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Life With Jenny: It's been a minute, hi!
Hi Friends! My goodness it's been a hot minute since I sat down to type out my thoughts! Life just gets busy sometimes and there are not...
May 1, 20233 min read

Life With Jenny: New Diagnoses
Oh my goodness; it's been a while, huh? Gosh, so much has happened since the last time I wrote. For those of you who have been anxiously...
Mar 18, 20236 min read
Life With Jenny: All Kinds of Sickness
Hi friends! I'd like to take a moment to thank you for your patience as I have not been posting per my usual schedule the last couple of...
Jan 31, 20233 min read


Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes & Exercise
Type 1 diabetes cannot be cured by changing your diet and exercising! Type 1 diabetes is autoimmune and there is currently no cure for...
Jan 22, 20235 min read


Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes & PMDD
What the heck is PMDD? PMDD is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Sometimes this is referred to as 'Severe PMS'. That's the easy way to...
Jan 10, 20234 min read


Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes, Hashimoto's Disease & Burnout
About 2 months after Erica was born, I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, which quickly turned to hypothyroidism. For 10 years, I was...
Jan 6, 20234 min read


Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes, Childhood & Loss
âš This blog post talks about my dad passing away. âš This is going to be difficult to write, but I am currently working on healing from...
Jan 3, 202316 min read

Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes & Insulin Pumps
Technology has come so far. I was told at diagnosis that there would be a cure for diabetes by the time I was 18. I'm 36 and that hasn't...
Dec 30, 202210 min read

Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes, Mental Health & Deployment #2
Did you know that people with Type 1 Diabetes are 2-3 times more likely to suffer from mental health disorders? Diabetics have a lot on...
Dec 27, 20227 min read


Life With Jenny: Merry Christmas!!
What is your favorite thing about this time of year? I love so much about it, I don't think I can pick just one. I love the decorations,...
Dec 25, 20227 min read


Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes, Thyroid Disease, & Surgery
I recovered pretty well from the C section surgery, Steven was back in Iraq, the girls were doing well. Erica started sleeping through...
Dec 23, 20228 min read


Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes, a toddler, deployment and a baby!
The Ketamine definitely calmed me down, so much so that I could barely keep my eyes open. The next thing I know the doctor says the baby...
Dec 20, 202210 min read

Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes, a toddler & pregnancy #2
It's November 2006. Just before Thanksgiving. Ryann is 10 months old, speaking gibberish and crawling everywhere-but refusing to try to...
Dec 16, 20229 min read


Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes & A Baby
Steven and I exchanged vows on November 26, 2005. I was about 30 weeks pregnant at the time. We had a sweet little wedding at Steven's...
Dec 13, 202212 min read

Life With Jenny: Type 1 Diabetes & Pregnancy
Let's start at the beginning of this love story! So there I was, 18 years old, working as the photo lab technician at the pharmacy. Our...
Dec 9, 20225 min read
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