Category Archives: Life with type 1 diabetes

Since Mackenna’s pancreas isn’t doing its job of balancing carbs and insulin (read more about that here), we need to constantly monitor how much sugar is in her blood.  This helps us know whether she needs more carbs, more insulin, or neither.  Our main method of monitoring is through finger pokes. A person with type 1 […]

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President Obama recently referenced diabetes when trying to make a point about something completely unrelated to the disease. “If you go to 100 doctors, and 99 of them tell you have diabetes, you wouldn’t say, ‘Ah, that’s a conspiracy. All 99 doctors got together with Obama to keep me from having bacon and donuts,’” he […]

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Six was a big year.  When you were six, you finished kindergarten.  You made friends without my help.  You learned to read!  You rode your bike without training wheels.  You showed us your leadership skills, your drive to succeed, your desire for independence. I wonder what seven will be like for you.  What will you […]

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What is type 1 diabetes?  How did she get it?  Those are some other great questions I get.  They are big questions, with big answers…but I’m going to give them a shot. You have a pancreas.  So does Mackenna.  When you eat or drink anything with carbohydrates, your body turns those carbs into sugar and […]

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One of the most frequently asked questions I get about Mackenna’s diabetes is whether or not she can eat certain things.  How have you had to adjust her diet?  What kinds of things can she eat?  Can she have birthday cake? And can I just say how much I appreciate the questions?  I love that […]

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