Thanks to my Great Books education, I know that René Descartes famously declared "I think, therefore I am." Materialistic individuals have claimed, "I shop, therefore I am." But me, I pump, therefore I am.
Lately, I have been feeling like my very existence is summed up by pumping. Either I'm pumping insulin to sustain my life, or I'm pumping breast milk to nourish Sienna. I have one or two pumps operating on my body at any given moment. The fact that most people don't deal with...
So you were started on insulin two months ago, and have your next doctor's visit coming up soon. Starting insulin was a major step in... Read more »
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I received the following e-mail question: "I have type 1 diabetes and want to confirm with you on how to take insulin. I take 70/30... Read more »
My wife and I flew from our hometown in Charleston South Carolina to Minneapolis the first weekend of December for our annual visit to... Read more »
After spending more than five hours researching and downloading journal articles to write the last blog, I decided to lighten it up a bit.... Read more »
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