This is a guest post submitted by Lorraine who is doing an excellent job managing her son’s (Caleb) type 1 diabetes.  I met Lorraine through twitter, which is an excellent medium to talk real-life diabetes.  From our first few conversations, I knew that she was doing a lot of things right for Caleb and keeping [...]

“Winner, winner, chicken dinner”.  I hope you all had a nice long and relaxing holiday weekend!  As promised, here is my vlog that answers the question, “What did I do for the first time after 4 years on an insulin pump”?
 
Thank you all for contributing and to the winner of the Amazon gift card (watch [...]

As we approach a nice long weekend here in the States, I wanted to pose a question to the Blogging Diabetes readers.  I’ve been on an insulin pump for almost 4 years now.  Just the other day, I had something happen for the first time ever on the pump. 
What happened?
Who knows, I might just [...]

A special thank you to Kerri at Six Until Me (SUM) for the opportunity to provide a guest post on her diabetes blog.  Kerri’s blog has been around for four years and provides exceptional insight and some humor into the life of someone with type 1 diabetes.  Check out Kerri’s blog and the guest post [...]

This is a guest post by Rachel who writes a great blog about parenting a young child with type 1 diabetes.  I enjoy these guest posts because they typically bring a different perspective and insights that I may not experience or know about.  I want to thank Rachel for sharing her story and contributing to [...]

April was a slow month in terms of the number of posts because I took some time off as we welcomed a new addition to the family.  Our second daughter, Sydney, was born on April 16th and is an absolute blessing.

Even with the drop off in posts, we were able to capture another strong [...]

About 10 years ago I started my diabetic journey taking pills to control my blood sugar.  Taking those pills only lasted a few months before my doctor determined that I was not producing enough insulin in my pancreas. I then switched to injections and went on insulin.  My doctor, who was simply a primary care [...]