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Diabetic to Dietetics
The Grinch, er, Coach
December 19, 2012
Diabetes
In the spirit of Christmas, and because I do so love caroling (much to Big Ring’s chagrin), and because, following my first aqua jogging session in nearly a year, I…
In for the fight
December 17, 2012
Diabetes
Are you freaking kidding me? First the government wants to mess with my Air Miles and now the B.C. College of Pharmacists wants to too? Well hear me now pharmacists,…
War of images
December 12, 2012
Diabetes
Have you ever felt like you were being pulled every which way and no matter what you did, you were not doing the right thing? That’s kind of how I’ve…
Basic my butt!
December 10, 2012
Running
Well hello legs, meet jello. So you know that plan I told you about, about how I was gonna build some strength and abdominals into my running regime? Well, my…
And so it begins…
November 27, 2012
Diabetes
I’ve waited for this day, dreamed of this day, ached for this day. And yet, when it finally arrived, my belly was all full of nerves, my heart was shaking,…
Out with the old…
November 25, 2012
Diabetes
You can’t be loyal forever, not when it comes to shoes. For close to three years my feet have been laced up in the white and neon green Mizuno Wave…
3 months: to the moon and back
November 22, 2012
Uncategorized
Three months. Three months means you’re now showing off your handsome smile, you’re persistently trying to express a hearty laugh that so far translates into a gaping, gummy maw, you’re…
The ballad of my life
November 14, 2012
Diabetes
Today is World Diabetes Day. This day is the birthday of Dr. Frederick Banting, who, 91 years ago, discovered insulin. Insulin keeps me alive. But insulin is not a cure.…
Trainer trials and tribulations
November 13, 2012
Diabetes
Good golly I can’t believe I used to do this for up to an hour, even an hour and a half, at a time! Little Ring: “Tall person with boobies,…
Unlocking the T-1 shackles
November 4, 2012
Diabetes
A Cure… It would mean I could live freely without people looking at me with pity in their eyes, or telling me tales about their grandma who had her foot…
Trick or Cycle
October 31, 2012
Training
Happy Halloween from Princess and the Rings! Little Ring dressed up as Babby Merckx (Eddy Merckx’ long lost brother from another mother ;)) what did you dress up as?
