From Abby: Brrrrring on Winter!

Every time Chris and I go to Maine, we think, "Holy crap; it is so much colder up here than it is in Rhode Island."  So when the temperature started to drop this winter here in Rhody, I thought of Abby up in Vermont and immediately pictured her as a snowman.  (Sorry, Abby, but it's true.  I gave you a mental carrot nose and corn cob pipe and two eyes made out of coal. Hang on ... where's my Photoshop?)  And today, Abby is writing about the benefits of living with diabetes in the Vermont arctic tundra.  *   *   *It's getting cold and white here in Vermont. Like REALLY COLD AND SNOWY. More than two feet of snow all over everything with temperatures in the single digits can really get a girl down. Instead of succumbing to Seasonal Depression, I've decided to think of some positives about winter. And then that lead me to thinking about the positives of diabetes in wintertime. So ladies and gentlemen, I bring to you:Abby's (Very Short) List of Diabetes Things That Are Easier In The North Pole aka Vermont aka the Coldest Place on Earth:Pockets: So many more pockets to store all my diabetes stuff in. I also found a tube of glucose gel and a four pack of Dex4 glucose tabs in my winter coat. It's like a free treat from last year!Sticky-ness: Nothing gets slimy and sweaty in the winter. My Dexcom sensors stay on like glue for a full five days before I need OptSite FlexiFix. Except when they fall off in yoga. (But that doesn't fit i...
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