I got the shot! Fortunately my state counts type one diabetics in the high risk group for vaccine prioritization. To quote my endo on the CDC recommendation that only type 2s get vaccine priority: “COVID doesn’t care WHY you have diabetes! It can’t tell! What matters is that YOU HAVE DIABETES.”

He’s great. A type one, too! But also seriously— as soon as you can get vaccinated, do!

Hello, type one diabetic with a heart condition here who still wears a mask when running a regular 5k…WEAR A MASK MY DUDES

Seriously ya’ll T1 buds, wash those hands!

PSA for diabetic brides

If you wear a pump, beware crepe! Very revealing.

You know when you take out a site and it’s immediately itchy and awful? Yup. That’s me, today. 

PS-stay tuned for a review of my new pump, the Medtronic 670g! Sorry for the lack of updates, both me and the fiance are running for office.

How I know my BF understands that T1 life:

We were watching Game of Thrones and one of the lady characters was walking around, doing her thing, when my bf just randomly goes “oh!”

I asked him what was up. He said he’d been trying to figure out for the last five minutes where she keeps her insulin pump in that outfit.

BOY FORGOT THAT NOT ALL LADIES HAVE TO WEAR INSULIN PUMPS

I mean come on, I want a snazzy Netflix special 

Seriously though, still need my insulin and test strips. 

When you wake up, test, realize you’re high AF, treat, and nap until you’re normal again.

If only I could do it on work days…

Copyright me, your internet diabetic dictionary :P 

Our health should not be part of a free market exchange. Saving money is not equivalent to saving lives.

While you can decide to keep your house a bit cooler to lower your electric bill, you can’t have a little less chemo to save a few thousand dollars. There’s no “hey, maybe just forget the insulin so you can save for a few months of retirement money, skimp on the blood thinners or dialysis and get some pocket change for the movies.”

Healthcare is a non-negotiable part of life. So why do we rely on a system which ebbs and flows based on the number of healthy people who choose to sign up and create a market based on humans as commodities; the federal laws (looking at you, abortion ban HR-7) that cause insurance companies to choose their own financial safety over the people who need medical safety?

Don’t let this government turn us and those less fortunate than those I know reading my inordinately long post into market objects for financial gain. Call, dissent.

As always, continue to support the ACA by calling your reps or Sen. Paul Ryan–(202) 225-3031

Oppose HR7 (which bans all federal funding for abortion services, targeting the underprivileged on Medicaid as well as effectively eliminating ability to get coverage for abortion even if paying your own funds through any ACA/gov program) by calling your reps.

…woke up with a peanut in my bed. Guess I missed my mouth mid 3am blood sugar drop.

Whoops.

Okay, I’m getting political, because I think it’s important to share this message on every social media platform I have, regardless of its usual content.

Some of you may be having a hard time voting for Hillary Clinton this Election Day. I still think you should, but it’s your decision not to vote. HOWEVER, even if you choose not to vote under the presidential line, you should still get out and vote straight democrat for your congresspeople–your senators and house reps.

If we have a Democratic majority in congress, we can still push a liberal agenda no matter who is in the Oval Office. With a Republican led government, we will get nothing. Nothing for queer folks, nothing for women, nothing for black folks or Muslims or Mexican or Indigenous peoples or the impoverished. For my diabetic followers (most of you), a Democratic government will support lower healthcare costs, meaning more affordable insulin and more coverage for us chronically ill people. 

You can choose not to vote for president, but DON’T choose not to vote at all.

You know, I was trying to actually cook like a successful grown-up. 

I never catch a cold, I immediately catch my death.