It’s been a while, but we’re back with our ongoing series by and for loved ones of people with diabetes (PWDs), the so-called Diabetic Partner Follies. Today we’re proud to share a post written by Sandy Floyd, who lives with her type 1 husband Vince in the Philadelphia area and blogs over at A Diabetic Spouse. Vince was diagnosed at the tender young age of six months (!) and the complications he lives with bring…
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For many of you, Dr. Nat Strand is a familiar face. That’s because this 30-something anesthesiologist shot to fame in 2010 when she became the first-ever type 1 diabetic to win the reality TV competition The Amazing Race. We interviewed her last year and got the whole back story on why she didn’t bring along a hairbrush on that adventure, among other things.
Today, she is “all over” the diabetes advocacy scene — in print, online,…
This is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and all across the country people are sharing various ways to “Save the ta-tas!”
Well, that mantra doesn’t just apply to cancer. There’s something else the ta-tas need saving from: diabetes.
Diabetic mastopathy is one of the more uncommon effects of diabetes, and it’s rarely included in warning lists of potential diabetes complications. But it’s real and it happens, so we’re going to talk about it and give…
Yes, any kid diagnosed with diabetes might be a bit trepidacious about Halloween as it approaches…
But we have ways of dealing with that…
Thanks for the ever-loving snark of our regular contributor Jerry King, an accomplished cartoonist in America who creates more than 200 cartoons each month for websites, magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, etc., worldwide.…
Got questions about navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, he answers some science-y questions about pancreas transplants and whether an immune-suppressant drug for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis could impact someone’s type 1 diabetes honeymoon. You might very well be surprised at what you learn…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Kim, type 2 from Illinois,…