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		<title>Sunday Funnies: Diabetes Cheerleaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmyT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who couldn&#8217;t use a little sugar-free Valentine&#8217;s Day lovin&#8217;?



Thanks to T1 blogger and talented illustrator Kim Vlasnik, who knows exactly what female PWDs want. (Sorry guys!)&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ask D&#8217;Mine: Lantus and Bleeding, Lantus in Winter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diabetes isn&#8217;t very loving, but here at the &#8216;Mine, we&#8217;re here to support you! Welcome to another edition of our weekly advice column, Ask D&#8217;Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. 

Mysteries are all&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>A Few of Our Favorite Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmyT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People often ask us what to get PWDs for Valentine&#8217;s Day, given that candy seems so inappropriate. Actually, gifts that say &#8220;I love you&#8221; should have nothing to do with diabetes (good or bad) in my book. Allison and I&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The 411 on Diabetes and ED (Erectile Dysfunction)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmyT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Gibson is a 20-year type 1 diabetic and sociology Ph.D. student and Instructor at the University of Hawai&#8217;i at Mānoa. He has 5 years of management experience at diabetes summer camps for kids, and over a year of clinical&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>A Chat with Kristyn from MTV&#8217;s True Life with Diabetes</title>
		<link>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/a-chat-with-kristyn-from-mtvs-true-life-with-diabetes.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/a-chat-with-kristyn-from-mtvs-true-life-with-diabetes.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllisonB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Spring, the DOC was abuzz when a casting call went out for MTV&#8217;s reality series &#8220;True Life.&#8221; The producers were planning to make a one-hour documentary on diabetes, and they were looking for folks to submit their stories. Understandably,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Sophie&#8217;s IBS Story: Unprecedented Honesty on a Gross Topic</title>
		<link>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/sophies-ibs-story-unprecedented-honesty-on-a-gross-topic.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/sophies-ibs-story-unprecedented-honesty-on-a-gross-topic.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmyT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sophie Lee has an obsession with toilets – not because it’s some kind of fetish, but because all of her adult life, she’s never known when she’s going to urgently need one nearby, or suffer the consequences.  It’s a pretty&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Funnies: Bad Ole Days</title>
		<link>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/sunday-funnies-the-first-lancing-device.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/sunday-funnies-the-first-lancing-device.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmyT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ouch&#8230; we&#8217;re feeling the pain just looking at it!







This week&#8217;s guest cartoonist is Terry Keelan, a type 1 PWD located in Southern California, and one of the winners of our Diabetes Chuckle contest from way back in 2009. You&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ask D&#8217;Mine: Hepatitis and Diabetes, Going Low with the Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/ask-dmine-hepatitis-and-diabetes-going-low-with-the-flu.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/ask-dmine-hepatitis-and-diabetes-going-low-with-the-flu.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to our diabetes advice column, Ask D&#8217;Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. 
We never know where your queries might take us! Today, Wil&#8217;s delving into blood diseases and chicken soup&#8230;
{Need&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing Diabetes Advocates: What, You Don&#8217;t Know Cherise Shockley?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/02/amazing-diabetes-advocates-what-you-dont-know-cherise-shockley.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllisonB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at the &#8216;Mine, we are constantly amazed and in awe of the work that so many folks are doing in the name of diabetes awareness. From parents of children with diabetes, to adults with diabetes, to even siblings and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Around the Diabetes Blogosphere — January Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/01/around-the-diabetes-blogosphere-january-edition-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/01/around-the-diabetes-blogosphere-january-edition-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllisonB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome again to 2012! Last year, we launched a monthly recap of the best blog posts we&#8217;ve seen around the blogosphere, and now we&#8217;re back with even more awesome posts that can&#8217;t be missed. As always, we love reader participation,&#8230;]]></description>
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