A voice for living well with Type 1 Diabetes

Beddian Diaversary

by | Jan 9, 2026 | Friends & Family, Gratitude

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Diabetes Milestone Today—January 9, 2026—is my Beddian Diaversary. I was diagnosed with diabetes in 1963, which means I’ve now lived with it for 63 years. This once-in-a-lifetime numerical phenomenon was made famous by Bobby Beddia, a New York...

Sugar Free

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Business of Diabetes, Friends & Family, Nutrition

Sugar Free. That was my nephew Alec’s nickname on his high school baseball team. One of the coaches called him “Sugar Free” because he played with type 1 diabetes. It was fun … and a reminder that he played with type 1. We loved it When it comes to food, sugar free...

Five Months Later … +1

by | Apr 7, 2023 | Exercise, Friends & Family

I cycled outdoors last week … five months to the day after my biking accident that resulted in a fractured left hip. The decision to get on the bike was spontaneous, as I was home alone with time to kill. It was a beautiful spring day with blue skies, temperatures in...

Time & Place

by | Mar 28, 2023 | Friends & Family, Mind

Early in my life, I kept my diabetes mostly a secret … only sharing it with those I trusted to not judge me for having diabetes. I wasn’t alone. Others, including a childhood hero, Ron Santo, did the same thing for the same reason. Over the past two decades, I’ve...

2022 Diabetes Wellness Review: Friends & Family

by | Mar 14, 2023 | Friends & Family

This is the fifth post reviewing a spoke (or cluster of help) in the Diabetes Wellness Wheel. Below is the wheel with my standards, 2022 assessment, and adjustments for 2023 for Friends & Family. Diabetes Wellness Wheel Living with diabetes is better with support...