to say, I saw my ophthalmologist this morning. After being thoroughly scolded for not seeing him in June 2012 as requested, he conducted the dreaded dilated exam.Now, for a number of years,...
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Team Hoffmanderson will definitely be saving the date
Will you? Come walk with us! We'd love to have you on our team. Click here to become a member of Team Hoffmanderson: http://www2.jdrf.org/goto/teamhoffmanderson
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It's hard out here for a pump
A few weeks ago, I noticed that my poor pump was looking a little beat up. Upon closer inspection, I realized "beat up" actually meant "cracked":See in the lower left-hand corner?I took note of it, and...
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Where's diabetes?
"I am coming to huuuuug you!"I love this picture because it captures one of L's best current things: the Frankenhug. If you ask her for a hug while any distance away, she will immediately raise her...
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D-Blog Week 2013: Bring. It. On.
OMG YOU GUYS IT'S HERE!I had SO much fun doing this last year, and I can't wait to participate again.You should sign up, too! Just head on over to Bitter-Sweet Diabetes and register to join the bunches...
View ArticleD-Blog Week 2013 Day #1: Share and Don't Share
Today's prompt:Often our health care team only sees us for about 15 minutes several times a year, and they might not have a sense of what our lives are really like. Today, let’s pretend our medical...
View ArticleD-Blog Week 2013 Day #2: We, the Undersigned
Today's prompt:Recently various petitions have been circulating the Diabetes Online Community, so today let’s pretend to write our own. Tell us who you would write the petition to – a person, an...
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D-Blog Week 2013 Day #3: Memories
Today's prompt:Today we’re going to share our most memorable diabetes day. You can take this anywhere.... your or your loved one's diagnosis, a bad low, a bad high, a big success, any day that you’d...
View ArticleD-Blog Week 2013 Day #4: Accomplishments Big and Small
Today's prompt:We don’t always realize it, but each one of us had come a long way since diabetes first came into our life. It doesn’t matter if it’s been 5 weeks, 5 years or 50 years, you’ve done...
View ArticleD-Blog Week 2013 Day #5: Freaky Friday
Today's prompt:Just like in the movie, today we’re doing a swap. If you could switch chronic diseases, which one would you choose to deal with instead of diabetes? And while we’re considering other...
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