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Thank you to our awesome community members for being so open and sharing your treatment experiences with us! It is very clear that the road of figuring out medication for...

Let’s pretend you need surgery in the near future - and after that surgery, you’ll remain in the hospital for at least 2-3 days. If you’re like many, you’ve gone over...

This Diabetes Awareness Month, we're sending a tote bag to TWO lucky winners! Promote awareness while carrying your diabetes supplies, snacks, or anything else in style. "The perfect tote bag...

Well, it happened. The weather event that “always happens to other people, but never happens to us.” (Derecho in our case). Power out. No internet or cell service. Trees and fences wiped out. Houses destroyed...

Our latest 'Meet the Advocates' series includes details about their diabetes diagnosis and management journey. Meet, Phyllisa! I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2011 at the age of...

The hardest part of my week is surviving my 12-hour night shifts at work. 12-hour shifts are bad enough without being overnight. I have devised ways to keep my eating...

Editor's note: This is an anonymous interview with someone who has been living with type 2 diabetes and is experiencing serious mood changes and swings. They wanted to share their...

Over the past two decades, the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in children has been rising. It was uncommon for kids to receive a diagnosis of T2D prior to...

It took a long time for me to know exactly what type of assistance I wanted with diabetes from my husband, family, and friends after my diagnosis. I gained understanding...

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...

In a time where medications cost as much as rent or mortgage, and information is plentiful yet unreliable, there are countless remedies being marketed without much evidence to back. A...

Family, the only people in this world we should expect to have our back and support us through anything. This becomes even more important once diagnosed with a chronic condition...

For about a month now, I have wanted to write about some overlapping things I often see in my work that relate to life transitions and diabetes, and feelings of...

My good friend/neighbor was staying away from home overnight for a couple of weeks because she'd signed up to be a crafts vendor in a nearby city’s market. Did I...

Baking is one of the great joys in life. There’s something satisfying about starting with a pile of dry powders, cups filled with wet liquids, teaspoons of spice, and ending...

Don’t let the stress of managing your blood sugar levels stop you from engaging in your favorite physical activity or trying new ways to be active. With a little organization...

Eating out is normally a festive and enjoyable experience, however, a restaurant menu can be a difficult thing to navigate. Even though sit-down seating in some restaurants has been closed...

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...

We all get in a rut from time to time. The gap between knowing what we need to do and actually doing it can be a big divide at times. This is...

My heart sank when I read the Facebook post. It was from a man who was newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. His doctor had sent him home with a...