She said (at the beginning of a conference call with five other colleagues ( Read more... )

I've been looking around (now and again) for a good icon for Diabetes. When I simply googled "Diabetes" I found the lovely treasure you now see as my official diabetes icon. I have no idea why a woman doing a wheelbarrel-walk with a man on a beach is diabetes-related, but the site was actually Swedish and that sealed the deal. I now have me a fine ( Read more... )

Working from home has two challenges I was more or less aware of but am now experiencing big time. One of them is stopping working at the end of what should be a workday. There's always "just one more thing" to do and it's so peaceful and comfortable in my little office corner that I end up working an hour or two longer than I would have if I had ( Read more... )

I started a list of 100 Weird Things About Me an incredible FIVE years ago and only managed to complete it through to 35 things. My dear friend Sara sent me an email today in which she mentioned my 100 Weird Things list and I felt a gentle little PUSH. Sure there are more than 35 weird things about me. More importantly, as I discovered during parts ( Read more... )

What I learned in Diabetes School*  today:

- I have 13 genes which made it possible for me to eventually be diagnosed with diabetes. If you haven't inherited those 13 genes, you're not in danger no matter what you eat or how you live. If you have inherited those genes, you can put the outbreak of the disease off until later, (with luck and skill) ( Read more... )

We had little sandwiches last weekend at a little outdoor cafe in the middle of almost-nowhere. Little sandwiches with very dark homemade bread, brie cheese, thin sliced ham and a pepper jelly that was unspeakably good ( Read more... )

I may or may not be too big for my britches but it is certain that my britches are getting to be too big for me.

I walk to and from work everyday now - part of the Mary Poppins Anti-Diabetes Action Plan* - and I eat properly with almost no exceptions whatsoever. And today I noticed while walking that my butt has more room in my pants than is ( Read more... )

Thanks for all of the emails and other kinds of messages checking up on me ( Read more... )