I was settled contentedly on the carpet of my 12-year-old daughter’s room the other night in my fuzzy pink bathrobe, quizzing her for a big upcoming social studies exam, when it hit: that feeling.
“I feel weird. I need to go… check… now!” I heard myself saying, scrambling to my feet.
“What’s wrong?” Her eyebrows knitted.
“I think… I’m low. I need to check.”
“You can feel it?” she asked, for the umpteenth time (they…
For this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy blog carnival, founder Cherise Shockley left it up to us bloggers to choose what to write about based on the DSMA chats from the month of November (FYI: you can participate in those chats every Wednesday at 9pm EST on Twitter).
With Hanukkah starting this evening and Christmas coming up this weekend, we were naturally drawn to the theme of “Celebrating the holidays with diabetes,” so Allison and…
We all know the stereotype of someone newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: an overweight adult, lethargic and unhealthy, right? Wrong. Just as society is still unclear on who can get type 1 diabetes (adults too!), type 2 diabetes is rising at alarming rates among children. Even if you don’t typically think this topic affects you personally, remember that all of these newly diagnosed young people with type 2 will become part of our diabetes…
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May we suggest: a proactive approach to attempting to enjoy the festivities when you have diabetes…?
Gotta love Jerry King, new contributor here who happens to be one of the most published and prolific cartoonists in America. And he “gets” diabetes, too — lucky us!
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Every week, we take reader questions and do our very best to be informative and helpful (and make you smile a little) here at our diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
Send us your queries related to life with diabetes — nothing is off-limits here! (except of course specific medical instructions for…