Adventures in KAndylaND

Day #5 of D-Blog Week: Awesomeness

Day #5 of D-Blog Week: Awesomeness

by Christy
Awesome things – Friday 5/13:In February the #dsma blog carnival challenged us to write about the most awesome thing we’d done DESPITE diabetes.  Today let’s put a twist on that topic and focus on the good things diabetes has brought …
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Day #4 of D-Blog Week: Wild Card, Limerick Day

Day #4 of D-Blog Week: Wild Card, Limerick Day

by Christy
Today’s topic for D-Blog week was 10 things I hate about Diabetes, but I’ve been trying to put myself in a more positive mood lately so I just didn’t want to get all bogged down in the negativity of doing …
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Day #3 of D-Blog Week: Oops!

Day #3 of D-Blog Week: Oops!

by Christy
Have you ever forgotten something important on a long road trip? If you live with diabetes, a forgotten "something" could mean life or death. Read about this mother's "Oops!" and how she averted a crisis for her young son when they went on a road trip.
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Day 2 of D-Blog Week: Letters

Day 2 of D-Blog Week: Letters

by Christy
If you could write a letter to your younger self about your rare disease, would you? Read as Christy, a mother of two young children with a rare type of diabetes, writes a letter to herself on the day of her oldest child's initial diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. He was only 4 months old.
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Diabetes Blog Week – Admiring Differences

Diabetes Blog Week – Admiring Differences

by Christy
Thank you to Karen over at Bitter~Sweet for organizing this week of D-Blogging.  For those of you reading this who are not diabetics or parents of diabetics, there is a whole community of diabetes bloggers out there and we tend
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Join me for WEGO Health’s Webinar: Navigating Your Health Narrative!

by Christy
I just registered for WEGO Health’s exciting new webinar and I wanted to share with everyone.  Here are the particulars: What: Navigating Your Health Narrative Webinar Who: Health Activist Panel with Lisa E, Erin B, Jenni P, and Amanda D …
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The Power of Technology

by Christy
It’s so wonderful to think about how technology has brought everyone in our world closer together.  My dream of getting out the word about this rare disease to more people is starting to happen.  My blog started as an idea.  …
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2005 : A Very Stormy Year

by Christy
For anyone who has diabetes or has a loved one with diabetes, you know how devastating the disease can be.  In 2005, most people who lived anywhere in North America were made aware of a hurricane named Katrina that affected the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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Katie’s weight

by Christy
I know for most parents, and mothers especially, the months of watching the scale move up while they’re pregnant is replaced by watching the scale move up when their baby is born.  Due to the recommendations from the American Pediatric …
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