About

Hey everyone! I'm Stephanie. I'm 32 and I was recently diagnosed with type 1 (well Type 1.5 because I was diagnosed in adulthood) diabetes. For those of you that don't know much about it, here's an overly simplified explanation of the basics. My body thinks my pancreas is bad so it has built up autoantibodies against it which has caused my pancreas to shut down and my body is no longer able to regulate blood sugar on its own. I do not produce insulin (most of the time, more on that another time) so my blood sugar can very easily go too high with carb intake, or can very easily go too low if there is too much insulin in my system. Too high of blood sugar is dangerous in the long-run, too low of blood sugar can become dangerous, life threatening, very quickly. Trying to be a substitute for my pancreas is the most challenging and humbling thing I've done in my life. I fail at it and conquer it daily.

Unfortunately there has been a theme of medical issues in my life over the past 4 years, with most of them rearing their head in the past 2. It's been difficult to say the least. During this time, there has also been something that has awakened in me, advocacy. Advocacy for myself and for others who are going through difficult medical journeys. I've battled infertility and now diabetes and I'm choosing to believe that finding my voice during this time is one way that God is working, even this, for glory.

So I want to say welcome to everyone, thanks for stopping by. I am not an expert at this and I'm going to fail a lot, but I'm willing to be honest about the struggle that I am in as I attempt to lead a healthy lifestyle with the hope to walk alongside others that are having difficulty in hoping in the midst of hard seasons, or that just want to know more about what it's like to live with type 1 diabetes and infertility.