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Category Archives: Life
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
Posted in Diabetes, Lessons Learned, Life, Medications, Photos
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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
Posted in Life, Photos, Travel
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Another look: It’s OK to Need Help
This post was originally written in March 2011. At the time I was going through a rather rough bout of depression, was struggling to get a handle on things, and ultimately made the decision to seek help. Given that May … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Depression, Diabetes, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life, Medications, Mental Health
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Dude, Can I Borrow Your Pin?
This morning I woke to the little chirping sound my droid makes every time an email is received. Normally, I turn that off before going to bed, but didn’t get that done before I passed out last night. I reached … Continue reading
Posted in D-Meetups, Humor, Lessons Learned, Life, Shout outs
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Six Sentence Sales Pitch
It’s day 29 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and today’s prompt is: Six Sentence Story. Six Sentence Story. In this day of micro-blogging – brevity is a skill worth honing. Can you tell a story and make it short … Continue reading
A Day at the Zoo
It’s day 28 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and I’m in the process of catching up on some of the prompts. In the mean time, here are some photos from my trip to the zoo yesterday. This was the first … Continue reading
Posted in Health Activist Writers Month Challenge, Life, Photos
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Mountains and Mole Hills
It’s day 27 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: 5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories. 5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories. Make a list of the 5 most difficult parts of your health focus. Make another … Continue reading
A Little Heart
It’s day 26 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: Health tagline. Health tagline. Give yourself, your blog, your condition, or some aspect of your health a tagline. Make sure it’s catchy! I’ve given a lot of … Continue reading
The Day We Met
It’s day 25 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: Third person post. Write about a memory you have but describe it using the third person. Use as many sensory images (sights, sounds, textures, etc) as you … Continue reading
Things We Forget
Today is day 23 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and since it is a writer’s choice day, I’m revisiting a prompt I skipped yesterday. Things We Forget. Here’s my post-it reminder.
My Diabetic Heart 