Bad Diabetes Vacation

My beautiful Hawaii trip didn’t let me take a break from my type 1 diabetes this past week. Although the trip itself was fantastic, sugar-wise it was rough. And not just in the way of roller coaster sugar readings due to the five hour time difference. (Note to self: remember to change time on insulin [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]