A voice for living well with Type 1 Diabetes

Five Months Later … +1

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...

2022 Diabetes Wellness Review: Exercise

This is the fourth post reviewing the exercise spoke (or cluster of help) in the Diabetes Wellness Wheel. Below is the wheel with my standards, 2022 assessment, and adjustments for 2023. Diabetes Wellness Wheel The benefits of exercise to the human body are well...

2022 Exercise Calendar

In prep for a self assessment of my diabetes in 2022, I’m reviewing the exercise calendar hanging in our basement workout room. Since 1987, I’ve logged my workouts on a physical calendar. This year’s results fell short due to a fractured hip on October 29.  I was on...

Summer has arrived and a great day to cycle, but wait …

It’s Saturday morning and the summer heat and humidity has hit Kansas City.  Was looking forward to cycling 30 miles with friends until … I woke up with a blood sugar of 320.  Crap … what to do?  Try and bolus it down with insulin?  That means active...