Archive for April, 2006

The Secrets of Living and Loving with Diabetes

Considering the provocative title, you’d think I would have gotten around to reading this book ages ago! But instead, it sat on my shelf winking at me for far too long. Now that I have finally opened it, this book has opened my mind to yet another “secret chamber” of diabetes concerns that so many of us struggle with alone: relationships and sex. ‘Cause all the stuff we have to do to care for this disease day in and day out is just the core of it, after all…

April 27th, 2006 | Categories: Books & Resources | Comments: (2)

Are We Done Yet? (Venting the Silent Screams)

Last night I had an Epiphany: I am tired of thinking about diabetes.

Alas, what a useless revelation! Because pending a cure, I will, of course, need to keep thinking about this disease at least every few hours for the rest of my life (Silent Scream…)

April 25th, 2006 | Categories: D-News Examined, Self-Disclosure | Comments: (15)

Holy @#$! Amazing Stories, Vol. 6: Super Diabetic Dude

This is, like, straight out of the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, what? (a Book Club fav of mine). If you like superheroes, or just real-life diabetes heroes, read this:


Hi Amy,

April 23rd, 2006 | Categories: Holy @#$! Amazing Stories | Comments: (0)

Today Is My Birthday

I am 40… and that’s all I have to say about that.

(except that I thought seriously about doing a post titled “Up Yours, Forty!” but then I thought “Nah, I’m sticking with my sentiments from Thirty-Nine“)

April 21st, 2006 | Categories: Self-Disclosure | Comments: (18)

TechnoSphere Gets an A: Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda

Breaking news today: MannKind Corp. has announced results from a Phase 2 clinical study of its new, powder-form inhaled insulin in people with Type 1 diabetes. Patients showed improved A1c levels, lower postprandial BGs (less blood sugar spikes after meals), and weight loss, too. In other words, patients using the TechnoSphere inhaler fared at least as well as those using rapid-acting insuling to cover meals. MannKind gets an A for effort!

April 19th, 2006 | Categories: D-News Examined, Diabetes Product Parade | Comments: (1)

Name That Absurdity

Lots of little oddities are overheard in this crazy sugar- challenged life we lead. Care to take a gander at which statements recently peppered which daily situations? (Answers are below, but no cheating now!)

A) “Did you wipe yet?”

B) “WATER VERY HOT”

C) “Not now! I’m shooting a threebie correction”

April 18th, 2006 | Categories: Self-Disclosure | Comments: (3)

Darn Tootin’ Blogger Coming to the Diabetes OC

The editor of DiabetesNotes.com contacted me recently, looking for a new blogger with “experience, expertise, and/or passion to blog about diabetes.” Very flattering, of course, but any drop of those qualities I’ve got, I’m putting into DiabetesMine right now

April 17th, 2006 | Categories: Diabetes Blogs and Web Stuff | Comments: (4)

World’s First Integrated Insulin Pump with Continuous Monitor Approved by the FDA

Extra! Extra! Read All About It… if you haven’t already…

MiniMed’s exciting new combo of the MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump and the company’s REAL-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System was approved by the FDA this week. As the JDRF will tell you, this is the closest we’ve gotten to an artificial pancreas — minus the fully automated “closed loop” portion — but still a huge step forward.

April 15th, 2006 | Categories: D-News Examined | Comments: (13)

What They’re Not Saying About Art Buchwald’s Impending Death

Many of you may be following the quirky approach that humorist Art Buchwald is taking to his own impending death, giving interviews and holding court in a Washington hospice. The apex of his life’s quotable quotes being: “The question is not, Why must we die? but rather, What are we doing here in the first place?” (He also said, “Dying is easy; parking is impossible”)

April 13th, 2006 | Categories: D-News Examined | Comments: (8)

What Does Insulin Sound Like?

OK, this is nutty. I just discovered that a serious composer released a serious score that puts to music various biochemicals intrinsic to our bodies. Todd Barton has recorded “Insulin,” “Antibody” (HIV), and “Trypsin” (enzymes), to name a few.

April 12th, 2006 | Categories: Fun Stuff | Comments: (2)


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