Sunday Funnies: When Words Fail…
Another reason we PWDs need to stick together.
More visual insights from our T1 blogger friend Kim Vlasnik. Glad you’ve got our number, Kim!
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Ask D’Mine: Werewolf Issues, Exercising Over 250 mg/dL
When you’re confused about conventional diabetes wisdom, or you’re too hairy to make your infusion sites stick, who you gonna call? Yup, you guessed it: you can call on us at our weekly, quirky diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Sysy from Virginia, type 1, writes: I was diagnosed with type 1 seventeen years…
Read more »Team Type 1 Runs Across America + Says “You Can Do This!”
Many of you are familiar with Phil Southerland’s incredible non-profit organization, Team Type 1, which for the past several years has been dedicated to proving that people with diabetes can do just about anything. How about a grueling 3,000-mile run across America, from San Diego to New York City? They nailed it! And we got their triumphant arrival on video.
As a little background: Team Type 1 began as a simple gathering of competitive cyclists…
Call for Submissions: A Grand Rounds Thanksgiving
Hola. We’ll be hosting next week’s Grand Rounds blog carnival here at the ‘Mine, with a THANKSGIVING theme:
What are you Thankful For in health & medicine? And/or in the blogging and social media world?
Please send submissions to us at info_at_diabetesmine.com with “Grand Rounds Submission” in the subject line.
Please include the title of your post and the URL, along with a brief summary of the topic or bent. Deadline for submissions is 8pm PST…
Great American Smoke-Out: A Ninjabetic’s Story
Today is the 36th Annual Great American Smokeout, an awareness day from the American Cancer Association encouraging people to quit smoking or make a plan to quit. Although smoking is often associated with lung cancer, it’s also really bad news for diabetes; it puts PWDs at an increased risk of heart disease and also affects diabetic neuropathy, because of a decrease in circulation. Icky…
Over the years, the Great American Smokeout has been celebrated with…