Bolus and books
"Bolus and Books" offers a candid and relatable look into the life of a nursing student living with Type 1 diabetes.
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The Grief Nobody Talks About: Mourning the Life You Thought You'd Have (opens the original)
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The Grief Nobody Talks About: Mourning the Life You Thought You'd Have There are things you can lose when you live with Type 1 diabetes that don't show up on a medical chart. The freedom to eat without calculating. The ability to leave the house without thinking about supplies. Sleeping without worrying about an alarm. Taking a vacation without planning for insulin. Sometimes, even the ability to forget about your body for a little while. And sometimes, you have to grieve those things. In this d
The Diabetes Police: When Everyone Has an Opinion About Your Body (opens the original)
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The Diabetes Police: When Everyone Has an Opinion About Your Body “Should you really be eating that?” “What’s your blood sugar?” “Did you take your insulin?” “My aunt has diabetes. Have you tried cinnamon?” If you live with Type 1 diabetes, chances are you've heard at least one of these before. In this episode of Bolus and Books , Christopher Hundley talks about The Diabetes Police —the people who, intentionally or not, turn your diabetes into their business. There is a difference between suppor
I Know What I'm Supposed to Do… So Why Is It Still So Hard? (opens the original)
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I Know What I’m Supposed to Do… So Why Is It Still So Hard? You know the rules. Take your insulin. Count your carbs. Watch your glucose. Exercise. Take care of yourself. But what happens when knowing what to do doesn't make diabetes any easier? In this episode of Bolus and Books , Christopher Hundley takes a deeply personal look at one of the most overlooked parts of living with Type 1 diabetes: the exhaustion that comes from having to think about your disease every single day. As someone living
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