What is it? Type 1 Diabetes- something that sounds scary and something that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. And that is only in the United States. Worldwide, there are millions who are living with diabetes, and not just Type 1, but I will describe the other forms of diabetes in another…
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Gestational Diabetes
What is it? Who gets it? Gestational Diabetes can affect women who are pregnant. I was one of the lucky ones who didn’t get it when pregnant with either of my girls. I knew a bit about this one but not really how it affects a woman or what it is exactly. I just knew…
Learning About Umbilical Hernias- My New Adventure
I have heard of hernias but not of their names or what types they are so now that I have been diagnosed with two different types of hernias, I decided to dive in deeper in my research about the subject. I was originally diagnosed with Ventral Hernia (I’ll post a link to my other blog)….
Ventral Hernia: What is it?
I recently found out that I have a ventral hernia in my stomach and now have to undergo surgery in order to fix the issue. My husband already had to have two hernia repairs done at the same site because sadly the first doctor who did the first repairs on both the left and right…