It's sort of strange for me to even question why I feel a certain way or why I have certain thoughts. You see I am the stronger one. I am the one who gets it done. I AM the one mostly in control and seeking to make it all better...yes I am the one.......or used to be the one. Having a pity party? No not really. Just asking the question that keeps coming up when I have days like these. Diagnosed with boaderline diabetes Jan 2006 and full diabetes in 2007 followed by thyroid cancer…

Hey guys. I decided to just post a short one tonight.

The last two days (actually... today more than friday) was rough. I went to Penn State University to audition for their musical theatre department... Friday all of my blood sugars were really great... Today though, I was high pretty much all day... Also during the audition, the battery in my pump died, and I couldn't get a new one until after... However; my BG is now back in order, and I feel so much…

It's been less than a week into my new pact with my best friend and fellow diabetic Andrew Grabowski (who had the wonderful idea of blogging on this awesome site) and I'm already finding it to be a struggle. It feels like I'm living such a hectic life where I'm too busy putting different things on top of Diabetes on my priority list (if that makes sense?). I know that Diabetes should be near the top on that list, because it's my health, but since I've had it for most of my life ( I…

Don’t forget to submit for the DFF (Diabetic Friend Forever) Contest!! Look for the next story on Tuesday.

The What, When and How

What: Write a story about your DFF, sharing with us the things they do to help make your life a positive one.

When: I will take stories starting today and the contest will end April 2nd. (I couldn’t do the 1st because that’s April Fools…

Over the next year and a half after my son's birth, I was sick all the time. I tried to get back in to shape but I'd work out for a few days and then get a head cold or the flu again and again. Infections persisted. Vision changes persisted. Through a lucky break I got a family doctor in the winter of 2008. Fabe and I wanted two children and I thought it was better to have the second sooner and get over all the misery that was pregnancy and move on with my…

Part Two: Three Midwives and a Sumo Wrestler

Now, in these parts, family doctors are nearly impossible to get and obstetricians are scarce. If you don't have a family doctor -- and mine went out of practice while I was away -- you have to go to walk-in clinics if you're ill. I understand that now there is a pool of obstetricians you can go see in the later months of your pregnancy if…

Hey everyone! Three days ago, my good friend Martha (we’re actually diabetic ‘twins’) and I made a pact.

Martha and I are both type ones. She was diagnosed when she was three years old, and she is now sixteen. I was diagnosed when I was seven, and I am now eighteen. So both of us have been living with this for almost our entire lives.…

It's been 6 years since I caught the first sign of a problem with my health. Since then, I've had two children, countless visits to doctor's offices and walk-in clinics. I've even had two hospital stays. I've probably crossed paths with over 20 health professionals, yet it was a small-town optician who got it right in 2004. If only someone had listened to him....…