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Why Teens with Type 1 Should Consider Psychotherapy
A mother of a child with Type 1 shares how it helped her son.
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JDRF, a Truly Type 1-Friendly Workplace
A summer intern describes the experience of working at a place where everyone understands diabetes.
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6 Tips for Traveling with Type 1 Diabetes
A globetrotter with Type 1 shares how to enjoy the journey, even when you forget your insulin in Kuala Lumpur.
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10 Ways We Keep it Together with Type 1
A mother shares the zenlike and hilarious ways she and her husband have learned to accept their daughter’s diabetes.
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5 Ways to Stay Sane as a D-Parent
Taking care of a child with diabetes is an art, not a science. Learn how one mother does it in the first of a two-part series.
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5 More Ways to Stay Sane as a D-Parent
Here are more tips for keeping it together while keeping your child with diabetes healthy. The conclusion of a 2-part series.
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I Hate My Son’s Honeymoon Period
A parent of a teen diagnosed with Type 1 describes the struggles of predicting what a dying pancreas might do.
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6 Tattooing Tips for People With Type 1
A tattoo aficionado with Type 1 shares his experience on getting some ink done.
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The Newly Diagnosed Vacation
A woman with Type 1 grapples with the newness of treating her diabetes while on a tour of Italy.
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Too Old for Diabetes Summer Camp?
In Sweet Tooth , Tim Anderson describes how his first experience of diabetes summer camp did not go as planned.
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The First Bloom of Diabetes Device Rage
In this Sweet Tooth excerpt, a teen recently diagnosed with Type 1 takes out his frustration on his glucometer.
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My Diabetes Boot Camp Drill Sergeant
In Part 3 of our Sweet Tooth excerpts, Tim Anderson describes learning about his diabetes from a difficult nurse.
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The Inaugural Emergency Room Visit
How one young man learned he was a card-carrying member of the Pancreatically-Challenged.
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Discovering Love and T1D at a Ballgame
In an excerpt from Sweet Tooth, a Memoir, Tim Anderson describes how his pancreas first failed him on a memorable field trip.
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Dancing with Type 1 Diabetes
One dancer shares his secrets for staying healthy and avoiding onstage lows.
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The Pen Is Mightier than the Needle
After a scary bout of hypoglycemia, Scott Johnson finds writing helps him process his feelings on diabetes.
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A D-Mom Cautiously Re-enters the Workforce
After seven years of balancing blood sugars for her son, Shari Navetta tries to regain her career.
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“Daddy, What’s a Pump?”
How one father with Type 1 uses 3 simple rules to deal with his toddler’s curiosity of his condition.
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Surviving the Diabetes Road Trip
Rural families often have to travel far to visit diabetes centers. Here’s how one family builds in a silver lining with each trip.
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