Rob Cooper isn’t one to shy away from a challenge.
After the Illinois native’s diagnosis of type 1 diabetes at 14, the teen who never really thought of himself as an athlete began mixed martial arts training, a rigorous physical …
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You’ve Just Been Diagnosed With Type 2: Five Things to Keep in Mind
By Patrick Totty
You’ve just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
It doesn’t matter whether your doctor looked you in the eyes with a kindly gaze when he dropped the bomb, or she just told you straight with no preliminaries: …
How Do You Stay So Positive?
My class was discussing why we cannot just do pancreas transplants so we can cure diabetes,” said a dear friend that volunteers for me at work. It is a lot more complicated than that, sadly. I was touched that he …
Looking for Mr. Good Pain
Whether because of age, weight, or lack of athletic chops, most type 2s-and I’m one of them-have settled on walking as their main form of exercise. It’s the simplest, easiest exercise you can do: Put one foot in front of …
Giving Thanks to the Diabetes Online Community
Sometimes I forget just how amazing the diabetes online community is. I mean, I know I adore the people I’ve met over the almost 19 years I have lived with diabetes, but the things they have done for me go …
A New Health Concern-And a Reason to Be Grateful
A short while ago my middle finger on my left hand started acting weird. It was sticking in a bent position, for lack of a better term. If you’ve ever seen Jim Carrey in the comedy movie Liar, Liar doing …
Traveling With Diabetes
My diabetes and I have traveled a lot of miles together in nineteen years. Racing Ironman triathlons in Australia, Europe, the Carribean and all over North America, climbing and camping at the top of 14,000 foot Mt. Whitney, and of …
Molly Martin, Motocross Racer
Molly Martin is a vibrant and energetic 18-year-old from Texas who’s had type 1 diabetes since the age of two. Five years ago, Molly took up motocross racing. She says, “I love riding motocross—it’s just you and the bike. I …
Diabetes Heroes Come In All Ages
Last summer, I led the third annual swim-run biathlon for the Barton Center for Diabetes Education, which hosts two Massachusetts camps for children with type 1-Camp Joslin for boys and Camp Clara Barton for girls. It was at Camp Joslin …
As I Blow Out the Candles
As I celebrate my birthday this month, I also recognize the anniversary of my diabetes. If it were a person, it would be legally old enough to move out. Oh, how I wish it would! I was diagnosed at eighteen …