Everyday, the diabetes online community is getting bigger and bigger… it’s easy to get overwhelmed and feel like you’re missing out on stuff! We’ve been doing our best to keep tabs on all the great discussions, and decided it would be a good idea to share a little ’round-up’ of some of our fave posts at the end of each month. Enjoy, Partners!
First off, congrats to Ginger Vieira on the publication of her new book “Your Diabetes Science Experiment” — we have a review of the book coming soon!
There was another media upset earlier this month when Ricki Lake “mistakenly” said that type 1 diabetes was “preventable” — errr, no! Lucky for us, Kelly Kunik (aka K2) hopped on the phone with Ricki’s publicist to set the record straight.
On the TSA and insulin pumps: Kerri shares her first-hand account of a pat-down at the airport.
Ever bolus and bolus and bolus, but your BGs never seem to come down… and then all of a sudden, you start plummeting? George Simmons — our resident D-ninja! — describes this “bubble bolus” phenomenon.
Karen changes her lancet every morning. Color me impressed!
Diabetes is not always pretty: Jacquie shares her experience of having to handle an alcohol-induced low blood sugar with the help of glucagon. Take notes, Folks.
Bob Pederson shows that even the most active members of the D-community can sometimes slip up IRL (that’s In Real Life, in cyber-speak).
Healthcare reform is often a tenuous debate, and Leighann shares her thoughts on why the recent reforms are important for children with diabetes.
We’ll be back with another round-up at the end of February… Of course, if you spot a post you love, drop us a note!
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We change the lancet with EVERY test. Are we in the minority?
Clicking over right now to read the posts I didn’t catch this month.
Thank you for the shout out today, I appreciate it!
Holy moley! Every TEST? yes, Leighann, you are DEFINITELY in the minority! wow!
Thanks for the shout-out to my Shocking Confession!! LOL I’m extra impressed by Leighann changing it for every test. Wow!
I change my lancet when I have to poke more than once on more than one occasion to draw blood.
@Anne – good measure. I use that one too!
Thanks for the shout-out!!
And as far as changing my lancet – I’m trying to change my lancet more often. WHY?Because in my supply drawer, I have 18 boxes filled with one hundred lancets each, that have yet to be opened!
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I adore Bob Pedersen. He is so open and honest about diabetes and discusses so many topics that are seemingly unrelated to diabetes, but turn out to be very related. Thank you for including him on your list!!
Funny how the comments are mostly about changing lancets. So I’ll fess up too – I change mine about every 2-3 months, if I remember. About 20 years ago, I was good and changed it every time.
Over time, you get to know what you can get away with and what you can’t. The DOC helps too! Found out a few years ago that I wasn’t the only lancet-ignorer!
Great round up of some great people with some great posts.