What is a diaversary? The anniversary of your diagnosis. Just like any day with a major life event attached, emotions definitely show up. How you choose to approach this date can be the best way to make it exactly what fits your family the best. Question 1: To celebrate a diaversary or not to celebrate? […]
The Truth About Diabetic Mental Health [From a T1d]
There’s a mental health crisis going on in our world. This, unfortunately, means that people with the trauma of diabetes may get pushed to the side. If your mental health isn’t good all the time, that’s okay. I’ve been there too. Whether it’s really bad burnout, the social anxiety that comes when an alarm goes […]
The Greatness of a T1D Support Group
Not all support groups are organized, and not all T1d support groups are held in a strip mall with chairs in a semicircle with crappy refreshments. A great example is my T1d support group that consists of about 10 people who aren’t in my immediate family! Three adults and 7 people around my age, it […]
All About Milly
Hi! I’m Milly, and I’m a diabetic vet. I’d like to think I know a thing or two by now! My goal with this website is to help, encourage, and let teens, tweens and kids with diabetes not feel quite as alone as I did. I would like to help you get through this crazy […]
SweetT1D – Information on Diabetes Designed Especially for YOU (and Here’s Why!)
We needed information on diabetes for our whole family. However, in the thousands of articles and posts in internet searches, I could not find a site designed to be simplistic enough for my daughter and complex enough for me. In the overwhelm of dealing with diabetes, I had no brain cells left to translate articles […]
4 Interesting Ways We Help Diabetic Families
Remember the emotions at diagnosis? New fears and expectations crowded your thoughts, but sometimes they stick with you. Finding ways to confront the changes in our life since that day hasn’t always been easy, but now more days are “sweet” than sour. Together we can explore how to help that happen for your family, too! […]
5 First Things to Accomplish after a T1D Diagnosis
If first things are first, what happens if you don’t know where to begin? Information overload is par for the course the first few days after a Type 1 diagnosis. Chances are good that you spent time in a hospital room in complete shock while undergoing intense, jam-packed information sessions. Then they sent you home…with […]
