Hi, I’m Robin
I am a wife, mother, grandmother and work as a guidance counselor at a local community college. I enjoy music, bicycle riding, hiking, creating new recipes, traveling, and hanging out at home with my husband and our puppy dogs….yes they are spoiled, but aren’t they cute!
I’ve had a lot of people ask me how I discovered I had diabetes as an adult. It all started in February 2010 when my husband and I were updating our life insurance. When applying for life insurance they ran a blood test on me like normal, and about a week later we received a call from the insurance agent that the policy was denied. However, she couldn’t tell me why due to HIPAA requirements. We waited several days agonizing until the report finally came in the mail, and then since we didn’t know anything about diabetes and elevated blood sugars, we sought help to find out what was wrong. With medical assistance I found out that I had extremely high blood sugars with an A1C of 12.9. Prior to this my blood sugars were always in the normal range. Let’s just say I was numb and in shock.
At first, the doctors diagnosed me with Type 2 Diabetes since this is much more common with adults, but with additional testing they realized I was not producing any insulin and changed my diagnosis to Type 1. I remember the first time the doctor showed me how to prick my finger to test my blood sugars, and then take a shot with insulin. At that moment I couldn’t imagine I would need to do this the rest of my life.
As I slowly began to adjust to this new normal I wondered and questioned how this could happen. I know that Type 1 happens with children, but not as adults, right? I began researching and started to discover that it does happen, but still had questions as to what can cause this. At that time I was also working with a new practitioner for hormone replacement.
In years past I also had other challenges such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and hormone imbalances. At one visit she recommended that I do an advanced allergy test, and when the results came back I got some more good news….. I was gluten sensitive, along with other food intolerances. No way….this can’t be happening to me right??? First the diabetes and now this?
It took some time but eventually I came to accept this and it motivated me to create recipes that I could enjoy and feel like I wasn’t deprived. I went on to publish a cookbook that also contains several resources, and continue to be an avid learner about health challenges.
Through this journey I have learned a lot along the way, which is why I created this website to share my experiences to help others.
