Check out my latest Chronic Mama column at Literary Mama.
As a thirty-eight–year-old type 1 diabetic, I am a double high risk pregnancy. As the weeks wear on, I worry that by becoming pregnant again, I might be asking for too much. What will another pregnancy do to my health? Am I up to the physical [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 22, 2009
Chronic Mama column
March 18, 2009
Diabetes in teens
Resent research studies the effects of mood on blood sugar control….but can they really be separate?
Teens with Type 1 diabetes are responsible for taking insulin, monitoring blood sugar levels and keeping doctor visits too. Now, a new study suggests that feelings such as anger or sadness could interfere with teens’ diabetes management.
“Adolescence is a difficult [...]
March 17, 2009
New York Family Magazine
Check out my article in this month’s New York Family Magazine called, “Mom in Hiding, by Keeping Her Diabetes Invisible, A Mom Realizes She’s Been Keeping Her Kids From Truly Knowing Her.”
March 9, 2009
Chicken Soup for Power Moms has arrived!
The UPS man just dropped off a big box from Simon and Schuster on my front door filled with copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms: 101 stories celebrating the power of Choice for Stay at Home and Work from Home Moms. I wasn’t even sure they were going to use my essay. [...]
