Diabetes and Menopause
Unfortunately, for many women, menopause is a time that is feared, whispered about and defined by myths. Add diabetes to the mix and you have a whole new layer of challenges to navigate…
Amy S. Mercer
Mercer lives with type 1 diabetes. She is the author of “The Smart Woman’s Guide to Diabetes, Everything from Eating and Dating to Motherhood.”
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The Importance of Language in Diabetes Care
It’s imperative for health care professionals to understand the nuances of language. The goal is to use language that is neutral, nonjudgmental, and based on facts, actions, or biology…
Perspectives on the Pandemic: T1D and Family
When I wanted to know how other T1D women with children were feeling about isolating with their families, all I had to do was ask…
Yoga Therapy for Diabetes: Book Review and Q&A With Evan Soroka
Evan Soroka considers yoga and diabetes management as complimentary practices. A certified yoga therapist, Soroka has lived with type 1 diabetes since adolescence…
Distance Running and Diabetes: Mile After Mile With Greg Weintraub
When Greg Weintraub runs, his mind is clear of diabetes. All he thinks about is the next mile, and the next, and then the next…
Memories of Getting My Driver’s License With Diabetes
I would tell my 16-year-old self who was trying to get my driver’s license with diabetes not to worry, because we were going to prove the doubters wrong…
Sleep Problems and Diabetes
Have sleep problems and diabetes? After decades living with Type 1, Amy Mercer knows how you’re feeling…
Grateful for Life
I want to be grateful for my body in honor of my friend. Grateful for the ability to inject myself with insulin. Grateful for the ability to fight and win…
Exercising With Diabetes: Strong, Not Sick
Yes, it’s hard to run when my blood sugar is high or low, but exercising with diabetes makes me feel strong, not sick…
Nicole Johnson, JDRF’s Director of Mission
Nicole Johnson was recently named the “Director of Mission” at JDRF, a role that will allow her to respond to the diabetes community’s wants and needs…
Diabetes Complications: Letting Go of Anxiety
One day complications might be a part of my plotline, but they will not be the conclusion. They will not be the whole story…
Sick Days and Diabetes
Living with diabetes is hard, and when you’re sick, it’s even harder. Learn about sick days and diabetes…
Perimenopause?
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that I’m “middle aged.” I can’t ignore the obvious reminders that I am likely dealing with perimenopause…
Diabetes and Acceptance
I don’t want to blame or punish or battle this body for having diabetes. I want to accept and love this body of mine. At the very least, I want to try…
Stephen Richert: Banting’s Ghost
A documentary adventure photographer, Stephen Richert was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in 1999 when he was 16 years old…
New Dexcom G5 Mobile Android App Launches
I recently had the chance to talk with Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer to discuss the launch of the Dexcom G5 Mobile Android app…
Students With Diabetes: Conference Update
I recently reached out to Nicole Johnson to hear stories about the 2017 Students With Diabetes/Young Adults With Diabetes conference…
Managing Blood Sugar Lows
I didn’t chose to have diabetes, but I can choose how I live with it. Part of this responsibility is avoiding low blood sugars…
Diabetes and a Vegan Diet
I think I’ve learned through my husband’s exploration that I don’t have to be so restricted in the way I think about food…
Diabetes, Pregnancy, and What’s “Meant to Be”
I don’t believe in “meant to be.” If you want something, you have to believe, and have faith, and ignore those voices telling you it’s not meant to be…
Team Bike Beyond
Sierra Sandison’s physical strength is being put to the test this summer as she bikes across the country with Team Bike Beyond…
Post-Marathon Interview With T1D Greg Weintraub
I interviewed Greg Weintraub, a runner with Type 1 diabetes, in March as he was preparing for the Boston Marathon. He successfully completed the race…
Take Control of Your Diabetes at a TCOYD Conference
Take control of your diabetes with the nonprofit organization TCOYD at a one-day conference that will ignite motivation for change…
Nicole Johnson and Students With Diabetes
When you hear the name Nicole Johnson, what is the first thing that pops into your mind? I’m guessing that most of you will say former Miss America…
Diabetes and Hunger Games
As a woman with Type 1 diabetes, I don’t trust my body when it comes to hunger. If you have diabetes, you’ll know what I’m talking about…
Letter to a Type 1 Mom
As a woman with Type 1 diabetes, I’m often asked for advice from moms who have teenage daughters with Type 1…
Dream Doctor
I will continue to search for my ideal endocrinologist. In case he or she is out there reading this, here’s my dream doctor…
Diabetes: “Some Days Are Just Like That”
After two days of running high, my blood sugar has plummeted. I’m trying hard to keep myself from falling into a hole of self-pity, but it’s not easy…
My Love–Hate Relationship With My Body
I have a love–hate relationship with my body. It started when I was young, but developing Type 1 diabetes certainly exacerbated the problem…
Paige Kuehmeier: Mom of a Type 1 Child
Paige Kuehmeier is Development Coordinator for the Palmetto Chapter of JDRF and mom of a Type 1 child…
Life With Diabetes: Loosening the Controls
Traveling is always a challenge with diabetes. Anything out of the ordinary is a challenge with diabetes…
Diabetes and Reasons for Running
Maybe that’s my reason for running. To drown out the self-doubt. To prove to myself and others that Type 1 diabetes is an added challenge, not a roadblock…
Having a Child With Type 1 Diabetes: Q&A With Lisa Shepard
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Lisa Shepard, who has a child with Type 1 diabetes, about her about her advocacy efforts with JDRF…
Q&A With Erin Spineto: Adventures With Type 1 Diabetes
Erin Spineto is an athlete, adventurer, and author with Type 1 diabetes. I recently had the chance to speak with Erin about her experiences…
Friends With Diabetes
Even after decades of living with the condition, new ideas and advice from friends with diabetes can sometimes make all the difference…
Riding On Insulin: Hannah McCrary’s Experience at the Camp
I recently spoke with Hannah McCrary about her life with Type 1 diabetes and her experience at a recent Riding On Insulin camp…
Candy Day: Life With Type 1 Diabetes
After years of being denied candy I ended up with Type 1 diabetes, a disease that is all about sugar…
Life With Diabetes: Blood and Bruises
Life with diabetes sometimes feels like I am at war with my body. Blood and bruises. They are what’s visible of my invisible disease…
Diabetes and God
I remember when I was diagnosed hearing things like: “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle” and wondering why God thought I could handle diabetes…
Sierra Sandison, Miss Idaho 2014, Talks Diabetes
Sierra Sandison, Miss Idaho 2014, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 18. Learn how she deals with — and finds humor in — the situation…
Running With Diabetes: The 2016 Kiawah Island Half Marathon
When I’m running with diabetes I see myself as a tightly controlled science experiment, but when I’m crossing the finish line I see myself as a winner…
A White Christmas With Diabetes
While I believe that diabetes should not hold anyone back from whatever adventure appeals to them, the truth is that travel with diabetes is a challenge…
Diabetes and Black Friday Frustrations
No matter how hard we work to manage our diabetes, there will always be highs and lows. There will always be frustrations…
Diabetes and Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday. As a woman with diabetes, I am resentful of a holiday that’s centered on food…
On Diabetes and Living With Worry
I’ve been a mother for 15 years, and the worry never leaves me. The worry that one of my boys will be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes…
Ironic: Life With Type 1 Diabetes Comes Full Circle
I got a message from a boyfriend who broke my heart years ago. He sent me the note because his daughter was recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes…
Diabetes Alert Dogs: How They Can Have Your Back
We all want someone who has our back, and for some people with diabetes, that someone is a diabetes alert dog…
Diabetes and Sports: Support and Education Intersect
Julie De Vos wants to help people use diabetes and sports as an avenue to finding support and education…
Inspiring Women With Diabetes
My hope is to gather the stories of inspiring women with diabetes and share them with you so you (and I!) will never feel alone…
Hurricane Matthew Disrupts Diabetes Routines
A hurricane raises anxiety levels from mild to extreme, which affects blood glucose levels…
Positive Role Models With Diabetes: Stephanie Tomko
Stephanie Tomko was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was four years old. She is this week’s positive role model with diabetes!
The Women of Type 1 Diabetes
“Women of Type 1” is a conference for women whose lives are touched by Type 1 diabetes (T1D)…
Team Novo Nordisk: Benny Madrigal
Crossing the finish line when he is representing the diabetes community is a powerful motivator for Benny Madrigal…
Glass Half Full: Life With Diabetes
Living with diabetes is an exhausting and often frustrating journey, but it has made me who I am…
Role Models for Being Active With Type 1 Diabetes
When I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1985 there were no public role models of people living healthy, active lives with diabetes…
Diabetes and Your Period: A Monthly Ebb and Flow
In a 2003 study, women with Type 1 diabetes were shown to have more menstrual problems before age 30 years than their peers without diabetes…
The Not-So-Affordable Care Act and Me
It’s disheartening to hear that companies are pulling out of Obamacare because they’re not making enough money…
Team Novo Nordisk
I’ve decided to write about athletes with diabetes. People who push their bodies to perform at a professional level. The perfect place to begin is Team Novo Nordisk…
Diabetes Stories
As we sat on the deck overlooking the lake, Dad told the story of my younger sister’s diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes in 1985…
Depression, Anxiety, and Diabetes, One Year Later
This summer is the one-year anniversary of my depression diagnosis, and it’s humbling to think how far I’ve come…
What Pat Conroy Taught Me About Diabetes
I was fortunate to meet author Pat Conroy several years later at a chance meeting at the Medical University of South Carolina…
Traveling With Diabetes: Worth the Effort
It’s challenging to travel when you have diabetes, but the reward is worth the struggle…
Diabetes and Diet: My Own Shelf
The reality is that when you’re sharing a house with 16 people and you have diabetes, you might have to find a shelf of your own, and that’s OK…
Diabetes and Diet
It occurred to me that I’ve been saying no to certain foods for most of my life. I’ve been on a diabetes diet since I was 14 years old…
Becoming a Diabetes Warrior
I think all of us who are managing life with diabetes are warriors…
Diabetes and Depression: Recovery
I’d been trying so hard to keep my head above the water that when the doctor handed me the prescription for antidepressants, it felt like a life jacket…
Diabetes and Depression: The Diagnosis
I came home and Googled “women, diabetes, and depression,” and discovered that the way I was feeling was not uncommon…
Running and Diabetes
I might have a bruise on my arm from an injection, and a pocket full of glucose tabs, but I am strong and graceful. I am a runner…
Introducing Myself — Life With Type 1 Diabetes
Welcome to my blog! I’m looking forward to reconnecting with the diabetes community after an absence…
The Importance of Role Models
A diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes was a wake-up call for Susan Ito. In her words, this working mom was “an overweight, rice-loving, couch potato” … Read More “The Importance of Role Models”
