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April 02, 2011

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I Think I Can, I Think I Can...

WEGO Health is an online resource dedicated to promoting health, wellness, support, and education to people faced with health challenges. They motivate people who are health activists who are involved in bringing awareness to specific health obstacles such as Type 1 Diabetes. With that said, WEGO Health invites health activists to take part in a blogging commitment for 30 days. I am on board to take on the challenge to blog 30 days in November. I am not gona lie, I am intimidated hoping I can keep up and stick with it. November also happens to be National Diabetes Awareness month as well as WEGO's National Health Blog Post Month. I have done my best to contribute every November in some way referring to Diabetes so this time it's blogging for 30 days. In this upcoming blogging month I hope for the following: -to learn something new -encourage and be encouraged -share the facts -dig deeper into my emotional hang-ups with Diabetes -spread awareness -be heard, and to hear others ...

Soon and Very Soon, Week 38/39

I will be holding my Tytus soon and very soon. What a wonderfully anticipated moment I look forward to. I have so much to say but feel so full my words seem lost at the moment. God is good and faithful. He has answered many prayers and I praise him for his peace and provision. I am 39 weeks and 1 day today. That is a blessing in itself. We prayed to have a full term, healthy boy, and he is perfect. I look fwd to showing off my third blessing, soon and very soon!

Day 1-Why I Write about My Health

I started Insulin Junkie three years ago with the intention that writing would be a cathartic thing and to bring awareness to this new challenge I was faced with. On October 8, 2009 I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and a thyroid condition called Graves' disease. I was two weeks away from my 27th birthday and my life as I knew it was out the window. In the hospital I remember just being in complete shock, I couldn't hardly give myself shots, and the tears seemed endless. It was hell and hurt (emotionally more than physically) so so bad. I asked myself, What was my life going to be like from this point forward?! The struggle didn't stop there. There was such a inward battle between my mind and my spiritual self. My quest for answers from God became a mission of mine. I thought maybe, just maybe, documenting it would be a good thing for me. When I started writing a few weeks after coming home, I did find a measure of release. But I held back some because I couldn...

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