Mind Over Mellitus

Hypoglycemia probably causes me more day-to-day suffering and frustration with diabetes than anything else. It triggers a cascade of counter-regulatory or “stress hormones” - adrenaline, cortisol, epinephrine - activated by our “fight or flight” reflex when something really bad happens. “Yikes!”, my body responds.
The vice tightens in my gut. My face and shoulders become involuntarily [...]

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