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Diabetic to Dietetics
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: And then there were two
April 8, 2013
Diabetes
Remember a month ago, when I teased you all with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT on the horizon, and then I pretty much didn’t say a word of it since. Well folks,…
Running with BOB, part 2
April 5, 2013
Diabetes
So. BOB. I suppose I should retract some of my former statements regarding my newest running partner. I suppose I should say I don’t loathe him, I don’t hate him,…
Why doesn’t the insulin pump…
April 4, 2013
Diabetes
Dear Insulin Pump, Can you believe it’s already been three years, three months, and 72 days since we were first introduced? Wow! Remember back when I wanted nothing to do…
Run Around The Rosie
April 2, 2013
Diabetes
The sun, it can be a blessing in one hand, and a Dementor in another – sucking all life out of a speedy run! I love the longer days. I love…
Gift of the gab… or not
March 29, 2013
Diabetes
I’m a great talker, always have been, my parents used to tease me for talking their ears off, they’d tell me to go outside and take a breath (I’m pretty…
Sprinting and The Brain
March 27, 2013
Diabetes
Our brains, they’re funny little creations aren’t they! Or is it just mine? While running yesterday’s speed repeats, which I totally rocked (unlike the previous week) it suddenly dawned on…
Directionally disturbed
March 24, 2013
Diabetes
When I opened my eyes this morning there was lead weighting down my feet, sleep fairies blurring my vision, and every Negative Nelly excuse clouding my judgement. I had wanted…
New Challenge: the chef’s hat
March 21, 2013
Diabetes
I’ve run marathons, ridden my bike up the seemingly never-ending hills to Horseshoe Bay, competitively hiked the Grouse Grind, have raced dragon boats, and now I have set forth a…
Speed DEMONS!!!
March 19, 2013
Diabetes
Finally, thanks to Coach NZ, I’ve got a running definition I can relate to. Cadence: Run like a kid. Seeing as how that’s half of my running mantra – “Run…
Green pinchers be damned
March 17, 2013
Diabetes
Me and my diabetes, we’re always dressed for St. Paddy’s Day 😀 Happy Green Day to you all!
Diabetes cure: here we go again
March 12, 2013
Diabetes
It’s a plane. It’s a rocket. It’s a CURE FOR DIABETES!!! No. Wait. It’s not. I am late to this blog topic table, like really late, and quite frankly, I’m…
Diabetes… and company
March 5, 2013
Diabetes
Full disclosure part 2: My diabetes SUCKED the 10 days we had company. I realized rather quickly in my mother-in-law and niece’s stay that having company was in no way…