living with diabetes Archives - Sweet, Sassy, and Southern http://sweetsassysouthern.com/tag/living-with-diabetes/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 13:35:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/sweetsassysouthern.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sweet-Sassy-and-Southern.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 living with diabetes Archives - Sweet, Sassy, and Southern http://sweetsassysouthern.com/tag/living-with-diabetes/ 32 32 214325270 My Health Journey: Checking in https://sweetsassysouthern.com/my-health-journey-checking-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-health-journey-checking-in Sat, 15 Jun 2024 13:35:45 +0000 https://sweetsassysouthern.com/?p=352 Weight: 246.4 lbs. Back in January I weighed in at 258 lbs. and I thought that I had lost a great deal of weight. Funny how I was still wearing my size 22 pants and …

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]]> 352 My Health Journey: Fighting back the tears https://sweetsassysouthern.com/my-health-journey-fighting-back-the-tears/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-health-journey-fighting-back-the-tears Sat, 28 Oct 2023 14:01:31 +0000 http://sweetsassysouthern.com/?p=320 Three years ago, I raised some concerns with my primary doctor about stomach pain, nausea, unintentional weight loss, and bloody stools (random, I might mention, and never constant). I was referred to a gastroenterologist who …

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]]> 320 Small Changes https://sweetsassysouthern.com/small-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=small-changes Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:52:26 +0000 http://sweetsassysouthern.com/?p=300 I know that I didn’t gain the weight overnight. It took me multiple years to get here. I live with ADHD, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypothyroidism, Depression, Anxiety,and High Blood Pressure. I’ve already had a stroke …

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]]> 300 What I Never Wanted to Be https://sweetsassysouthern.com/what-i-never-wanted-to-be/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-i-never-wanted-to-be Sat, 30 Sep 2023 13:37:21 +0000 http://sweetsassysouthern.com/?p=297 As I sat staring at my bruised fingertips yesterday I realized I had become the one thing that I never wanted to be: My grandmother. It’s not that I didn’t love my grandmother. It’s the …

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