Mom Im Out Of Insulin

December 18, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

I love Insulin Pumps. Insulin pumps make managing diabetes easier for me and my kids. We didn’t wait longer than was required by insurance to get insulin pumps for our kids. Sugarboy has been using an Animas pump since August of 2007 with no interruptions. Sweetstuff began pumping in August of 09 but took a […]

Don’t Mind My Voice

December 17, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

This year brought huge changes in my life – in my families lives. The biggest change for our family was a move across the country from Texas to California. For me the biggest change was becoming part of a larger community. Not a community connected by streets, courts, high school football games and the local […]

I Don’t Want to Know His Name

December 14, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

This morning I woke up early. I drank coffee. Reviewed my kids homework – may have even circled some spelling errors for them to fix. Around 6:45am California Time I woke up my kids, asked them to get dressed and made breakfast. Just 15 minutes early 3000 miles away gun shots were heard in an […]

How Many Carbs in Sugar Coating?

December 5, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

Diabetes sucks but so does tripping yet it’s hilarious when someone trips (without being injured) and someone else asks “How was your trip?” Sometimes Diabetes plays nice, other days not so much. Somedays I want to scream, cry, punch things (basically throw a temper tantrum). Then there are these moments, brought to you by my […]

May The Force Be With You

November 19, 2012.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’m a Dmom. I have two kiddos with Type 1 Diabetes. My job as a Dmom includes any number of things that are normally done by a person’s pancreas but the thing I want to share about today is night-time blood sugar checks. Im not going to suggest that all Dparents need to be doing […]