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 [...]

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 [...]

Pushing $35,000

Here it is 10 days later and I’m still on walk high.  I haven’t got much posted about it other than quick pictures here and there, but I can’t help but get that warm, fuzzy feeling when I think about the progress JDRF Ozarks has made. Our first Walk To Cure Diabetes was held on [...]

I Couldn’t Have Asked For A Better Day!

Dexcom’ing It

Why wasn’t I issued one of these when I was first diagnosed with diabetes?! This amazing piece of diabetes technology is the Dexcom Seven Plus continuous glucose monitor and it has pretty much changed my life in these last two weeks.  It is a glucose sensor that I wear attached to my body (currently on [...]

JDRF Walk Planning-36 Day Countdown

The days are counting down to Springfield, MO’s first JDRF Walk To Cure Diabetes to be held on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 10:00am.  It’s not too late to register your walk team and raise money for type 1 diabetes research.  We’re still not sure what to expect, but we seem to be getting a [...]

iDiabetes

Not the most creative or orignal title I am sure, but big news comes out of Apple today with the release of their new iPhone OS 3.0 event.  And it’s quite exciting for the PWD (people with diabetes) and especially the geeky ones, like me.  Though I’m not an iPhone user, I’m a huge Apple [...]

Larry Soler Is Kind Of A Big Deal

I was so excited when I got an e-mail from Sanda at JDRF St. Louis today with a copy of a press release that she sent out which included a picture of me and Larry Soler to the newspapers.  (See the press release copy below). Larry Soler is the JDRF International Executive Vice President, government [...]

A Sticky Situation

I’ve been struggling with the Omnipod insulin pump in keeping it stuck on me for the full 3 days.  I’ve tried everything from hunting and pecking at every Walgreens/Wal-Mart for Liquid Bandage to medical bandages and tape and yet the Omnipod still kept falling off within 36 hours.  I would pile bandages on top of [...]

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