In Solidarity:
a blog for parents of T1D kids
Celebrating Dia-anniversaries
A diabetes anniversary might feel a little gloomy…and there’s also something worth celebrating.
Diabetes is Messy
Try as we might, it’s impossible to get diabetes right all the time. Finding a balance that works for us is humbling and challenging.
Coffee Talk, T1D Style
It’s actually a pretty good new year’s resolution: to make new T1D connections…
Honey, Vinegar, and lots and lots of bees
All of us T1D parents have had flares of anger about the ways that people just don’t get what we’re going through.
We T1D Parents are So Tired
Exhaustion as a T1D parent is the kind of problem that has no solution. After all, we do need to be sure that the kids are safe, even if it compromises our sleep.
It’s Just a Number
There are no bad blood sugars, no bad numbers. Instead, the advice we got was to treat any blood sugar as a piece of information. “Just a number,” they taught. A bit of data to respond to: If high, add insulin. If low, add carbs.
Asking for Help
So many of us feel like asking for the help we need is too much of an imposition, that others can’t do it, that they don’t want to. Certainly that may be true. But I’ve found that many people want to help
The Mistakes We Make
That’s the deal with doing new things. It doesn’t always go according to plan. It’s one of the beautiful risks of just living your life. But then came diabetes…