I’ve become accustomed to seeing the Pink Ribbon on soda cans and packages of cookies in the supermarket, but was a little stunned when I stopped by ULTA last week to pick up a jar of my favorite face cream, and discovered it packaged in a special breast-cancer-pink advocacy box! In fact, the whole store was having a Pink Ribbon promo. Wow! This is the type of consumer-grabbing campaign I’d like to see for diabetes…
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Ever find that diabetes frustrations seep into your dreams?
Yeah, we can relate…
Thanks to awesome CDE and regular artist here at the ‘Mine, Theresa Garnero, for her magical mind’s eye this week!…
Welcome to Diabetes Advice World, otherwise know as our weekly column Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil’s getting “down in the weeds” on some eye health issues, and what to do about incessant infusion site problems. You go, Wil!
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Hugo from Spain, type 1, asks: Is it safe for a young Type 1 (32 years old)…
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Particularly apropos for Diabetes Awareness Month – a little DAA (diabetes attitude adjustment):
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes way back in 1994, when I was only 8 years old. Even as a child, certain words always stuck out to me whenever I was at the doctor’s office or read articles about diabetes.
In control.
Management.
Stable.
Sound familiar? For a long time, I’ve been told that diabetes was in my power to control,…
As we all know, there’s A LOT to remember when it comes to diabetes. So Timesulin, a virtual company founded in 2009 in Germany, Sweden and the UK, hopes to help patients remember whether or not they’ve taken their insulin injection.
Unlike insulin pumps, most insulin pens don’t come with a memory that you can scroll through to check whether or not you already bolused for your dinner. What to do if you’re unsure? Not taking…