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Celebrating 47 Years with Type 1 Diabetes

On this day, 47 years ago at Columbia Presbyterian hospital in New York City I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I was 2 years old. I...

My advocacy....

....might not be your advocacy, and that should be ok ...might not be your advocacy, but maybe we can we work on things together ...might...

All Dressed Up

On Thursday, March 12, 2020, I had a pretty amazing adventure in New York City: I got to have a makeover with Clinton Kelly. I don't love...

Scary low on a plane.

No, not snakes on a plane, but scary low blood sugar on a plane. This past week I had the good fortune to travel to Ireland, and the...

T1D Adventures with Metformin

I've lived with T1D for most of my life, for over 40 years. I generally have taken the ups and downs with diabetes "management" in...

Over the Counter Insulin

As a person who has lived with type 1 diabetes for all but the first two years of their life, I've experienced a lot, and have read a lot...

When T1D Does Stop Us

There is a popular social media campaign around the words "diabetes doesn't stop me." I've used it, I've tweeted it, I've used it in...

The Importance of Diabetes Camp

You may already know this, but I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2. Growing up I didn't ever meet anyone else besides...

Diabetes Camp

I was 10 years old the first time I went to camp. It was a day camp and I did not have a good experience. The activities were great but...

Diabetes Retinopathy

(Written in 2016 when my blog was on blogspot) I don't talk much about complications. Not because I don't have any or because I'm in...

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