Diabetes Essentials

Wayback Wednesday: Free Gifts with Diabetes

I’m taking a cue from my buddy Scott Johnson and other bloggers, and enjoying a look back at what I was on about here a few years ago, via the WayBack Machine.  Here’s what DiabetesMine roughly looked like back in 2005. Wow!

In the process, I stumbled on the following post, from April 2005, that [...]

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July 1st, 2009 | Categories: Diabetes Essentials, Personal Stories, Self-Disclosure | Comments: (7)

Type 1 Kids Lobby Congress: “Attention… is Going to Help Find a Cure”

When I was a guest on cancer-patients podcast last week, the hosts asked me if we PWDs don’t get frustrated: cancer seems to have all the big celebrities behind it, and make all the big headlines. Does it ever bother your community that diabetes doesn’t get that level of attention? I was a bit dumbfounded. [...]

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June 30th, 2009 | Categories: D-News Examined, Diabetes Essentials | Comments: (2)

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Endo Tales

I think I mentioned that I had an endo appointment earlier this month. I was excited to tout my latest A1c (5.9!) and show her my newest diabetes toy, the OmniPod’s new color PDM. As usual, I left work and the kids in a huge rush and drove to the clinic all concerned [...]

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June 19th, 2009 | Categories: Diabetes Essentials, Self-Disclosure | Comments: (13)

Affordable Diabetes: Wal-Mart Tops List

I get loads of questions about where to find discounted meds and other diabetes supplies. Especially over at the DiabeticConnect community, costs are one of the hottest topics. Until now, I’ve been referring folks to Patient Assistance Programs, neglecting the fact that if you have a little bit of cash on hand, you can get [...]

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June 15th, 2009 | Categories: D-News Examined, Diabetes Essentials | Comments: (9)

Another Good Reason to Breastfeed

OK Gentlemen, you are excused for today. No hard feelings.
Now, for those of you Ladies with any interest in conceiving babies any time soon, here’s another good reason to choose breastfeeding:
New research shows that lactation lowers your risk of metabolic syndrome and heart disease, AND the longer you breastfeed, lower the incidence of cardiovascular risk [...]

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June 10th, 2009 | Categories: D-News Examined, Diabetes Essentials | Comments: (5)


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