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Where the #%$& is his pump?!
Humor / Life & Family Posted on: August 31, 2025September 19, 2025

Where the #%$& is his pump?!

The evening started easily enough. It was site change day. 

Owen was in the shower doing his “get the set wet so it can come off without taking any skin with it” routine. I was in the …

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Carb Counts & Campfires: A T1D Camp Adventure
Humor / Life & Family Posted on: August 24, 2025September 19, 2025

Carb Counts & Campfires: A T1D Camp Adventure

For those of you with diabetes – do you remember diabetes camp?

I sure do. I went to a small camp in New Jersey called Camp Firefly. Its logo was a syringe-turned-firefly (do fireflies even have …

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When Diabetes Silences Your Words
Perspectives Posted on: August 19, 2025September 19, 2025

When Diabetes Silences Your Words

It’s been a little while since I’ve written here, and I wanted to share why. 

It started with a horrible hyperglycemia episode caused by a kinked cannula—so bad that my eyelids hurt—that left me feeling pretty awful …

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Race Recap: Run PA Trail Jamboree 
Exercise & Running Updates / Humor Posted on: August 7, 2025September 4, 2025

Race Recap: Run PA Trail Jamboree 

Ice bandannas, Bluetooth miracles, and one very stubborn blood sugar 

Last Saturday, I ran the 12-hour race at the PA Run Trail Jamboree. A running festival held in Newmanstown, PA. It was my first race …

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Brian Foster is navigating T1D from all angles — personal, professional, & parental. He believes in evidence-based care, compassionate support, & the life-saving powers of CGMs and coffee.

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