My Blog
Diabetic to Dietetics
Chronicles of a MRI arthrogram
May 2, 2017
Running
I have run two marathons. But this, I was scared. I kicked serious butt in the birthing room. But this, I was scared. I quit a successful career and went…
Running reboot: injury be damned
April 30, 2017
Running
This blog is lonnnnnng overdue. I started writing it back in January, but was sidelined (and subsequently pummeled) by integral calculus, which took pretty much all my focus. The post…
The unthinkable
April 22, 2017
Diabetes
The unthinkable happened. Seven years ago I had feared the worst. My first marathon, it was pouring rain. The marathon had yet to start, and I was in the porta-potty…
Exams and diabetes
April 20, 2017
Diabetes
I was freaking out. I was a couple days off from my first final of the semester, and I was completely wigging. It was an upper-level research course. I had…
Sometimes…
February 3, 2017
Diabetes
Sometimes I don’t want to stop. Sometimes I’m in the thick of a really great book, and I don’t want to stop. Sometimes I’m in the middle of writing a…
Hospital: the first
January 18, 2017
Diabetes
Dear Moms, I am sorry I was such a sick kid. I am sorry I got whooping cough at three weeks old. I am sorry my appendix nearly burst at…
Food: What can we do?
November 12, 2016
Farmers' Market
I don’t know why I didn’t put up my hand. I don’t know why I didn’t ask the question filling my brain the entire time she was talking. I’ve rarely…
Pizza, worse than a tequila hangover
November 9, 2016
Diabetes
Pizza, it is the bane of existence for diabetics the world over. The taste, a garlic-infused crispy crust, savoury tomatoes and fungi, oozing mozzarella, and the spice of the carefully…
Strategic disengagement
September 20, 2016
Uncategorized
Today I quit. It’s not a territory I am all that familiar with. Sure, a couple years ago I quit a career, but that was with a new one in…
Dreaming for the glory of glasses
September 1, 2016
Diabetes
Alright eyes, we got this. Don’t let me down, eyes. This year is our year. Got it. Alright, let’s DO this. That was the pep talk my lovely, grey eyes…
48 months: I am the walrus
August 30, 2016
Uncategorized
Dear Little Ring, Yesterday I was having an absolute crumb of a day, so blah, so lethargic, so lacking motivation. I couldn’t figure out why, and then, it struck me.…
29 years: “Perfect storm for an eating disorder”
August 23, 2016
Diabetes
Apparently furniture is to be given for the 29th anniversary, but for me, all I got was guilt. There’s a part of me I am not fond of; a part…