I always have bad luck in gift exchanges. I knock myself out trying to find the perfect gift for my “Buddy,” and then I get something so cheaply made or inappropriate for me that I could cry. Not to be a whiner, but I thought it might be fun to share some of our worst holiday gifts ever. Here’s my Top 10 list, in countdown order:
10) A plastic Snoopy change-holder (bad because I was…
Thank you for all the fantastic tips on traveling with diabetes (in last week’s Holiday Sweepstakes)! This is one topic where we could all dig in, and offer some nitty gritty on how we handle air travel, schlepping all our D-gear, adjusting for time zone changes, long car trips and much more. And let me tell you, picking winners this week was more difficult than ever — with all the valuable detailed information everyone provided.…
Read more »
All this talk about “Health 2.0” and the “power of the healthcare consumer” only makes sense if we patients really do have choices. And lots of us still feel that we don’t. We’re either stuck with whatever our insurance provider dictates, or we don’t have the time/money/resources to really drive our own medical treatment.
While the financial aspect remains a painful hurdle, there’s lots of help on the way with respect to getting patients the…
See me this week over at the Diabetes Online Community website:
The “Featured Blogger” series is one innovation introduced by Gina Capone when she took over management of the grassroots online community site a few months ago. It’s a really neat way to get to know who’s behind all those hundreds of cool diabetes blogs, and why they do what they do. Thanks, Gina. And see y’all there, I hope!…
Read more »
I’ll admit, for the first year after my diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes, I was almost afraid to leave the house. It was scary not knowing what might happen while I was away from home, and wondering whether I’d have the right supplies at hand in a moment of need.
Obviously, my life is a lot different now. We do take family trips regularly, including an annual sojourn to Germany every summer. I also fly…