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This is such a great meal if you're craving Italian food but don't want
the carbs. I serve it with a big salad and some rapini and feel satisfyingly full every time. But best of all, it's good for you. Go ...
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(Charlie loves lobsters!)I thought that a follow up on our lobster dinner was in order. I've been wanting to tell you all about it for a while now, but I wanted to post a picture alongside of all of the delicious details! ...
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I met Bob (I like to call him Mr. Bob) when I went to Kansas City, MO for a World Diabetes Day luncheon. Bob is living with Type 2 diabetes, recently started his on blog Titled T Minus Two: Easily Amused. Bob is a sweetheart, an avid tweeter (@rpederse) ...
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I am sitting inside of the Kansas City, MO airport; I decided to blog from my iPhone.
-Saturday I traveled to Kansas City, MO. I had the oppurtunity to visit my Aunt; she isn't doing well. The cancer is eating at her bones. I am still prayerful for her and ...
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I am now a real Diabetes Daily family member and am absolutely thrilled to be here. I am off to a great start with all of the wonderful friends I have already made and all the new ones I am looking forward to meeting.
Many of you already know me as ...
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Do you have a diabetes role model yet? Role models are a key ingredient in helpings us to reach greater achievements in life. Although many people associate role models with their career or personal aspirations, I believe that role models have just as much place in inspiring us to live ...
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I never imagined I would be cooking lamb burgers at six o'clock in the morning.
Always one to complain about food being too salty, that effect was intensified following my recent hospitalization. When I returned home, everything from precooked breakfast sausage to a favorite frozen entree tasted like salt. Even ...
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Today, science has landed a solid blow against whole wheat's status as Best for Blood Sugars. Researchers at Lund University have discovered that bread made from rye flour provides better control than whole wheat bread and rye bran. And it keeps mice skinnier. ...
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Last weekend I went out to Denver to celebrate my friend Candice's 30th birthday and visit some friends from college. I was a little apprehensive about leaving Leah at home for a couple days, but I knew that she was in good hands and that I'd have a good time. ...
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I would like to introduce to some and re introduce to others, Karen of Bitter-Sweet Diabetes Blog. I met Karen via Twitter (Karen_mst) a year ago; she had me at her first tweet. Trust me when you read below, you'll know why. Thank you, Karen--Hugs. --------------------------------...
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Amy has announced the opening of the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge, and created this really neat little video to kick things off (I love this!)I love that Amy has had such great success with this contest. Because of that great success, it keeps ...
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Tomorrow marks the 24th anniversary of my husband's type 1 diabetes diagnosis. I fell in love with this man who happens to have type 1 diabetes...wow, almost fourteen years ago now. A couple of years ago, I wrote about his diagnosis with the help of his parents. A ...
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Chapstick is pocketable. A small swiss-army knife is pocketable. A mini-flashlight is pocketable. Insulin pens are not pocketable. I have been using an insulin pump for a long time. Before I started pumping, they did not have these giant portable all-in-one "solutions". These ...
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Shannon is a diabetes advocate and the creator of LADAdeeda.com a blog about her life with diabetes; she was diagnosed 10 years ago. I was drawn to her for a few reasons but one the one that stands out the most --she lives with Type 1/LADA. Reading about another young ...
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(Please excuse me - writing with prompts has been easier than without lately - so I must explain that I am answering a question posed by Duncan Cross for the next edition of Patients for a Moment. He asked, "Who would you be without your illness?". This is ...
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I hate to write in bullet points, but I am realizing that if I don't try to write at least that much nothing will get written before I leave....
for Haiti before dawn on Friday morning. I am totally excited and totally nervous.
The site we are staying at ...
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This recipe was created during a challenge I gave myself a while back to use only the food in my pantry for our meals for the week. Since then, it's been on regular rotation in our house. It's so delicious and makes your house smell ...
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I am trying not to buy any Reese's peanut butter cups because it would go against what I am giving up for lent. So, I decided to Walgreens to get gum, diet sunkist and mints to help me fight the candy cravings. I went to the check out stand, placed everything on the counter....
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Shannon is a diabetes advocate and the creator of LADAdeeda.com a blog about her life with diabetes; she was diagnosed 10 years ago. I was drawn to her for a few reasons but one the one that stands out the most --she lives with Type 1/LADA. Reading about another young ...
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Living with diabetes is hard. But today reminded me that it is not just the diabetes that makes living with diabetes hard. It is all the extra crap we deal with around our diabetes that is almost more of a headache than managing blood sugars and insulin doses....
