It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a post – since October 2019 to be exact! I had just run the Chicago Marathon. A lot has happened since then, both personally and in the world in general. As you can see in the picture above, I’ve logged another marathon….
More Than a Finish Line
I just ran my second marathon! My second marathon!! That’s huge! I was never an athlete. I never ran when I was younger. I never thought I’d run a marathon even once let alone twice! But I run now and I am indeed a marathoner! And I intend to keep…
Train in Vain
This one is a bit of a double (triple, quadruple?) entendre. This title ran through my head the other day when I was literally running. I was having a rough long run day. My blood sugars were not cooperating, my legs felt heavy, I was feeling loaded down by all…
The Enemy Within
March is National Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month. My music-themed post title today has me back to Rush (you’ll see them a lot with me) with their song “The Enemy Within” from their 1984 album, Grace Under Pressure. The song title pretty well sums up autoimmune diseases. The album title is…
Will the Real T:Slim Shady Please Stand Up?
This title kind of had to be. My new insulin pump was really just waiting for it. Keeping with my music-themed post titles, I’m borrowing from Eminem with a disclaimer that I have no idea what that song is actually about – I just found it amusing in this context….
Grateful (I’m not) Dead
As November and National Diabetes Awareness Month close out, I see a lot of “diabetes came into my life for a reason” or “I’m grateful for having diabetes” posts. I don’t get those. I really don’t. I’m all about dealing with what life gives you. Obviously. Hence my (once again)…
Marathon
Wow! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted! And this installment’s title is pretty much why. Again, I’m sticking with my music-themed titles. Sometimes, they just write themselves. “Marathon” by Rush has special meaning to me on more than one level. But we’ll get to that! I’ve been away…
Slow Ride
March is National Autoimmune Awareness Month. The song that doubles as my blog title for this post and the band who wrote it, Foghat, really describe this topic: Thyroid disease, specifically, hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s disease – slow and foggy for sure. What is that exactly? Well, the thyroid gland is…
40 Years in The Hole
I’m using a variation of Humble Pie’s “40 Days in The Hole” for this blog post title, and it’s a pretty apt description at times. Sometimes this disease can indeed feel like trying to crawl out of a hole. It’s overwhelming. It’s exhausting. It is 24/7, 365 days a year….
Big Money Got No Soul
I posted on Facebook last month about my quest to get Medtronic’s “hybrid closed-loop” pump, the 670G. My original post was intended to be about how much it costs to be a healthy Type 1 diabetic in this age of for-profit healthcare. (Or Type 2, for that matter, but since I’m…