Complications The longer my tenure with diabetes goes, the more I think about the point when it’s all going to catch up to me.  Besides the finger pricks, highs/lows, Endo visits and pump/syringes, I’ve led a pretty normal last 13 years or so with diabetes.  I haven’t let this disease take away anything that I’ve [...]

Having diabetes for about 12 years now, there are two things that I watch very closely and have been proud to have never had any issues.  The two things are: my feet and my eyes.  I have always been someone who runs hot and have never had any circulation issues.  Someday I’m sure this will [...]

According to the CDC, Diabetes as a leading cause of death first appeared in the top 10 list in 1932 as #10.  The leading cause of death is simply the main reason that is selected on a death certificate.  On November 14th, World Diabetes Day (WDD), I noticed this statistic on the WDD website, which [...]

I have previously stated that I’ve had diabetes for just over ten years now.  Early on, I was told that I needed to test for ketones when my blood sugar ran high.  In the first few years, I’d check my ketones level and never found a trace of any present.  Shortly after, the bottle of [...]

Depression is a serious condition and I don’t mean to suggest anything that diminishes this notion.  Recently, I have been hearing more and more about how people with diabetes tend to have more issues with depression.  As you will see in the video, I am a very optimistic and “glass half full” type of person, [...]

Are you too busy to check your blood sugar?  Are there too many things going on at work to take a few minutes to check your sugar?  Is the to-do list too long to fit in a little exercising or diabetes care?  I’m sure this list could go on and on.  A little while back, [...]

This is a guest post by Holly McCarthy who writes on the subject of nursing schools and can be reached at hollymccarthy12[at]gmail.com Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Type 2 diabetes is the more common form of diabetes. Although [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to find a silver lining when it comes to diabetes.  In the past I have said that everyone has something when it comes to an illness, disease, predisposition to disease or health problem.  At least with diabetes you know what you have and what may happen.  I have always had a pretty [...]

This is the most exciting post I’ve done here at Blogging Diabetes because of the promise that these two supplements may hold for people with diabetes.  When I visited my Endocrinologist in late December, he told be about these two supplements and the clinical trial that was recently done.  The way he explained it was, [...]

If treated correctly, Diabetes is a manageable disease that can help lead you to a healthier lifestyle (diet wise).  However, if not respected, Diabetes can be the worst kind of killer there is outside of probably adolescent/infant cancer. If I don’t keep my glucose levels under tight control, I may have blurry vision, be thirsty, [...]