Last week we talked about Celiac Awareness Month. Turns out May is also National Mental Health Awareness Month, so for our ongoing 411 series on diabetes complications, today we’re tackling something that you might not even realize is a complication: depression.
Although not typically listed as a diabetes complication, it is well-documented that depression affects people with diabetes in large numbers. No surprise to us PWDs, considering all the crap we have to deal with:…
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The country is getting pelted with rainstorms, no doubt. Our T1 illustrator extraordinaire Haidee Merritt has fared at least 10 straight days of rain in the Northeast, and is following all the storms and flooding along the Mississippi.
Apparently all she could think about was the importance of being prepared:
Right. Who needs a bunch of smelly animals when it’s sugar that can save your life?
[Missed last week's Funnies? Paddle over here]…
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Welcome back to Ask D’Mine, our new diabetes advice column, where just about anything can happen. You never know what your host —veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois — might be taking on this week. Read ahead to find out.
And don’t forget to send us YOUR queries related to life with diabetes.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Joe from Oregon, type 3, asks: Who should…
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Gary Scheiner is not only a well-known diabetes educator and author of the popular book Think Like a Pancreas, he is also a type 1 diabetic for the past 25 years. He has used every pump and CGM on the market (he’s currently rocking a Medtronic pump and DexCom CGM) and has also mastered the art of Symlin, another injectable drug used to manage type 1 diabetes.
He’s back as one of our expert judges…
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A couple of years ago, at the ADA Conference, Medtronic’s booth featured a car equipped with glucose-sensing technology right in the dashboard. We all giggled. Cool idea… sort of. Right?
And what do you know? Yesterday, Ford Motor Co. and Medtronic actually unveiled a prototype of this system (!), enabled by Ford’s SYNC technology, a sophisticated Microsoft-based digital interface that lets drivers and passengers control their cell phones and MP3 players via wireless connections and…
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