Archive for January, 2009

On Failure, Success, Perfection and Judgment

I am VERY busy and feeling torn in a lot of different directions lately, so if you asked me to rate my diabetes control at the moment, I wouldn’t even know where to begin.
A quick look at my meter averages doesn’t paint a very pretty picture: 14-day average = 142, 30-day average = 149, 60-day [...]

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January 30th, 2009 | Categories: Personal Stories, Self-Disclosure | Comments: (21)

The Talk, Part 2: Community Thoughts on Relationships

A Guest Post by Allison Blass
Last week, I wrote a post here about my new relationship with my boyfriend and how I was curious about how to educate him about diabetes without totally overwhelming the guy. Besides the little he had seen me do — test my blood sugar and wear an insulin pump — [...]

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January 29th, 2009 | Categories: Personal Stories, The Diabetic Partner Follies | Comments: (11)

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The Diabetes Nuggets eBook: Community Wisdom on a Stick

It’s finally here — the compilation of all the wonderful nuggets of wisdom from YOU, the diabetes community, that you shared with us here during the recent Holiday Survival Sweepstakes event.
In case you missed that whole to-do, we asked PWDs across the community to share some of their best tips about surviving the holiday season [...]

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January 28th, 2009 | Categories: Books & Resources, Diabetes Blogs and Web Stuff, Diabetes Essentials, Food | Comments: (7)

Free Professional Diabetes Coaching: Come and Get It

When I first introduced the notion of a “Pimp Your Diabetes” contest a while back, plenty of you seemed enthusiastic indeed about applying for a free diabetes makeover:
“This is a wonderful idea. It will surely prove that however bad one’s diabetic health is, the patient can be saved by diabetes experts.”
“Will the diabetes makeover be [...]

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January 27th, 2009 | Categories: Food, Fun Stuff, Health 2.0 | Comments: Comments Off

Slightly Off-Topic: Notes from Craig’s World

As mentioned on Friday, Internet legend Craig Newmark was the featured speaker at last week’s Consumer Reports Health Blogging Summit in Yonkers, NY.  Having lived and worked in the web-tech capital of the world for so many years, I couldn’t help being a little awed to meet “Mr. Craiglist” himself in person.  And he didn’t [...]

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January 26th, 2009 | Categories: Diabetes Blogs and Web Stuff, Health 2.0 | Comments: (4)


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