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It is not a perfect format, is it? The last post of this blog is actually the beginning of my story. The dates of the blog posts are in inverse order to the story. Why this crazy organization? It is because WordPress, our platform, does not allow us to roll out a blog in chronological… Continue reading How to read this ongoing book

I grew up in the cornfields of Wisconsin, just on the edge of rural society. I had passed through those cornfields countless times. I loved how they looked in the spring, truly golden in the daytime sun. This time, on May 2nd, 2016, I truly wasn’t paying attention. I was in the backseat of my… Continue reading Diagnosis

My mother in law had told me that she cleaned the floor in my 11 year old son’s bathroom because it was really very sticky. But my mother in law rewashes my tupperwares because they are not clean enough and takes steel wool to my pots and pans, so I took this to be yet… Continue reading Diagnosis 2: my mom

The gathering storm For months after Kaelan went into DKA I kept thinking that I should have seen it coming. The number of mistakes I made on the way to diagnosis, and beyond, is breathtaking. The school year when he was diagnosed was a strange one for Kaelan. We could see that there were unusual… Continue reading Diagnosis 3: my dad

What happened to me at diagnosis? And, if you are reading this book because you just got diagnosed, what is happening to you? Most cars run on gasoline, or electricity. Our body runs on glucose, a form of sugar. Our blood carries the glucose supplied by some of our organs (such as our liver) and… Continue reading T1D Diagnosis: what does it all mean?

Is there a cure for Type 1 diabetes? No. People your whole life will give you their “miracle cure” for diabetes that their cousin/grandmother/niece used to get rid of their type-1 diabetes, or something they read out of a tabloid. I can assure you, if cinnamon or turmeric cured diabetes, the whole community would know… Continue reading T1D Diagnosis: will they cure me?

What happens when my blood glucose (BG) is too low? When we are low, we have little glucose in the bloodstream, so the cells in our body have no access to additional glucose. Our brain is a major user of glucose (it uses about 40% of the energy we use at rest), and quickly becomes… Continue reading T1D Diagnosis: how will it affect me?

Unsurprisingly, hospital life wasn’t glorious by any means, but it could have been worse.  I had my own room, full of kiddie illustrations that I thought were a bit much, but nonetheless appreciated. It wasn’t a busy wing, so it was more or less silent and peaceful. The nurses were kind and patient. They and… Continue reading Hospital times

Three days after I entered in a wheelchair, I walked out of the hospital with fresh clothes. Surprisingly, when I started to leave, I was a little reluctant to go. After all, I didn’t know how to take care of myself, the nurses had been doing it all for me. But, my parents were firm,… Continue reading Back home