A voice for living well with Type 1 Diabetes

Frozen Shoulder X2

I’ve been experiencing pain in my left shoulder over the past month while working out with weights, after gravel cycling rides, and while sleeping. I suspected either a rotator cuff issue or a frozen shoulder, as I experienced rotator cuff tears in my 20s and 30s and...

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...