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Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: Blue Fridays
On Monday night, the Diabetes Community Advocacy Foundation launched an online store with a line of t-shirts for the Blue Fridays initiative. I ordered mine that night and got it this afternoon. To order a shirt of your own, visit … Continue reading
Trying to Fix Me
The better part of the last year, since watching my aunt die of cancer on July 27, 2013, has been a real struggle for me mentally. That experience pretty much blew open Pandora’s box of “why bother?” demons and poured … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Exercise, Health, Heart, Inspiration, Lessons Learned, Life, Mental Health
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From the Archive: You Can Do This
It’s been 3 years since I first recorded and shared this video. And if I’m honest, it’s probably been 2 years since I last watched it. I was looking back through the archives this evening and spent some time … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Health, Heart, Inspiration, Life, You Can Do This
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A Belated 5th Blogiversary
So, it’s seems that in the hustle and bustle of the last month, I managed to overlook the fact that my blog turned 5 years old. And I think it’s worthwhile to stop and briefly note the occasion, even if … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Diabetes, Health, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life
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Diabetes Art Day: Bleeding Fingers, Broken Heart
My submission for the 5th Annual Diabetes Art Day. Many thanks to my friend Lee Ann Thill for organizing this awesome event every year. Bleeding Fingers, Broken Heart. Done on black and white scratch board.
Posted in Diabetes, Diabetes Art, Diabetes Art Day, Heart, Inspiration, Lessons Learned, Life, Photos
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More like Teflon, Less like Velcro
Well, here we are. 20 days into the new year and I’m just now getting around to writing about my resolution for 2014. OK, writing about it here anyway. I posted about it on Facebook and Twitter on New Year’s … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Heart, Inspiration, Lessons Learned, Life
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Wordless Wednesday: Best number today
Posted in Diabetes, Life, Photos, Wordless Wednesday
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Happy New Year
Well friends, there’s about 1 hour left in this final day of 2013 and I’m thankful to see it come to an end. It has been an incredibly difficult year for so many reasons and while I could spend a … Continue reading
5 years
Today is the 5th anniversary of my diagnosis with Type 2 Diabetes and Congestive Heart Failure. Wow, only five years? It feels like so much longer. Alas, just five years. Five years of knowing, caring, surviving, and sharing. Five years … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Diabetes, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life, Shout outs
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Merry Christmas DOC!
Wishing peace, love, joy, and good health to everyone in the Diabetes Online Community, this Christmas and always. Lots of Love, DOC! Mike Durbin
Posted in Cartoons, Diabetes, Humor, Life, The Adventures of Little G
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My Diabetic Heart 