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Are You Living ‘For’ Diabetes Or ‘With’ Diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic illness and, to be quite frank, a chronic pain in the ass. A fine line separates those who live for their diabetes and those who live with their diabetes. The rigorously tedious requirements of daily [read: hourly] diabetes management makes that line easy to cross. And if you are anything like […]

21Dec

Diabetes and Depression: A Toxic Combo for Suicide

Diabetes and Suicide More teenagers and young adults from suicide than cancer, heart disease, AIDS, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED. It is the 2nd leading cause of death in aged kids 10-24 and the 4th leading cause of death of 25-54. Suicide is a serious problem. Depression, especially when combined […]