Do you know which birth control methods are best for a person with diabetes? Will an STD impact you differently because of diabetes? And what about alcohol, cocaine and pot? Get the facts straight! Check out the new quiz: Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll! Ginger
March 23rd of 2009 marks the tenth year I’ve lived with diabetes. A decade! It doesn’t really seem like it’s been “that long,” and on the other hand, I don’t remember what it was ever like to not have diabetes even though I was producing insulin for the first 13 years of my life. How am I going to celebrate?... Read more
Believe it or not, I'm pretty sure all of our doctors and our parents want to help us. Your parents want you to be healthy so you can be happy so you live forever and do amazing, incredible things. Your doctor wants you to be healthy, so you can be happy, so you can live forever and do amazing, incredible things.
Sometimes, though, they... Read more
Hi Ginger, I am a 13 year old type 1 diabetic. I am 5 ft 5 and weigh 160 lbs. My family has been doing the low carb diet and loosing lots of weight and I have lost nothing. I have been trying to excercise but I am not sure how long I should excercise every day. I would appreciate any advice you have to... Read more
This morning at work, my best friend was frustrated over a variety of things in her life that were changing. "You know I don't like change, Gin," she said. "I hate it!"
Personally, I like change because it inevitably leads to the start of something different, something new. Sure, sometimes changing up a routine or a schedule or a huge... Read more
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