Ever heard of Raynaud’s Syndrome? Nobody seems to be able to confirm whether this odd circulation disorder is related to diabetes, but I have my suspicions.

PRE-TURKEY: I hit the weekend with a fierce determination to get my glucose levels down, while being the ultra-efficient mother-cook-hostess, of course. Dose aggressively for bowl of wheat-free breakfast cereal - check. Drop the girls at school - check. Drive straight to Safeway for early am shopping with my plucky 3-year-old in tow, delighted that I shall “beat the holiday rush” - check. But NOooo. Others have arrived before me. Many of them. And the store is STOCKING, meaning piles and carts full of cardboard boxes block some aisles every few feet. As I bump past these roadblocks, backing into and rolling over other frustrated non-morning-person early birds like myself, grumpily excusing ourselves as we reach over each other for the cranberries, a chorus of “I WANT DOWN!” reverberates. That’s just my 3yr-old, who now loves to wallllkkkk.

Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, another major food-fest, which is particularly difficult for us PWDs, I know. But I love the slow four-day weekend, the once-a-year chance to eat sweet potatoes AND cranberries in one meal, and the fall colors. I love the fact that we unpack our old home movies and spend most of the weekend lying on the floor watching hours of my older children as babies crawling around and babbling into the camera. “I was sooo cute!… Mom, did they have turkey when you were little?” I guess you know you’re getting older when this is your idea of a good time.

Exciting news! My @#$! Amazing Stories post helped spawn another blog child: Melissa, who told her story so poignantly here, is now recording her own adventures at her new blog, How’s the DB? I love how she explains the title: “I must get asked this question at least once a day. How do you even begin to answer such a crazy question? To most people I am speaking a foriegn language anyway…” Go post a comment!

I just discovered two new-ish diabetes products with cutsey names: Sidekick and Amigo (unrelated). Heh — the branding experts sure get it that we PWDs have an intimate relationship with our D-gadgets. Here are the details:

It seems that even with my nifty new “Weekly Nuggets” section, I never can get around to posting everything I’d like to. It’s humanly impossible. So here’s my latest catch-up on some neat new stuff in the diabetes/Web world:

I got this email a few days ago that knocked my socks off. It is one of those eye-popping examples of the killer diabetes experiences many of us have lived through or heard about. I just now received permission to post it anonymously — in its entirety — which the author says would be very cathartic. Talk about your “Something Clicked” experiences! Here goes:

OK, folks, here’s my informal analysis of my very informal reader survey conducted on Diabetes Blog Day last week:

• N = 26* (so far) — 17 Type 1s, 5 Type 2s, 3 parents of Type 1s and one “other” (a med student studying to become an endocrinologist!)

Over the weekend I had a chance to meet with Insulet Corp. execs Jeff Smith and Rob Campbell (everyone’s in town, remember?)

Last night I met with author and diabetes psychology expert Dr. William Polonsky and learned about a new project he’s developing that might be the very first study ever focusing on some Good News about diabetes and motivation. But before I dive in, let me reach out and give you all a Giant Virtual Hug for your fabulous feedback on my D-Blog Day post! I am totally blown away at the thought of all you fascinating people — each with his/her own D-experience — meeting here to read what’s up at the DiabetesMine. (If you haven’t responded get, please do; the polls are still open…)