Category Archives: Life with Diabetes

An unwelcome guest lives in Katie’s life, as you may very well know.Messing daily with her blood sugars, too many highs and awful lows.Causing sleepless nights and sluggish days, and even fits of rage.To keep this guest under control is … Continue reading →

Don’t ask us—ask them! #10: “Counting carbs and adjusting insulin are only a small part of managing diabetes. Maintaining a positive outlook is equally important. Carb DM does exactly that. It is a natural extension of our efforts in clinic, bringing people … Continue reading →

I kept going through facebook statuses on my phone, reading all the things people were thankful for this year and it got me thinking about all the blessings in my life. I wanted to express my gratitude and appreciation in … Continue reading →

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A guest post by Noor Al Ramahi Motherhood is a sweet journey filled with ups and downs. Being the mother of a child with T1D can be even sweeter (sometimes too sweet for the liking), filled with “highs” and “lows,” … Continue reading →

Thanks to the kindness of Tonya Fifield-Carter, the Synopsys Community Champion for 2012, Carb DM received a $1500 donation from Synopsys, Inc. We recently caught up with Tonya and had a chance to find out more about this generous, and … Continue reading →

Tomorrow Tia will complete her “first term” as a diabetic. Four years of high pressure, constant decision making on matters of life and death, extreme attention to detail, non-stop accountability, life in the public eye, intense scrutiny, sleepless nights, and … Continue reading →

When people hear me talk about how complicated it is to manage diabetes, they often try to console me by saying that soon Tia will be old enough to handle it herself… Some consolation. (You can read my blog “Isn’t … Continue reading →