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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Wego Health, My Dream Day

14 Saturday Apr 2012

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living well with illness, motherhood, women's health

My Dream Day. Describe your ideal day. How would you spend your time? Who would you spend it with? Have you had this day? If not – how could you make it happen?

I would spend my dream day alone. I would wake up with a view of the water and go for an early morning run on the beach. I’d watch the sun rise over the water and return to stand on the deck with a strong cup of coffee. I’d read the paper with the squaking of the birds on the beach as my only companion. Leaving the windows open, I’d go back inside and sit down at my desk to write. I would write uninterrupted for hours, until I got hungry. Lunch would be a big steak salad with edamame, blue cheese, cold cucumbers and sweet potato fries….a bit of dark chocolate. Then I’d walk on the beach to digest and return to my desk to write until dark. The story would have enough room and time to breathe and to grow, and I’d return to my family feeling, for once, like I’d finished something I started.

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Wego Health Day, What I Can’t Live Without

13 Friday Apr 2012

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diabetes, living well with illness, women's health

10 Things I Couldn’t Live Without. 

  1. A good book
  2. Strong coffee
  3. A bite of dark chocolate
  4. A pair of running shoes
  5. Fresh air
  6. Cuddles from my boys
  7. The sight of my husband’s car in the driveway at the end of every day
  8. A call from my mom every morning
  9. Insulin, glucose tabs, test strips, and my meter
  10. Peanut Butter!

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Wego Health Day 10 (out of 30), a Letter to my Teenage Self

10 Tuesday Apr 2012

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advocacy, blood sugar management, Chronic Illness, diabetes, living well with illness, teenagers, type 1 diabetes, wego health

Dear 16-year-old-me. Write a letter to yourself at age 16. What would you tell yourself? What would you make your younger self aware of?

Dear Amy,

It’s going to get better. You’ve had diabetes for 2 years now and the things that matter so much right now (fitting in, being popular, pretty, skinny, smart, having a boyfriend and enough money to keep up with your friends and most of all, not having to deal with high and low blood sugars, counting carbs, doing shots and testing your blood sugar) will matter less when you are an adult. You will get married, have children and get paid to write! You will come out of the dark hole of diabetes denial and slowly, slowly, accept this illness. After many years of feeling powerless to and victimized by diabetes, you will begin to see how it has made you strong.

Hang in there Amy. There won’t be a cure in 10 years like you were promised, but there will be a huge support group of people who will inspire you to live well with diabetes. I promise that you won’t always feel alone and in fact, your loneliness will lead to a book (The Smart Woman’s Guide to Diabetes) that will help other women feel less alone.

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Guest Post on Crazy, Sexy Life….why role models matter to me!

10 Tuesday Apr 2012

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advocacy, blood sugar management, Chronic Illness, crazy, living well with illness, sexy life, type 1 diabetes, women's health

I’m so excited to be featured as a guest blogger on Crazy, Sexy Life. In my post I write about the importance of role models in my life as a woman with diabetes. Read more here!

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