TheLongPointGirl

To quote the commercial, have you heard of the medication, "Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic®?" Also, have you heard of Wegovy®? Wegovy is a semaglutide, the same drug as Ozempic. The...

I am in a battle. The battle is with type 2 diabetes. The battle sometimes involves my mental health. This is a battle I do not feel like I'm winning...

Technology is everywhere. Laptops. Computers. Phones that do everything but walk and chew gum. Digital cameras. Smartwatches that attach to Smart home technology. Bluetooth pet feeders. Insulin pumps. Continuous glucose...

Mental health. Boy, it affects us all in one way or another. Sometimes you have to reflect and say, "I think I need a bit of help in coping right...

I never thought insulin would be part of my diabetes journey. Why? Because I seemed to have been able to deal with diabetes without it. 18 months ago, I was...

There are things in life that I find insulting. Thankfully I can either ignore or roll with it. Well, that’s not quite true either, I obsess about it then I...

This is a very hard article to write. I come from a place of privilege. I had the ability to pay my way through university so I could have a...

Twenty-five years ago I was pregnant with my last child. During that pregnancy, I had gestational diabetes. Fifteen years ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. For the first...

There have been many articles written about the effect diabetes has on our mental health. For me, living with my diabetes has been pretty simple in comparison to others. Although...

Carbs. Carbs. Carbs. Seems like that’s all we talk about. Well, not quite, but we talk about it a lot. And for good reason. Carbohydrates, whether big or small in...

I have been reflecting back over Diabetes Awareness Month, November. Every year I enter into it feeling positive. Every year I come out of it feeling disappointed. Sometimes, angry. This...

Have you looked at the numbers of people being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes lately? They are staggering. I know it can be hard as adults to look beyond ourselves...

Our latest 'Meet the Advocates' series includes details about their diabetes diagnosis and management journey. Meet, Shelley! Ten years before my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, I had a baby...

Diabetes. Awww! Doesn’t that word just make you want to jump for joy? Hardly. Diabetes sucks. Diabetes is hard: hard to learn about, hard to understand, hard to control at...

I always love going to the grocery store ready to bring home the good food I planned for. It’s always been something I look forward to. When I walk into...

Have you heard of ‘animal-assisted therapy’? It is a therapy that saves lives, every day. “Animal-assisted therapy is a growing field that uses dogs or other animals to help people...

Here I sit, at home, waiting for my COVID-19 swab test result. The result is to be available in the next 24-48 hours. While I wait, I ruminate. How did...