This week is the 8th Annual Diabetes Blog Week and my second year participating. Diabetes Blog Week was started by and is still instigated by fellow type 1 Karen Graffeo in Connecticut who blogs at Bitter~Sweet Diabetes​. This week is as a way for Diabetes bloggers (well over 100 participants from ALL OVER the World each year!) to share a huge variety of perspectives on issues relating to our illness. Learn more about Diabetes Blog Week here . #DBlogWeek Diabetes Blog Week –

This week is Diabetes Blog Week which is in its 8th consecutive year. This is my second year participating. Diabetes Blog Week was started by and is still instigated by fellow type 1 Karen Graffeo in Connecticut who blogs at Bitter~Sweet Diabetes​. This week is as a way for multitudes of D-bloggers (well over 100 participants from ALL OVER the World each year!) to share a huge variety of perspectives on issues relating to our illness. Learn more about Diabetes Blog Week here

This week is Diabetes Blog Week which is in its 8th consecutive year. This is my second year participating. Diabetes Blog Week was started by and is still instigated by fellow type 1 Karen Graffeo in Connecticut who blogs at Bitter-Sweet Diabetes . “Karen created this annual week-long blog carnival as a way for multitudes of D-bloggers (now more than 100 participating each year!) to create an unprecedented sharing of perspectives on issues relating to our illness. You can lea

This week I’m  taking part in the 7th annual Diabetes Blog Week , which runs from 16th to 20th May. Founded by Karen at Bitter Sweet Diabetes . My Day in Food - Wildcard WARNING - this post will be boring!!! I feel like I’m the only person with diabetes in the world who doesn’t cook. I hate cooking!!! It goes back to my childhood where as the eldest girl it was expected that I would cook and I do NOT like being told what to do.  It was also enabled by my husband, who when we

I’m  taking part in the 7th annual Diabetes Blog Week , which runs from 16th to 20th May. Founded by Karen at Bitter Sweet Diabetes . Today's topic is  The Healthcare Experience Most people who live with a chronic illness end up with a lot of experience when it comes to dealing with health care. How would you improve or change your healthcare experience? What would you like to see happening during medical visits with your healthcare team? How about when dealing with your heal

This week I’m  taking part in the 7th annual Diabetes Blog Week , which runs from 16th to 20th May. Founded by Karen at Bitter Sweet Diabetes . Language is so important in all aspects of life, isn’t it. Sticks and stones, and all that, really is a load of BS (and I don’t mean blood sugars). We advocate for the importance of using non-stigmatizing, inclusive and non-judgmental language when speaking about or to people with diabetes. But last year, I realised that I have not be

This week I’m  taking part in the 7th annual Diabetes Blog Week , which runs from 16th to 20th May. Founded by Karen at Bitter Sweet Diabetes . Today's topic is The Other Half of Diabetes and I asked my other half, Mr. Blood Sugar Trampoline, who goes by the name of Phil, if he wanted to write something. I'm so thrilled he accepted. And speechless because.... well read for yourself. The short version: I've learned that we cannot control my wife's diabetes any more than we can

I’m sooooooooooooooooooo excited about taking part in my very first Diabetes Blog Week , the 7th annual Diabetes Blog Week, which runs from 16th to 20th May. I’ve admired Karen at Bitter Sweet Diabetes for a number of years so I’ll say it again. I’m soooooo excited!  We are all kicking off Diabetes Blog Week by talking about why we do what we do. I write a blog because is a form of therapy for me - even since my early teens I used writing as a way to feel better about the w