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Fear of being alone

This post is by Coral – read her bio here!
I am really starting to enjoy this whole blogging thing. Like my mother (“mama”) commented in my last (and first) post, I hate to write. I’m a numbers girl. Give me differential equations and I’ll go to town. Ask me to compare literature and I’ll kindly [...] [...]

Traveling with diabetes by: Genevieve

Next Thursday, my husband and I leave for our vacation to Hawaii.  I am extremely excited since I’ve been wanting to go for a long time.  In fact when we got married, we decided on Greece for our honeymoon with the promise that we’d go to Hawaii the next year.  Well, it’s been two years [...] [...]

A Return to Weight Watchers

Post by Andrea - Read her bio - here!
On Monday I went back to Weight Watchers (WW).  I have done WW off and on for the past 6 years, but it has yet to really and truly “stick”.  I started in college after my parents staged an intervention with me on my 21st birthday, sharing their concern [...] [...]

Realizations and Open Appreciations

Post by Tina – Read her bio here! 
Last Tuesday, I had what Oprah would call an “Aha” moment. It started while sitting in the Young Women with Diabetes group discussing Diabulimia. Lee Ann Thill from “The Butter Compartment” was our guest speaker. Lee Ann and I first met about 4 years ago in a diabetes [...] [...]

People Poop in There!

This post is by Coral – read her bio here!
The only time I truly feel comfortable taking my shots (yes, I still do injections – had bad experiences with the pump in college) is either in the privacy of my own home or when in the company of fellow diabetics who are also shooting up. [...] [...]