January 31, 2010

Everyone always says, “Diabetes requires adjustments to your life, but you can still do everything you did before.”  Well, until recently I believed this was true because I had not experienced anything that proved otherwise.

January 24, 2010 

Since my diagnosis I have been taking the same amount of Lantus each day and a 1:10 ratio of Humalog before meals.  I really liked the fact that I was stable and things were predictable.  I had been told to expect some changes during my first year as I came out of the ‘honeymoon’ stage.  Until recently, I had been very steady.

January 17, 2010 

 As I pack away all of my holiday decorations for next year I cannot help but reflect on my first holiday with Diabetes and Celiac Disease.  These past 8 months have gone by very quickly with, honestly, little impact on my day-to-day life.  Of course there have been a lot of changes, but I have still been able to do everything I did before. 

 January 10, 2010 

I cannot believe it has been 8 months since I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  I never thought I would say this, but the time has really flown by!  What a year 2009 turned out to be for me.  So far, 2010 is off to a good start.  I am so excited to be to be the next Type 1 Diabetes blogger! 

Last May I kept having reoccurring yeast infections.  I had never had a yeast infection before, much less one that was so persistent.  On my second visit to my primary care physician for the infection, I asked her if this could be a sign of something else.  I had read online that yeast infections were a symptom of Diabetes and questioned my doctor about this.  She said she thought it was very unlikely that I had Diabetes because of my ‘body type’ (obviously she was not very familiar with Type 1).   However, I was not leaving without something more than a prescription for Diflucan so she humored me and ordered some labs.   

January 4, 2010

Happy New Year to all of you fantastic Diabetes Sisters out there.  I hope your celebrations to welcome the new year was as fun and safe as mine was.  This is my final posting as the featured Type 1 Blogger for the last 8 months.  I have truly enjoyed the opportunity to open up and share my own day to day struggles with a disease that doesn't take a day off.  Your input and replies have been really nice to anticipate and to learn from.  I wish everyone good health and prosperity in the New Year and I look forward to reading the future blogs and comments from my fellow sisters.  Thank you Brandy and Laura for your interest and assistance.  I wish you luck with the future growth of this site, which truly is a valuable tool for women like us to be able to share our issues and concerns each day as women with diabetes.

Sincerely,

Melissa