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They cured diabetes in dogs?
Last month, the news started circling: they cured diabetes in dogs! Mice we hear about often– but dogs is new and exciting. So what’s the story there?The publication in question is “Treatment of...
View ArticleThe Loneliness of Type 1 Diabetes
Yesterday, Mark, Jamie, and I each got separate letters from the Joslin Diabetes Center saying that the results of our screening tests for type 1 diabetes were negative. This does not mean that we are...
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I Feel Like a CGM
My initials are JPA, not CGM. Right? But yet, more often than not, I feel like a continuous glucose monitor. Like anyone who lives with or has a family member with type 1 diabetes – blood glucose...
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Turning Diabetes Over to the Bionic Pancreas
I considered titling this “Anna Floreen Was Diabetes-Free for 5 Days,” because she was and now she’s not. And I’m curious what that transition has been like — picking up your chronic illness again...
View ArticleAre Kids with Type 1 Diabetes “Special Needs” Children?
A few days ago, I found myself telling a colleague that I couldn’t attend a conference, as I try not to travel much any more. “I have two young children,” I explained in an email, “and of them is a...
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Dietary Fat and Blood Sugar: Should I Bolus for Fat?
Say it isn’t so… A study of dietary fat and blood sugar suggests I might need to bolus for fat! According to a Joslin study whose findings appeared in the April issue of Diabetes Care, dietary fat can...
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Diabetes Memories: The Day I Mixed Up My Insulin Pens
I’ve had many memorable diabetes days and moments over the past eleven years since diagnosis (although I’m not sure I actually remember diagnosis day very clearly, since I was in shock). From running...
View ArticleUpdates from Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Trials: ADA 2013
Hot off the press– my raw notes from the American Diabetes Association 2013 on immunotherapy trials in type 1 diabetes. My apologies that these are unedited and not guaranteed– but let me know if...
View Article365 Days of Type 1 Diabetes
It’s now been a year since Bisi was diagnosed. In the weeks leading up to the anniversary, I found myself thinking over and over again about that time: the growing fear that something was wrong mixed...
View ArticleThe Surprise and Relief of a Celiac Disease Diagnosis
For more than a decade — and possibly longer, but a decade is about all I remember — I have been diagnosed as anemic. My hematocrit (red blood cell count) is typically very low: 26 when it should be in...
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Drinking from the Nutrition Fire Hose: First Steps at Learning the...
At the Massachusetts of Technology, where I work and teach, there is a well-known expression in our community about how it feels to be a student there. The educational experience is described as...
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Screening for Type 1 Diabetes: What’s a Mom To Do?
I recently visited my endocrinologist for a routine checkup. I was in the waiting area reading, texting, and, well, waiting. A woman who works at the office – she helps coordinate research – sat down...
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My Life as a Diabetic Heroin Addict
Because I’m a diabetic, I forget that syringes really freak people out.The tragic death of Philip Seymour Hoffman reminded me of this. When he died I was stunned. I called friends and family for help...
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Time for Your Type 1 Diabetes Medal?
Joslin Diabetes Center’s 50-year medal.Photo credit ©Joslin Diabetes CenterIn my last post, “Type 1 Diabetes Finally Explained,” I talked about the challenges and intense management one endures living...
View ArticleDBlog Week Post #1: Be the Change You Want to See
When I was 14 years old I was angsty and surly and taciturn. Or, to put it another way, I was a teenager.I hated my teen dramatics. I was alienating friends and family by being generally unpleasant to...
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DBlog Week: I Hate Paperwork and Phone Calls
Today is the first day of Diabetes Blog Week. Its founder, Karen Graffeo, proposes: “Let’s kick off Diabetes Blog Week by talking about the diabetes causes and issues that really get us fired up.” For...
View ArticleDBlog Week: As Compared to the Ideal Self
Today is the second day of Diabetes Blog Week. Its founder, Karen Graffeo, proposes: “Write a poem, rhyme, ballad, haiku, or any other form of poetry about diabetes.” Here is something I drafted back...
View ArticleDBlog Week: No Colleagues with Diabetes
Today is the third day of Diabetes Blog Week. Its founder, Karen Graffeo, suggests that “now seems like a great time to explore the emotional side of living with, or caring for someone with, diabetes.”...
View ArticleMetformin and Type 1 Diabetes – An Experiment
Metformin is not usually prescribed for Type 1 diabetes, but over the past couple years, inspired in part by Mike’s experience on it (see here, here, here and here), I’ve become interested in trying...
View ArticleMy Diabetes Journey
Christmas Eve, 1997, should have been a joyous night for my four year old self. I should have been eating copious amounts of homemade goodies while I awaited the sound of Santa’s sleigh bells. I should...
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