It’s the little stuff with diabetes they don’t tell you about that sometimes gets you down, right? Like grappling with skin irritations and finding test strips stuck in places they do not belong (thx Scott!).
As usual, our beloved T1 illustrator Haidee Merritt has the images that say it all:
Ahem… yeah.
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We thank you for your many queries related to life with diabetes! And many thanks to our host Wil Dubois — diabetes author, community educator and veteran type 1 himself — for diving deep into such a variety of D-related topics.
This week at Ask D’Mine he’s taking on some fundamentals: dealing with mega-unhelpful family members and mega-challenging workplace issues.
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