While my cousin hasn’t been buried yet (it’ll be a few weeks apparently), it’s time to get back on the blogging horse. Lots of unanswered questions remain; my cousin was an athlete (a surfer) who was young (in his mid 50s), so this is not a typical situation. Still grieving, but needing to get back […]

One of our family dogs died unexpectedly overnight on Friday. She had been a three time rescue from the Humane Society (we were the final ones to rescue her) so we were never really sure about her age or medical background. She had been having some trachea problems for awhile and had a tough day […]

While I’m technically back at home, I’m still on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: There’s no question there’s a cost to working out. In some cases […]

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention my dad this week. He would have turned 72 earlier this week. My dad was a diabetic, just like me; the big difference (well, me and my dad had a huge amount of differences, but this one just regarding our disease) is that he never knew he […]

Having lunch over the weekend at work–I’ve now worked 15 of the last 16 days–one of the nurses I worked with commented that, “Food is good,” then looked at me and stated, “but for you, food is the enemy.” It’s a double edged sword, this relationship diabetics have with food. Like most but certainly not […]

Hi. My name is Ryan and I’m a diabetic. This is not a twelve step program, but in some ways it feels like one. Diabetes is not a disease in quite the same way alcohol is, but like any chronic disease, managing it on an ongoing basis is a huge challenge. I learned I had […]