Diabetes - xoJane

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Lost Over 100 Pounds And Sent My Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:00:00 -0500

I knew that I hadn’t been taking care of myself, but this was the most unpleasant wake-up call of my life. I didn’t know if I could change my fate, but I vowed to try.

"OMG SHOULD YOU BE EATING THAT?" And Other Things NOT To Say To A Diabetic

Cat Agonis — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:00:00 -0500

I always get asked, "I peed like, 20 times today. Do you think I have it?” I don’t know! I'm not the Miss Cleo of diabetes.

It Happened To Me: I Have Type 1 Diabetes

Sarah Buchanan — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:00:22 -0400

I won’t try to wrap up my life with diabetes into a neat package, because this disease is anything but neat. What I’ve compiled, though, is a list of the things I hear constantly, some of them ignorant questions, some genuine, and the answers to those questions.

Diabetes is Not a Rad Diet Tip, and Other Thoughts About the Redemption of Paula Deen

Lesley — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:00:28 -0400

Everybody was super mean to Paula Deen when she announced she had type 2 diabetes. But now she's lost weight so we can all be nice to her again! Yay?

It Happened to Me: I Married a Guy with the Same Chronic Illness as My Dad

Kate — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:05:23 -0400

My dad's illness was a dull hum in the background of my childhood and I promised myself I'd never marry a man who had it, too.

It Happened to Me: I Got Diabetes Type 2

Krista — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:16 -0500

And I wasn't even Southern, old, or eating deep-fried butter with abandon.

Leave Paula Deen Alone

s.e. smith — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:21 -0500

The thing about being fat is that you turn into public property. You are an object, not a person, and this makes you fair game for being shredded.