My E-Mail To Roy Blunt

Dear Congressman Blunt:
When we met with you in your office back in August, I had forgotten to e-mail you a photo of the group when you so graciously posed outside in the stifling heat with all of us from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation here in the Ozarks. Please find the photo attached.
When we met [...]

Skittles

It’s been a long time since I’ve talked about my struggles with type 1 diabetes on this blog.  No doubt if you’re part of the DOC (diabetes online community) that is part of my Twitter possee (Twosse?!) then you’re probably sick of hearing about real estate and wondering “are you ever gonna talk about your [...]

Loving Life

No doubt, I’ve been inundated these last 30 days. And updates to this blog seem to be the thing that slips off the radar first when I’m the busiest.  I keep thinking that things will slow down, but for some reason my calendar is all fired up and things are getting booked left and right. [...]

Candy Overload Doesn’t Lead to Diabetes

I was scanning in old photos the other day for my sister’s upcoming wedding video and I came across so many fun ones from when I was a kid.  With Halloween just around the corner, I felt like I had hit the jackpot when I came across pages and pages of me and my little [...]

Blunt About Lifting My Skirt

JDRF Ozarks met with Congressman Roy Blunt today as part of JDRF’s Promise To Remember Me advocacy campaign.  We had 17 members show up at the Congressman’s office to discuss the issues affecting diabetes patients.
The meeting was somewhat quick, very much to the point, and we are thankful for the time we had to talk [...]

Dexcom Is Putting Out There

I have had a couple of meetings with Springfield’s Dexcom rep this week and I’m getting really excited about what they have planned for Springfield.
I have been Dexcomin’g it for approximately 15 weeks now.  My hemoglobin A1c dropped from a 9.4% to a 6.8% and shocked not only me, but my family and friends too.  [...]

Diabetes Hits An All New Low

It was a perfect summer evening.  It was approaching 7 o’clock and the storm clouds were mounting in the background to brew up a nice little thunderstorm.  My husband and I were sitting on the front row of the bleachers in field number 2 of the Cooper Sports Complex.  My oldest son’s third grade baseball [...]

The Boy Had The Guts To Ask

Everyone was staring, but the little boy had the guts to ask.
We were at lake party recently and it was extremely hot outside.  I was very nervous about getting into my swimsuit as it is difficult to hide both the Omnipod insulin pump and the Dexcom Seven Plus continuous glucose monitor sensor.  But, with the [...]

Sweet Perfection Doesn’t Make It Go Away

I love perfection.  Especially when it comes to my blood sugar readings.  Yesterday, the Dexcom planets all aligned with the center of gravity for me and gave me perfection for a good 12 hours.  Although this is not a completely rare sighting for some diabetics, it can be for me. But my sugar readings stayed [...]

Reminder Rings

Diabetes is a disease that has a lot of unglamorous facets.  I really try my hardest not to focus on these drab characteristics of the disease, but lately I have rings that are not so pretty and not helping when trying to stay positive.  I’ve been wearing the Omnipod insulin pump for a little less [...]

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