Got questions about life with diabetes? You know where to turn (hopefully). That would be our new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
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This week, a bit about drug-food interactions, and the crazy things that insulin does in your body sometimes:
Ned from Utah, type 2, writes: Recently a friend showed…
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Some of you may have seen the headlines this week about JDRF and Amylin investigating a new diabetes treatment — essentially a mixture of insulin and pramlintide (brand name Symlin), two substances that are only FDA approved for entirely separate use at the moment. Interesting!
The reasoning seems highly practical: “A co-formulated therapy that harnesses the benefit of both hormones might better mimic the natural physiology of the pancreas and simplify dosing decisions.”
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It might not feel like much good can come from diabetes, but today’s D-Blog Week prompt encourages us to look at the bright side of diabetes:
In February the #dsma blog carnival challenged us to write about the most awesome thing we’d done DESPITE diabetes. Today let’s put a twist on that topic and focus on the good things diabetes has brought us. What awesome thing have you (or your child) done BECAUSE of diabetes?…
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We are halfway through D-Blog Week, and today’s theme is “10 Things I Hate About Diabetes.” Pretty self-explanatory!
When I heard about this theme, I immediately flashed back to the classic teen comedy of a similar name, starring Julia Stiles and the late Heath Ledger. Who remembers that emotional climactic scene in which Julia reads her “hate poem” to Heath (which gives the movie its name)?
Of course, I just had to do some digging…
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Thanks to everyone who entered our most recent DMBooks giveaway for Phil Southerland’s new memoir, Not Dead Yet. We had over 45 entries! We’re pleased to announce that the winner is Ninoslav Raskovic — who turns out to be a marathon runner from Serbia!
Ninoslav is 36 years old and has lived with type 1 diabetes for 12 years. He is an accomplished athlete himself, and has finished six marathons and one ultramarathon. Wow!
Last…
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