Author Archives: mydiabeticheart

Sorry Doc, Quitting isn’t an Option!

Have you ever sat in a meeting hall and listened to a presentation and suddenly realized that the hypothetical person the speaker was talking about could  very easily be YOU?  Most of us have that sort of experience at some … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday: 10 Years Ago

My high school senior portrait. If only I could go back 10 years.

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Everyone has a Bomb

It’s been two weeks since the 4th Roche Social Media Summit wrapped up in Indianapolis, and this is my first post post about it.  Better late than never, right? To be honest, I don’t know what I can say about … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday: Back to the Wild

 

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Everyday Health Feature

In the middle of June, I was interviewed by Everyday Health for an article that was being written on folks in their late teens and early twenties being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. This morning, I was notified via Google … Continue reading

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Photos: Chalk Walk

The Three Rivers Festival is underway in Fort Wayne this week and one of mine and April’s favorite events to checkout is the Chalk Walk.  For two days, a portion of a busy downtown street is closed off and artists … Continue reading

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Almost Wordless Wednesday: Social Butterflies

I took April and her dad to the botanical conservatory on Sunday to see the Butterflies of Malaysia exhibition before it closed. Some of the little creatures were quite social.

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Lantus and the Power Outage.

My first blog post about adding insulin to my type 2 diabetes management regimen was going to be an inspired tale about my doing what’s best for me and taking the step of asking my doctor about making that change.  … Continue reading

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Photos: Angola Balloons Aloft

On Saturday, I spent the evening with April and her dad in Angola, IN, taking in the awesomeness that was the 3rd Annual Angola Balloons Aloft.  It’s essentially a festival devoted to hot air balloons. I’ve wanted to attend the … Continue reading

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Simon says: Let’s meet in Indy!

So, Simon said he was going to be in the U.S. for a month and wanted to see as many people and places as possible while here.  And then Simon said he would be traveling to Indianapolis for a couple … Continue reading

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