They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Such is the case with Carolyn Jäger, a 36-year-old New Hampshire-based wife and mom, who grew up with a younger sister with type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed herself at age 13 — on her mom’s birthday (ouch!). Carolyn’s mom designed homemade meter cases for Carolyn and her sister, Susan, but it wasn’t until after many years of working as a retail buyer that Carolyn was…
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What do you get when one Australian diabetes blogger decides to hit the States for a multi-city tour aiming to connect him with a whole mess of U.S. online diabetes advocate friends, asking them to show up at either Los Angeles, Kansas City, or New York City?
You get Simonpalooza, a diabetes meet-up of epic proportions. Conceived earlier this summer when Simon, a 30-something type 1 who guest blogged for us about living with diabetes…
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A common trend in the food industry these days is the push for more organic, natural foods to replace or join their artificially-sweetened, artificially-colored counterparts. No one wants extra chemicals and preservatives in their food and beverages, right? So why would PWDs be any different with their glucose tablets? Which are, you know, supposed to be pure sugar? Glucose tabs are joining the organic movement with the launch of two new lines of glucose tablets,…
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Another crazy fact of life with this crazy disease …
Many thanks again to type 1 blogger Kim Vlasnik for this fun stuff. We <3 you and your moves, Kim!…
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We like to talk about “no limits” with diabetes. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any, or that we all don’t worry about them at times.
This week, enjoy a little “Can I…?” advice from our Ask D’Mine expert, veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
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So when I’m not doing the whole pen-is-mightier than the sword thing, I’m a soldier…
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