Isn't it strange how we do some of our most profound thinking right before we go to bed? We get in bed to go to sleep to renew and prepare ourselves for what the next day has in store for us and we can't help but think about what happened that day or the things that have been stressing us out the most. I think it has something to do with the fact that when you're laying in bed, nothing but darkness and if you're lucky, silence, is surrounding you so you…

It seems like when everything in life is thrown in your face, and you just cant take it anymore, you really seem to find out just how much friends help...

In the past 3 months everything has been a crazy blur of emotions. Life was already pretty hectic, pretty out of this world. And then all of a sudden, hey guy! you're a diabetic, and you get to poke yourself with lil needles everyday. Forever. Thats really taken a toll on me. It seems like I just want to crawl under a rock and do…

Diabetes Leadership conference in South Africa finally kicked off today in J'burg, south Africa. I have been praying fervently for the success of this meeting and finally it came up. Many persons from all over Africa will be presenting position statements and situation reports from different countries.

This Leadership summit is coming up shortly after the briefing of the US congress on the 27th by Dr Hawkins and co about the burden of diabetes in developing countries.

It is…

My trip started to Des Moines quietly on Friday…

• The needle which you use to draw up insulin through is not removable. And it is one size.
• If I could put my own needle on that little thing I think it would work the same. And then I could use my own size.
• And me as a consumer would save money cuz then I would only need one…

SOooooO i woke up in the middle of the night not feeling well... luckly unlike my uncle who has just been recently diagnosed i can feel a low comming on .. so i get out of bed to check my sugar .. uh oh 55 ... so i go in to kitchen to look for some juice to take .. uh oh .. dad decided to finish up the last of the juice .. so i go into the cabinet to see if i can find anything sweet i can take .. another problem .. mom doesnt like keeping anything sweet in the house so im not tempted to eat…

Hey im a type 1 on pens and ive been lookin into switchin to omnipods cuz im very active and dont want the hassle of tubes from other pumps and was wonderin what the average cost is to get started? I know i have to get ahold of my insurance to find how much id be payin but they dont cover all my diabetic supplies so i doubt they'll have good coverage on the omnipods. Plus are the omnipods worth it??

I decided to join tudiabetes.org because i feel i need to connect with other diabetics in order to feel a little better and have somewhere where i can go and know poeple can relate to me . I have been a Type 1 diabetic since i was 8 years old . Ive never had much control of my sugar because i guess ive always been in denial that i have diabetes. I can say that my last A1c level of 8.4 was the lowest level i have ever had since i was diagnosed way back in 98 . My A1c level before that was…

This is the dilemma that I am often faced with: exercise or something else. In this case, it happens to be a glass of red wine. The day has been long and less than desirable and more than anything I want my thoughts to disappear for awhile, to decompress. I can achieve this by attending an hour long session of yoga. I like the instructor and if I attended the class I know that I would be satisfied when I completed it. I would walk home with my shoulders back and chest lifted a little. I…

Well, for those of you who have read some of what I have endured, I appreciate all the words of encouragement along the way.

I have now officially been back into society for going on two months. Prior to that I was incarcerated in the Federal Penal system for what amounted to just about 4 years, I know it does not sound like a life sentence, but being a brittle type 1, some of the rigors obsolved in this battle at times seemed damn near impossible.…