Dear Nadia,
My son was diagnosed with T1 when he was eight years old. He has been living in Saudi Arabia and getting excellent medical care from the time of his diagnosis. He started using an insulin pump at the …
Tag Archives: Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes: Something Went Right With My Medication Refill!
You know the feeling when everything seems to be going wrong, and you are becoming more and more pessimistic by the second? I used to feel that way whenever I refilled my medications. I’d find myself bracing for the total …
Diabetes Health: Making Healthcare Work Better For Everyone
Today, 20 million more Americans have insurance because of the ACA, bringing our uninsured rate to an all-time low. Since the ACA was enacted, health care prices have been rising at the slowest rate in five decades. And with new …
Diabetes Health Type 1: Nervous Fiancé
Dear Diabetes Health,
I’m 26 years old and engaged to a woman I’ve known since college. We live together, love each other, and have good sex, but now I’m having doubts. A year ago, she was diagnosed with type 1 …
Type 1 Diabetes: An Emotional Interaction with My Mail Order Pharmacy
Dealing with my new mail order pharmacy has been a rollercoaster ride. I’ve been lied to, spoken to by people using grand amounts of sarcasm, and had issue after issue with their odd billing practices. The other day I had …
Living With Type 1 Diabetes: Timing of First Solid Food Intake Linked to T1 Risk
New parents might not want to rush the introduction of solid food into their baby’s diet. That’s not to say they want to put it off, either.
According to the results of a study, babies who ate their first solid …
AskNadia: Should I get A Therapy Dog Because My Great Niece’s Fluctuating Blood Sugars?
My great niece was diagnosed three years ago with diabetes she is now 13. She gives herself seven shots a day. Her sugar fluctuates so much that my niece seriously wants to get her a therapy dog. The problem is …
Diabetes Health Type 1: Sex and Diabetes: From Her Point of View
I have had type 1 diabetes since the age of ten. When my husband and I were first married, I had no trouble with my sex drive. After the births of our three children, however, I noticed a big decrease …
Diabetes Health Type 1: Sometimes I Worry That I Am Just Not That Great at Managing Diabetes
I watch all these friends with diabetes that totally own their diabetes. They appear to master it. They have gadgets and gizmos, and they know how to use them. Their lines on their blood sugar graphs look amazingly flat and …
AskNadia: I Drink Soda to Keep My Blood Sugar Up at Work
Dear Nadia,
I have been a type 1 diabetic for 13 years. I work in construction, and it’s a physically demanding job. I am having trouble keeping my blood sugars up while working. It goes down fast so I drink …
