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Best Practices #2: Friends & Family (The Support)
Living life with diabetes has been better when family was close. This includes the first fifteen years of my diabetes when I lived at home before graduating from high school. By today’s standards, those years of managing diabetes were primitive (one shot a day, no...
Best Practice #1: Exercise
Along my 50+ years of living life with diabetes, I’ve made some good and bad decisions. Please keep in mind that these are what worked for me … your diabetes may be different. I’m sharing these in hopes that they get you thinking. Here’s one of the best practices...
The 1 Big Thing
Own it. When our son was diagnosed, his emergency room physician said it best: “I am sorry that you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes. But you have a choice. Own your diabetes and you can control it. Ignore it and it will control you. You can live a productive life...
Gratitude #5: Jennifer
My one sibling, Jennifer, is two years younger than me and was 18 months old when I was diagnosed. Growing up, we were a tight family and did things together. So it’s fair to say that she also lived with my diabetes. This included observing my morning insulin...