Entries Tagged as ‘Diabetes’

November 14, 2009

Travel time, a whole new version of hell

I’ll be travelling soon with my family.  Only another diabetic understands what is involved in travelling with this disease.  I not only need my glucose meter, but an extra battery for the meter.  Extra test strips.  My insulin, several infusion sets, reservoirs, skin prep and the inserter.  Oh, don’t forget batteries for my pump too.  [...]

February 18, 2008

11 years, 5 months, 12 days and counting

Diabetes sucks.  I was surprisingly diagnosed with Type 1 when I was 28.  Out of the blue.  I hadn’t been sick in over 2 years, but I was fired from a very stressful job 6 months prior.  I’m sure it was that job.  The frustrating thing about diabetes is there are no days off.  It [...]