Our Diabetic Life

I hate cleaning toilets. I hate it. I have four boys, ‘nuff said. Their bathroom is reminiscent of urinal meets boys locker room. Proba...

See Meri's Blood Sugar Monitors. See Meri’s monitors are dead. See Meri run to buy batteries. See Meri roar with anger . See Meri buy th...

Picture Charlie Brown...He's got his eye on the football. He is full of optimism and hope. He is sure that this time he will kick that b...

When it rains, it pours. Why isn’t it ever just one? One diabetic that is out of whack. Why is it that all three of my diabetics need basal ...

Thanks to all my blog world friends for your gracious and supportive comments in regards to Lawton. To be honest, I don’t think I would have...

I don’t exactly know why I haven’t written about this before. I think it’s because I didn’t want to be known as “the dog lady,” but leaving ...

Gosh, after my last post I feel like such a downer. There are so many good people in this world that have done so much for us! So today I wa...

So many. So many babies being diagnosed. It is breaking my heart. It’s hard enough to have a child diagnosed, but a baby with Type 1 is just...

Endo endo bo bendo, Banana fanna fo fendo, fe fi fo mendo….endo! The Name Game! Come on, you’ve heard of it before! It makes everything soun...

It's coming...I can feel it. The new school year tsunami of emotion. It happens every year, and the sad part is I am aware of it. I KNOW...

They don't like me at the pharmacy and really, I don't blame them. To be honest, I don't like them either. I think the main reas...

Last night my husband and I did our 10:00 blood sugar check and L was 40. My husband checked him and the fear in his voice caught me off gua...

Sometimes I am convinced the cosmos have put me in a lose-lose situation. With three active boys with Type 1 Diabetes it is generally all b...

I'm not going to lie. I would get irritated beyond belief when they would close down streets and bridges in San Francisco for the Cance...

I just sent my 11 year old son off to scout camp for a week and I am a wreck. My husband will be staying with him for the first few days to ...

I am no technology geek, but I am a Mom who has worked with both Minimed and Animas pumps. Unfortunately, my youngest was so little when he ...

My husband grew up in a bakery. His parents came from Germany and opened a bakery in the 70’s. I got to know my husband when I got a job at ...