Cataracts? Yes, CATARACTS!
Wondering why I’m writing about cataracts? I just had cataract and lens replacement surgery in both eyes over that past 2 months. I’m now living with extreme clarity, vivid colors and total relief that it is done and I am healing well. I’m 63 and...
Savvy on the DiabetesCouncil.com, 23 May 2017
I was asked to join 33 other bloggers in the diabetes community to contribute our thoughts about the D community and what/how we support those with diabetes. All of us bloggers have a main goal: to raise awareness and to educate about the journey we are...
Savvy Books: Bright Spots & Landmines by Adam Brown
AMAZING! At the risk of repeating myself, AMAZING! I’ve been reading Adam’s column on diatribe … always interesting. But this is a masterpiece of wisdom, experience, tips and techniques in an easy-to-read, MUST READ resource for how to live as well as possibly with...One Lump or Two? Things that Suck about being Diabetic
Haidee Soule Merritt is a “self-proclaimed” realist and cartoonist, doodling her life of personal struggles and experiences with Type 1 diabetes. Her little book of drawings couched in her “dark sense of humor.” Some are funny, some...
Nicole Johnson (Miss America 1999): Young Adult Type 1 Diabetes Realities
This is a great little primer, short and packed to the brim with practical advice and first-hand stories of how to successfully manage the transition from dependence (life with Mom and Dad) to independence in life while living with Type 1 diabetes. Nicole...
Savvy DBlog Week 2017: D Also Stands for DOG!
Today is the final day of www.bittersweetdiabetes.com’s Diabetes Blog Week 2017. The topic is: More Than Diabetes, about me, with or without a relationship to diabetes. Easy peazy! D Also Stands for DOG! INDEED! I seem to...
Savvy DBlog Week: What Makes Me Crazy Mad
Today is the 4th day of Diabetes Blog Week 2017 … and the topic is What Brings Me Down. Easy, huh?!? Well, I’ve taken it a step further. WHAT MAKES ME CRAZY MAD?!@*^! I thought long and hard about...
Savvy D-Blog Week 2017: You’re the Same as Everyone Else
The Wednesday topic for D-Blog Week 2017 is “The Blame Game.” As I think back over 52 years of D living, I’m recalling the times when someone (on my healthcare team or family or friends) said or did something that felt blaming or hurtful. ...
Savvy D-Blog Week 2017: It’s ONLY Money!
Today’s blog topic is: The Cost of a Chronic Illness. Woooo, there’s a lot of room for writing here, including insurance, Medicare, coverage, cost of our care, accessibility and much, much more! I’m talking today about the cost of being...
