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Diabetic to Dietetics
The Unpredictability of Blood Glucose in Sport
September 9, 2019
Diabetes
It’s hard to remember the unpredictability and stranglehold that Dear Diabetes has on us. There are so many factors that contribute to blood glucose management, often things that are completely…
Name Change: Diabetic to Dietetics
September 3, 2019
Diabetes
It's a simple change, but there's a BIG reason for this change.
Type-1 Diabetes: Year 32
August 26, 2019
Diabetes
Hello Diabetes, are you still there? Yep. Still here.
Cycling 122.5 km with Type-1 Diabetes
August 19, 2019
Diabetes
After almost a full season of cycling I told my husband I was ready for 100 km. Apparently, he thought I was ready for 122.5 km
Trials and Triumphs of T1D and Sport
August 12, 2019
Diabetes
Sport with diabetes is all about trial and error. What worked for you last week may not work for you today, and what worked for you today may not work…
Eating Disorders and T1D
August 8, 2019
Diabetes
When I was a kid, about 10 or 11 years old, I experienced diabetes burnout leading to diabulimia. I didn’t know what it was it was then, all I knew…
D to D: The First Podcast
July 29, 2019
Diabetes
Katie Bartel features sport with type-1 diabetes in podcast form.
Diabetic2Dietetics: A New Journey
July 23, 2019
Personal
Seven years ago. It was seven years ago I first announced to the world (via princessofpavement.com) my intentions of switching careers; I was moving on from the every day excitement…
The invisibility cloak of Dear Diabetes
September 6, 2017
Diabetes
About a month and a half ago, my feminine ego was kicked in the teeth. I had just got on Skytrain. It was during rush hour and it was busy,…
5: My baby, forever you will be
August 29, 2017
Uncategorized
Dear Little Ring, The other day you came home with an eraser in hand. You were determined to erase the “white lines” on my legs. You scrubbed and you scrubbed.…
Diabetes vs. Cortisone
August 21, 2017
Diabetes
This has not been a good week for me and Dear Diabetes. In the last five days I have had 55-60 total units of insulin shooting through my body. Of…
Planes, Trains and Automobiles – re-imagined
August 13, 2017
Uncategorized
Again with the timing of appropriateness. Twelve years ago yesterday, after about a month and a half of tinkering with the idea, Big Ring and I made our togetherness official.…











