Type 1 Diabetes

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Three Years Thriving

August 12, 2014May 19, 2016 Rachel 4 Comments anniversary, Dblog, Diabetes, diabetic, diagnosis, diaversary, husband, marriage, three years, type 1, Type 1 Diabetes

When I crawled out of bed three years ago yesterday, I felt awful. I hadn’t slept well, I had woken

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I went to the store looking for walnuts

August 4, 2014May 19, 2016 Rachel 0 Comments Dblog, Diabetes, diabetic, in the wild, insulin pump, OmniPod, type 1, Type 1 Diabetes

… and I ended up having a conversation with a stranger about OmniPods. On Friday, it was the perfect story

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A Side Effect of Diabetes

July 30, 2014May 19, 2016 Rachel 4 Comments Dblog, Diabetes, diabetic, hassles, Insurance, Life online, lunch break, OmniPod, phone calls, Rachel, type 1, Type 1 Diabetes

There are a lot of side effects of diabetes that no one ever seems to talk about… Today, I’d like

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Managing Diabetes At Work

July 22, 2014May 19, 2016 Rachel 15 Comments #dblogcheck, #showmeyourpump, careers, Dblog, dblog check, Diabetes, diabetic, health, health at the office, insulin pump, managing diabetes at work, OmniPod, type 1, work

It’s sad that I have to say this, but completely necessary… I’m not a medical professional, this post (and all

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External Organs

July 19, 2014April 18, 2017 Rachel 1 Comment #showmeyourpump, Dblog, Diabetes, diabetic, insulin pump, Miss America, Miss America Pageant, miss idaho, OmniPod, show me your pump, sierra sandison, type 1

Some of us have to wear our pancreases on the outside of our bodies. This week, not just one… but

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