Posts by Diabetes Solutions of Oklahoma
Kim’s ‘Celebration of Life’ Event
Unpopular Opinion
“Sometimes you just have to put on lipgloss & pretend to be psyched” -Mindy Kaling This quote is how I’ve been living my life lately, not really knowing what the…
Read MoreDiabetes Spotlight: Amy Lasater
My name is Amy Lasater, and my story began 32 years ago at the age of 3 when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I grew up in a…
Read MoreDiabetes Spotlight: Tiffany Cooper
My name is Tiffany Cooper, and I am 17 years old. In September of 2006, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Since then, life has been pretty sweet, if…
Read MoreMy Summer Project: Building an Artificial Pancreas
By Katie Aldridge My name is Katie. I have type 1 diabetes. I’ve always worked hard at managing it, but after 23 years, a person gets weary. It requires constant…
Read MoreConnecting with other local T1D families
By Kelly Caven Shortly after our son, Liam, now four years old, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, we attended a support group organized by the Department of Psychology at…
Read MoreHelping students with diabetes
By Elizabeth Boaz-Montzka Hello! My name is Elizabeth Boaz-Montzka and I’ve had type 1 diabetes for 46 years; I’m now 54 years old. I live in the western suburbs of…
Read MoreConnecting through diabetes
By Lincoln Keck Twenty years ago this summer I lost my best friend, Nathan, and made a new one, Ryan. My time that summer at camp, and every year since,…
Read MoreOne mom’s quest for Sugar Surfing Success!
By Megan Rose, mom of a child with T1D Dr. Stephen Ponder is a pediatric endocrinologist who has lived with Type 1 Diabetes for around 50 years. I learned that…
Read MoreShared diabetes journeys
By Rayna Zimmerman My sister was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of six; I was sixteen then. My daughter was diagnosed at the ripe age of four;…
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