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I am 3 months into my diabetes diagnosis. I am also a 4-year bladder cancer survivor. I have a urostomy. I experience migraines, asthma, and allergies. I have been overweight...

Going to the grocery store can feel like an obstacle course sometimes. I try to keep my eyes off of the baked goods section, avoid the aisle with chocolate bars...

All-or-nothing patterns of thinking often show up with health-related behaviors. That’s because your behaviors follow your thoughts. That’s why keeping your thoughts in check is important. With this thought pattern...

It is time to get to know some community members! We recently spoke with Dan Meredith, an active community member on our Facebook page. Dan frequently interacts on our Facebook...

We’re told that to successfully manage life with diabetes, we need to have goals. And those goals have to be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based. For many people...

Let's face it - the chances of you meeting someone like me are pretty slim. You live with type 2 diabetes. I am a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist...

A common myth surrounding type 2 diabetes is that it only occurs in people who are overweight. After all, it is known that 85% of people with type 2 diabetes...

When your body does not have enough sugar to use for energy, it begins to break down fat and produces blood acids called ketones. Diabetic ketoacidosis or DKA, occurs when...

A few months ago, I started on an injectable medication called Trulicity. My doctor gave me the option of a few different medications to add to Metformin. I was able...

See part 1 of this article to first learn when and if you need to snack based on your blood glucose levels. Now that you know more about the importance...

There are three main aspects of diabetes management; medication, diet, and exercise. Depending on the person with diabetes, it could be any mixture of these three things that will help...

A diabetes philosophy may sound “too deep” for some. However, I think we all have a way we’ve determined we’re going to approach things in our lives. Call it values, work ethic...

It is time to get to know some community members! We recently spoke with Jai Smith, an active community member on Type2Diabetes.com and our Facebook page. Jai posts frequently on...

An advantage that has come from a global pandemic is that more businesses are offering more conveniences to their consumers. If you're like me, you have taken full advantage of these...

One of the hardest parts of my day is resisting temptations and bad food choices. I find this especially hard at work when no one is around to hold me...

Year-end is the time when many of us pause to reflect on our life. We look back on what we’ve just been through - what we have and haven’t done...

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...

Could a break from social media be just what your diabetes needs? Social media has its time and place. It helps you connect with others personally and in the diabetes...

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...

I write and speak to patients often about how illness complicates the management of diabetes. In fact, I wrote a post earlier this year I called “Sick Day” Diabetes Self...