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Diagnosed Not Defeated
Welcome to one of the most dynamic blogs about living with diabetes. Explore an array of informative categories about being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 
and type 1 diabetes. I’ve had the “privilege” of being diagnosed with both types of diabetes. In 2011, I was diagnosed with type 2 and eight years later in 2019, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. As a person living with LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults) my platform provides the unique experience of understanding both types personally. Being misdiagnosed has been an emotional experience, but I try to find the light. One way is by reminding myself that I’ve wanted to bridge the types since my blog began and believing that last year God answered that prayer.
I hope you’ll enjoy my posts about living with diabetes. They include topics such as recipes, fitness, travel, faith-based perspectives, and much more. Stay as long as you like and come back often.
” I enjoy Phyllisa’s in-person workshops because she makes diabetes management easy to understand. I have attended a few sessions and I always leave motivated.”
Pam L.
” I am a caregiver and reading Phyllisa’s blog posts give me insight into what my loved ones might be experiencing. They don’t always tell me how they are feeling and I appreciate reading her honest and open-reflections on the challenges and triumphs of life with diabetes.”
Marlene A.
Latest Posts
Slowly Unraveling: Know Your Signs
It's been 2 weeks since I've been in quarantine. I was handing it well. Until yesterday. Yesterday, I woke up early and went to the grocery store. After arriving, I saw roughly 40 other people who had the same plan [...]
Misdiagnosed Not Defeated
Misdiagnosed Not Defeated After 8 long years of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, living with type 2 diabetes, and being treated for type 2 diabetes…it turns out that I never had type 2 diabetes. I first shared this news [...]
I’m Back and Ready
This is me. I took this picture today (March 1, 2020) after trying to find the right imagine to capture my current mood. After taking a break from my blog for the past few months, I'm back and ready to [...]
How Diabetes Has Impacted My Mental Health: World Mental Health Day
By the time diabetes came along when I was 31 years old, I thought I'd found my way in the world and had my mental health on cruise control. I knew the difference between a bad day and a depressed [...]
The Unexpected Gift Diabetes Gave Me
When I was diagnosed with diabetes, there wasn't a single person in my cell phone's contact list that had diabetes. I was alone and felt every ounce of it. Last night while browsing through photos on my cell phone, I [...]
The New 7-Point Approach to Treating People with Type 2 Diabetes (Pt 2)
I'm back with part 2! The discussion is about the new 7-point approach to treating people with type 2 diabetes. Click here for part 1, if you missed it. Here's an image of the entire cycle and below it are [...]
The New 7-Point Approach to Treating People with Type 2 Diabetes (Pt 1)
The New 7-Point Approach to Treating People with Type 2 Diabetes (Pt 1) I’m excited about the new Type 2 diabetes care recommendations from ADA and EASD. On the heels of the second DEEPTalk, I thought it would be the [...]
Let’s Talk Trash
I recently uploaded two images on my IG page and the activity soared. The combined post showed an image of my breakfast with the caption " How I eat breakfast from my local diner and keep my carb count low. [...]
What Nobody Told Me About Accepting The Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis
When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2011, I had a hard time processing it. I spent weeks, if not months, wondering how this happened to me and if I was diagnosed correctly this time. Initially, I was [...]
