WTFedness

March 13, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Yesterday a FWD (Friend with diabetes) posted on a social media site about a low blood sugar before dinner. She included the phrase “WTFedness”. I didn’t find her low humorous but the phrase “WTFedness” cracked me up and I told her as much. Diabetes has been frustrating the crud outta me lately. Unexplained stubborn highs […]

Backseat Driver

July 2, 2012.Reading time 6 minutes.

A twitter friend @Nitacure4t1d has joined the blogosphere at NitaCure. She wrote her first post yesterday Canada Day in regards to taking a road trip with her son who has Type 1 Diabetes. Comments on my blog give me all sorts of warm fuzzies so I do try to comment on other blogs frequently (do to others […]

Pumping Air

June 25, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

Last week was Diabetes Camp Week! It was AWESOME. My kids blood sugars were the best they have been in months. Why is that? I didn’t change basals (amount of insulin that is continuously given via the insulin pump) or I:C ratios (Insulin to Carb ratios ex. 1 unit insulin for 14 grams carbs) or […]

Limitations

May 1, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

I Don’t do Well with Limitations Day 29 Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Sunday’s prompt: Six Sentence Story. In this day of micro-blogging – brevity is a skill worth honing. Can you tell a story and make it short and sweet? What can you say in six sentences. First let me ask do parenthesis count?So […]

10 Things THEY couldn’t live without

April 13, 2012.Reading time 10 minutes.

10 Things THEY couldn’t live without Day 13 Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Todays prompt is to write a list of the 10 things you need (or love) most. Since this blog is intended to be mostly about being the parent of children with diabetes my list will not be what I need, it will […]