TEAL PUMPKIN PROJECT
Here we go again, another holiday that I look forward to every year that revolves around food and not just any food-candy! Since being diagnosed with type one diabetes I have quickly become aware of how many things are centred around food. Whether it is someones birthday, a holiday celebration, a team pot luck or a get together with friends, it is always about food. It’s kind of like when you get a new shiny red car and all of the sudden you see that exact same shiny red car everywhere-all I see now is food! So this Halloween I have the choice to be mad and feel…
A NEW THANKSGIVING
Last Thanksgiving I remember thinking about how great it was to have 4 days off of school. I was excited to eat a big plate of stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy and of course turkey. I was thankful for the same things that I had rhymed off every year including family, friends and my health not having the slightest clue that type 1 diabetes was already invading my pancreas. It’s crazy to think how much has changed in less than a year and this Thanksgiving I am more grateful than ever for things that I had never even thought about before like insulin and continuous glucose monitor’s. Every year…
MY T1D DIAGNOSIS
Hi my name is Lola, I am 13 years old and yes I have a dead pancreas (GROSS!). I wish I could say that I woke up one day feeling really sick and rushed straight to the hospital to find out that I had type 1 diabetes but NO! Now that I have been diagnosed and have heard all of the symptoms over and over again, I feel like a complete idiot! Yes drinking 12 bottles of water a day, losing 15 pounds, going to the bathroom every 2 hours all night long and not being able to get up a flight of stairs is completely normal. WEAK…
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