K is for Krumbs Morrone, err, Kerri Morrone
I spent many years in denial of my diabetes. I spent many years being isolated because of my diabetes (it was easier for me to not deal with people questioning everything if I avoided them). I knew one other diabetic while I was growing up. Her and I didn’t become friends until Juniors in high school and yet we’d gone to school together since elementary. We were first in a class together in the 7th grade. But my Junior year in high school, there was really no connection to other diabetics.
When she switched colleges in 2004ish, I pretty much lost contact with her. In 2005ish, I started surfing the net for blogs of diabetics. The one that sticks out in my head is Kerri Morrone’s SixUntilMe. The first post I ever remember reading was when she told off the paramedics, that was classic. Every couple months or so I’d check back in and see what was going on. The bottle of juice in the shower sticks out as well. There was always the antics Siah cat to keep me entertained. She’d talk about the walks she was doing for the JDRF, her pump, life in general, Superman, Larry Bird, her life with diabetes, etc.
I fell away from the blog sometime in 2006 though. When I came back to it in 2007 the first entry I read was about Crumbs Morrone. From that day in 2007 (which I guess was February 12th given that’s the date on that entry) I have been reading Kerri’s blog daily.
Some of my favorites include when she’s talking about her high blood sugars and she’s got sweaters on her teeth, the antics of Siah Sausage (who I swear, is on her way to ruling the world). I appreciate all the posts that she does where diabetes equipment is concerned. The way Kerri writes is very entertaining, even when she’s not feeling well it’s entertaining.
Kerri’s blog will always stand out in my head as the first diabetic blog that I ever started reading, but through her blog I’ve come to know many other blogs. When she started SixUntilMe there weren’t many other D blogs out there, now they’re all over the place. Her’s is my favorite though.
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Awww, Courtney. You are too nice to me! Thank you so much for such a nice write-up (and LOL at “Krumbs Morrone”) and for being such a quality member of this here blogosphere. You’re quite an inspiration, you know, blazing new paths and taking the whole world by storm. I’m excited to see where your life leads you next!
– Kerri.