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Diabetic to Dietetics
Comeback postponed
October 27, 2012
Pregnancy in Diabetes
I’ve been good, like really good. Despite desperately wanting to, I haven’t run, not once. I’ve painstakingly crushed those urges and longings that fill me every time I lace up…
New kid on the block
October 21, 2012
Diabetes
For someone who doesn’t like change, my gawd, I sure did make a HUGE one this week. After nearly three years, and two identical replacements, there’s a new pump in…
Don’t kill Shelby, kill the movie
October 12, 2012
Diabetes
Steel Magnolias? A remake? Are you freaking kidding me? Who in their right mind would go out of their way to remake that gawd awful flick? I mean, unless they…
Nightmare on T-1 street
October 4, 2012
Diabetes
It’s not like it should have come as a surprise, but it did, and my gawd, it scared the freaking bejesus out of me. Last night I woke up in…
Sleepless in Baby Town
October 3, 2012
Uncategorized
You know you’ve turned into a zombie when… You forget to put deodorant on consecutive days in a row… You eat dinner with your breast (which was just used as…
New cyclist on the block
October 1, 2012
Training
Oh yes he did… So the other day Big Ring came charging up the stairs, bubbles of excitement bursting out of him. He had a surprise, something he wanted to…
Hospitals, the sewers of health
September 25, 2012
Diabetes
Hospitals, a place of health? I don’t think so; they’re more like the sewers of health! It had been years since I had had to stay overnight in a hospital…
TSAB 3 of 3: But what about the diabetes?
September 16, 2012
Diabetes
So let’s review: so far we’ve covered Little Ring’s speedy arrival on earth, and the non-diabetes related hiccups that arose during the throes of labour, but what about the diabetes?…
TSAB 2 of 3: Hiccups
September 12, 2012
Diabetes
While Little Ring’s entrance into this world was a super speedy one, it didn’t come without a few hiccups. Last Wednesday when my obstetrician recommended we move the induction date…
TSAB 1 of 3: Blue moon
September 10, 2012
Pregnancy in Diabetes
So, I guess I’ve got to stop calling him my little thumb-sucking alien baby, hey 😀 He did not come out with two heads or green antennae, I have yet…
37 weeks: ready or not…
August 30, 2012
Diabetes
Dear Thumb-Sucking Alien Baby, Your baby shower, a garden party appropriately named Knocked Up In Wonderland, has come and gone. You had beautiful invites, beautiful cakes, beautiful guests, and beautiful…
