Author: Gina Roberts
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“I can make you fat” — What I didn’t know about insulin as a T1D.
It is hard to admit this, but I didn’t know as much about insulin as I should have. As a type 1 diabetic, my life depends on insulin 24 hours a day, and yet I realize that I knew only the basics about the hormone that controls my life. The more I study it, Read more
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Before and After Low Carb
I have been living with type 1 diabetes since 2007, when I was diagnosed at the age of 40. For 11 years, my blood glucose levels resembled the graph below, with an average of 164 mg/dl and a variability of +/- 46 mg/dl. I had also gained 175 lbs in those 11 years since I Read more
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Type 1 Anxiety
Every time my Dexcom CGM alerts me that I have a low blood sugar, I immediately draw in a deep breath, sigh, then I get an almost immediate text message from my husband, who follows my Dexcom alerts with a phone app. “Are you ok? Is the alert accurate?” I double-check with my glucose meter… Read more