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Expertise

By Eric Devine

Becoming proficient in managing type 1 diabetes takes a lifetime of experience and understanding. Read Eric Devine's insight into managing diabetes.

Living with diabetes can be as emotionally draining as it is physically taxing. One way Eric Devine deals with the daily stress of diabetes is to engulf himself in music. Read more about his escape into sound.

C.O.N.T.R.O.L.

06/02/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Control is an important aspect of diabetes management. However, Eric Devine has learned that there are somethings that can't be controlled. Read more about this life lesson.

I Would Prefer Not To

05/30/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Eric Devine compares his occasional unwillingness to engage his diabetes to a piece of literature. The lesson he learned was that without doing anything he will never become anything. Engaging diabetes means tackling it head-on.

Defining Success, One Day at a Time

05/15/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Learning to adapt to day-to-day challenges of managing diabetes is an unending struggle. What works one day may not work the next. Life with diabetes is constant adjustment and learning to accept a new definition of success.

Low Places

05/13/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Diabetes and a stomach virus made a dangerous combination for Eric Devine. Unable to stabilize his blood glucose level, he was raced to the hospital with severe hypoglycemia. Read more about the signs of extreme hypoglycemia.

Me, Myself, and I: On Self-Reliance

05/09/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Being comfortable with who you are is a lifelong quest. Eric Devine cites authors like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Shakespeare in his personal struggle with learning to accept diabetes without letting it overshadow who he is.

Please Excuse the Interruption

05/05/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Living with diabetes creates a range of emotions. Eric Devine has gone through them all during his nearly two-decades of life with type 1 diabetes. Read about his struggle to prevent diabetes from ruling his emotions.

The Silence of Frustration

05/02/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

Living with diabetes is a struggle not only physically but also emotionally. The constant battle to balance blood sugar is an emotional drain that is often more frustrating than fruitful. Read about Eric Devine's experiences.

Eat, Drink and be Merry. How?

02/11/08 Living Well

By Eric Devine

The following is an example of a conversation I’ve had far too many times:

“You’re not supposed to drink alcohol. You’ve got diabetes!”

I sip my wine. “Well, no, I’m not actually supposed to.”

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Expertise

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C.O.N.T.R.O.L.

I Would Prefer Not To

Defining Success, One Day at a Time

Low Places

Me, Myself, and I: On Self-Reliance

Please Excuse the Interruption

The Silence of Frustration

Eat, Drink and be Merry. How?

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