Katie Hodge

I’m grateful to have very few and only mild complications. I went through a significant burnout when I was in college and spent so much time in DKA and ICU, but now I’m stable, married, have a graduate degree, and even carried twins to term with the help of my pump and CGM! Diabetes complicates almost every decision and moment, but I’ve mostly come to terms with it.

I’ve described it to friends as an unpleasant coworker: “After 25 years, diabetes is a little like a long-time irritating coworker. I wouldn’t have chosen it, but it’s okay. We work together reasonably well, we’re on speaking terms. I’ve gotten familiar with its eccentricities, and when it does act up, I’ve learned to roll with the punches. Sometimes it irritates the daylights out of me, but for the foreseeable future, we’re stuck together… so I just need to vent and move on.”