I used to make a lot of statements about things I thought I couldn’t do. I thought I couldn’t run overnight, so I couldn’t attempt to run 100 miles. I could never run 200 mile races the way other people did. Etc. Yet last year I found myself training for and attempting 100 miles (I…| DIYPS.org
A new autoimmune disease is exhausting and foreign, until it becomes exhausting and familiar. Exhausting is such a good word for it. Sometimes, it’s the disease process itself that is exhausting and causes fatigue physically. Other times, it’s the coping and figuring out how to wrangle your life into a pretzel around it that is…| DIYPS.org
#WeAreNotWaiting to make the world a better place| DIYPS.org
I have a favor to ask of you, especially you as a person who is not living with diabetes. — On day 1 of diabetes awareness month 2022 (also known as today), I saw a tweet. Someone posted a picture of some snacks and asked what people thought it was. Like clockwork, one of the…| DIYPS.org
#WeAreNotWaiting to make the world a better place| DIYPS.org
I’ve been training for a big goal of mine: running a 100k in a specific amount of time. Yes, I’ve run farther than that before: last year I ran ~82 miles. However, I had someone in my family network who ran 100k last year, and I realized their time made a reasonable goal for me. I’m…| DIYPS.org
I’ve been taking thyroid medication for a few months now. It surprised me how quickly I saw some symptom resolution. As I wrote previously, I started taking thyroid medication and planned to get more lab work at the 8 week mark. The theory is that thyroid medication influences the production of new thyroid hormones but…| DIYPS.org
What do you see when you see (or think of) diabetes? — In my house, I see small piles of low treatments (for hypoglycemia) in every place that I hang out. On my desk next to my computer. In my bedside table. On the counter next to the door where I grab them before heading…| DIYPS.org
When dealing with chronic illnesses, it sometimes feels like you have less energy or time in the day to work with than someone without chronic diseases. The “spoon theory” is a helpful analogy to illustrate this. In spoon theory, each person has a certain number of “spoons” representing their daily energy available for tasks including…| DIYPS.org
I do a lot of things most people don’t want to do themselves - and I get that. (For example, recording macronutrients while running? Running for up to 16 or 25 hours? Let alone other choices like building DIY and making open source automated insulin delivery systems not only for myself but more widely available…| DIYPS.org
