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Jan Chait

Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired (Not to Mention Hypoglycemic)

My friend Nancy is off to Budapest. Sandy is about to take off to Taiwan. I don’t even want to think about traveling…

Eric Lagergren

Planning Adequately, Eating Poorly

This past week my wife, our dog Ellie, and I were a couple hours west of home doing some much-needed and very anticipated absolutely nothing at a cabin on a lake. Okay, there was hiking, some kayaking, campfires, lots of reading, and good grilling… but for the most part, absolutely nothing…

Eric Lagergren

I’m a Traveling Man Who Has Diabetes

This morning I told my wife that I wasn’t sure what to blog about this week. She then asked me what it was I was thinking about writing on. I said self-pity. I then said, before she had time to comment on my topic of choice, that I was going to approach the self-pity part from the point of view that I rarely, if ever, engage in it when it comes to my diabetes. Instead, I was going to approach it from, well… how it is I try to (and often succeed in) turning on its head my initial inclination — which happens often — to whine or grouse about the mundane, quotidian care required for my self-management, and instead, when the desire to play the woe-is-me diabetes card strikes, do just the opposite…

Jan Chait

Just Call Me A Peripatetic Diabetic

Seeing the aurora borealis is at the top of my bucket list, and I have an idea of where I would like to go to see it: Chena Hot Springs Resort near Fairbanks, Alaska. Sometimes I daydream about soaking in a 105° rock lake that’s surrounded by ice and snow while I watch lights dance across the sky…

Jan Chait

Visit to the "Old World" Brings New Surprises

Ya gotta love a place where a swing band serendipitously belts out "Back Home Again in Indiana" (lyrics here) on your first foray out around town. On this night, however, the moonlight was shining not on the Wabash, but on the Vltava, the river that separates the east and west sides of Prague.

The whole joint was jumping. And on a Monday night, yet! Turns out there was a reason.

Jan Chait

The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth (Mostly)

My long-awaited trip to visit my best friend in Germany is upon me. The light is near, but the end of the tunnel has been filled with potholes. Just when I’m trying to get things done and get ahead a bit so I can fly off on Thursday with nothing hanging over my head, things start to unravel.

Jan Chait

Obsession Isn’t Always a Perfume

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Nominate and Win!

Eric Lagergren

Beware Diabetic Complacency

Jan Chait

Traveling May Be Expensive, But Friends Are Priceless

Jan Chait

Vacations, Like Diabetes, Can Have Their Ups and Downs

Eric Lagergren

Fifty-One On, One Off (Kinda)

Jan Chait

South of the Border (and So Was My Glucose)

Eric Lagergren

Welcome to Miami (Bienvenidos a Miami)

Eric Lagergren

Mind Your Own Business

David Spero

Going Home for the Holidays

Jan Chait

Back From (Another) Trip

Jan Chait

There’s a Reason We Don’t Call it "Hibegon"

Andy Stuckey

Good-bye, and a Surprise Ending

Andy Stuckey

Tales from Nicaragua

Amy Campbell

Summertime…And the Traveling Is Easy!

Andy Stuckey

Regular Doctor Visits?

Andy Stuckey

Diabetes in the Altitude

Jan Chait

Get Packing! But What? And IN What?

Andy Stuckey

More About My Diabetes/Jack Bauer Man-Purse

Jan Chait

Flying With Sharp Objects

Katharine Davis

Airline Carry-On Rules Slightly Relaxed

Jan Chait

Terrorist-Inspired Diabetes Terrors Weigh on Mind

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