This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending a really special type of diabetes event, just for the gals! The DiabetesSisters Weekend for Women conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, hosted almost 100 women from 20 states, who convened for two intense days of learning, bonding, and lots of fun. I had never been to a women-only conference before, so it was something new from many angles: a unique opportunity to spend time discussing the…
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AmyT on
April 28, 2011
Thanks to the folks behind the Diabetes Social Media Advocacy site for hosting month three of the so-called DSMA Blog Carnival (a chance to “rally” around various life-with-diabetes topics). This month’s theme is described as follows:
Living with diabetes can be tough and we never get a break. It’s quite easy to feel burnt out from everything we have to do to stay healthy. When that happens, it can help to focus on the things,…
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Our Diabetic Partner Follies series returns with a bang here: Boy meets girl, they marry, girl gets diabetes, boy gets diabetes — oh boy! Enjoy:
A Guest Post by Jessica Apple, editor-in-chief of ASweetLife
“A really cute guy kept smiling at me,” I wrote in my diary when I was 18. “He looked like a football player.” I had just graduated from high school in Texas and was traveling in Israel with a group…
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It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air, Folks. Red roses, boxes of chocolate, and… glucose meters? For PWDs, there is no escape from the challenges of diabetes, but some of us are lucky enough to find someone to face the trials and tribulations by our side. Others may still be searching, or just starting out in a new relationship…
Inevitably the question comes up of how “involved” a partner should be in a…
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AmyT on
February 11, 2011
“I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people” — Vincent Van Gogh
Continuing on our love theme today, I am pleased to introduce Wendy Strgar, founder of a popular company and website called Good Clean Love. I met her at BlogWorld last summer, and was fascinated to hear about her work with married couples, helping them “keep things spicy.” But how…
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