can’t take my eyes off of you
pictured: my grandmother, betty gabel, type 2 insulin-dependent diabetic i’ve been trying to write this post for a while, trying to find the best way to articulate the meaning behind the conversation...
View Articlewhat it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn’t.
have you ever gone out to dinner with a foodie? they know everything about how their pasta was made, how hot the oven must have been to perfectly crisp the chips you are sharing, or how their wine was...
View Articlejigsaw falling into place
when i opened the email invitation to the medtronic diabetes advocates forum for 2014, i looked to mike lawson sitting next to me and said ‘did you get invited to this? maybe they meant to send it to...
View Articleit just takes some time, little girl
wordless wednesday Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment. T. S. Eliot
View Articlefor you, i bleed myself tryin’
i care about you. i know it is bold to say that and you might not even believe it… but i do. maybe we have never engaged before. okay: i’ve never met you. you’ve never met me. we have never laid eyes...
View Articlelet me share this whole new world with you
there is much debate in the diabetes online (and offline) community about whether a person with diabetes ought to be considered or consider one self, “disabled”. sharing my position on this is...
View ArticleRocking Coachella With Diabetes
today i am heading out to coachella. it is a music festival in indio, CA near los angeles. it is four days of dancing in the hot hot sun. before i get to the diabetes part of this post, i must...
View ArticleDiabetes Blog Week 2014: Day 2
send me well wishes, not tricks up your sleeve because right when i need you, you also need me there’s no changing colors, no charging up dues, no market impressions, no turning up clues i test, you...
View ArticleDiabetes Blog Week 2014: Day 3
that was my first diabetes blog. A Bit of a Written Advantage i started it when i was 20 and kept it a secret until now. i did so because it reveals a darkened heart and a troubled soul i didn’t share...
View Articlepop, pop, pop that thang
this post is not drug related, despite the title. or, well, i guess it is. insulin is a drug isn’t it? correction to that first line there: this post is indeed drug related. LIFE UPDATE i moved to...
View Articlesomething only we know
welcome to medicine x. you, sit in a room filled with powerful, strong headed people living with life circumstances you really can only begin to imagine and you listen. you try and be a sponge while...
View Articlesun, sun, sun, here it comes
in the wake of the great and powerful stanford medicine x conference, i want to share with you a recent trip i took. it all started in the bar where i tend. i’m doing my thing at sleepy dog brewery,...
View Articlethe crystal ship is being filled
on day 0 of medicine x, i, along with other epatients, attended and participated in a special event called “partnering for health” sponsored by eli lilly and company. the day revolved around clinical...
View Articleand everything he sees is blue
big blue test time is one of my favorite times of the year. an external reason to get my blood pumping and exercise. today, i submitted two big blue tests and it wasn’t as challenging as i thought it...
View Articleground control to major tom
ever come face to face with someone harboring a radically different perspective on diabetes? one that doesn’t jive with yours? one that you wish you didn’t still hear? one that takes just a little...
View Article’cause there’s a million things to be
i can trace my passion for diabetes-related social advocacy back nearly a decade, must have been 14-15 when i started writing out my diabetes story. i needed people without diabetes to get it. i...
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