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 …
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 …
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 …
Lazy River, Tired Kids, and a Lost Shoe: Tubing with Type 1
Last Saturday, it was hot (I know, mid-July—shocker). It had been a long week, and I hadn’t really planned much (okay, anything) for the weekend. What to do?
We could go to my mom’s—she lives at the …
Summer Exercise and T1D: Sweat, Sensors, & a Little Sanity
Yesterday was my final prep run for the endurance race I’ve got coming up in a couple of weeks. (No need to share the distance—let’s keep the illusion of balance alive a little longer.)
When the temperature …