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Category Archives: Heart
Resolved to Give ‘Em Hell
Well, today is January 1, 2012. Happy New Year to everyone reading this right now. Much like millions of other people in the world, this is a time when I think about resolutions for the New Year. Things that I … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Health, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life
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2011 Health Activist Awards Nominations
This year, WEGO Health is hosting their first annual Health Activist Awards. And, among the boatload of nominations they’ve received across the ten voting categories were two nominations for yours truly. Super cool stuff! The details for each nomination are … Continue reading
Posted in Awards & Recognitions, Diabetes, Health, Heart
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Three Years
Today is the 3rd anniversary of my diagnosis with Type 2 Diabetes and Congestive Heart Failure. Wow, only three years? It feels like so much longer. Alas, just three years. Three years of knowing, caring, surviving, and sharing. Three years … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Health, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life
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Bad News from the Cardiologist
I’ve been struggling with writing this post since I got home Friday night, trying to find the right way share the news I got at the Cardiologist that morning. There really isn’t a good way or good time to disclose … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Visits, Health, Heart, Life
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I Want a Heart & Pancreas for Christmas
So I was driving around town today in the rental car I have while my car is in the shop, and the song “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” came on the radio. And given my knack for parodies, I … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Heart, Humor, Life
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Two Months Before, Three Years After
This photo was taken on October 23, 2008, about two months before I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and congestive heart failure. This photo was taken on October 28, 2011, a full three years later, and just two months … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Health, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life, Photos
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You Don’t Look Sick
One of the many things that I’ve observed in the nearly 3 years since I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and congestive heart failure is that people just can’t seem to believe that there’s anything wrong with me because … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Health, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life, Rants
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A Lecture for the Doctor
When I went to see my doctor Monday morning for a routine checkup, I went with the expectation that I would be receiving a lecture about my blood glucose numbers being higher than she would like and about my A1c … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Doctor Visits, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life, Medications, Rants
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30 Things About My Invisible Illnesses
This past week has been Invisible Illness Week. As someone who has been living with Type 2 Diabetes and Congestive Heart Failure for nearly 3 years, I’d say I know a thing or two about living with such illnesses. And … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Heart, Inspiration, Invisible Illness Week, Shout outs
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Stealing Moments for Ourselves
Diabetes. Heart Disease. Cancer. Three different health conditions with one thing in common. All three are thieves. Each have stolen the life of one of my friends or family members. Each have stolen moments of joy that I’ll never get … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Diabetes, Health, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life
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My Diabetic Heart 