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Sharing Diabetes With Others (Part 3)
Being “different” is not the only feeling we must confront in social situations. Diabetes can also make us feel dependent…
Accepting Everything — Even Diabetes
I’ve had a pretty easy life, but illness has thrown some curves. Giving up sports, then dancing, then walking, things like that. For me, the key has been acceptance. We have to accept a situation before we can deal with it or change it…
Jan Contemplates Becoming a Hermit
Ever had one of “those” weeks? Sheesh! Both my Type 2 diabetes and my disability (one leg doesn’t go all the way to the ground) were out to get me…
Sharing Diabetes With Others (Part 1)
When I was 16, I went to a summer camp for teens with diabetes. My mother was the one who found out about it, and while I wasn’t resisting the idea with too much force, my enthusiasm for the camp was lukewarm at best. I was already feeling a little “weird” about having a chronic disease the rest of my life, and I thought that going to a camp devoted to it would only make me feel weirder…
How Was My Week? It Had Its Ups and Downs.
Maybe we should all pack day bags with our diabetes essentials in them when we go out to events. Say to watch a parade, or a ballgame, engage in a day of shopping…or cheer on somebody running a marathon…
Play Ball!
I love baseball. I love everything about it; I love the slow pace of the game; I love the fact that it signals the beginning of more daylight and warmer weather; I love the tradition of it, the “poetry” of the game. And I think baseball can teach us a few things about living with diabetes…
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