Sometimes you just have to wonder how they got there…
This week’s cartoon is courtesy of guest cartoonist Meredith Gruebbel, a type 1 PWD, who works in Louisville, KY, as graphic designer and regularly blogs about her life with diabetes at With a Side of Insulin.…
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There’s no end in sight when you have diabetes — but is there ever a time when it’s right to quit your meds? In this edition of our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, a couple of our readers are wondering if their meds are no longer so good…
As per usual, we’ve got some info-packed responses from host Wil Dubois, diabetes author and community educator and also a veteran type 1 himself.
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The Diabetes Online Community is all about support, but what about in-person diabetes support groups? This month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) Blog Carnival asks, “Describe your ideal diabetes “support group”? What would you discuss?” Amy’s really concentrated on getting most of her support from the DOC, but I’ve attended local support groups on-and-off for the past 18 years. So this month, I’m sharing a little about why I love IRL (Internet-speak for “in real…
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As many of you may know, my husband/consulting partner and I were approached by Roche Diabetes’ Accu-Chek team a few years back with a challenging project request: how could we help them best “embrace” the burgeoning online diabetes patient community (what is now known lovingly as the DOC)? Our suggestion was hosting an in-person summit, to offer us cyber-advocates a rare chance to meet each other, as well as an unprecedented “peek behind the curtain”…
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We all spend too much time fighting insurance coverage battles, am I right? This humongous time-sink can be one of the worst things about living with a chronic illness. But don’t take my word for it. Take a read on fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins’ latest row:
Special to the ‘Mine by Mike Hoskins
Like most of you, we spend thousands of dollars in diabetes supplies and meds every year.
Thankfully, our insurance coverage…