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AmyT on
September 14, 2011
Employers enforce some stupid policies sometimes, for sure, but this one absolutely takes the cake! (or the chips, as it were) Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was forced to file a federal court suit against Walgreens for throwing a long-term employee with diabetes out on the street in 2008 after she ate a bag of $1.39 chips to offset a glucose low. She paid afterward, but hadn’t wanted to abandon her cash…
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By
AmyT on
August 20, 2011
Two more tough topics await in this week’s edition of our “curiously strong” diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine — hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
Take a gander, and don’t forget to send us YOUR queries related to life with diabetes. Not much is off-limits here! (except of course specific medical instructions for your own care; that’s what doctors are for)
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We thank you for your many queries related to life with diabetes! And many thanks to our host Wil Dubois — diabetes author, community educator and veteran type 1 himself — for diving deep into such a variety of D-related topics.
This week at Ask D’Mine he’s taking on some fundamentals: dealing with mega-unhelpful family members and mega-challenging workplace issues.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
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It might not feel like much good can come from diabetes, but today’s D-Blog Week prompt encourages us to look at the bright side of diabetes:
In February the #dsma blog carnival challenged us to write about the most awesome thing we’d done DESPITE diabetes. Today let’s put a twist on that topic and focus on the good things diabetes has brought us. What awesome thing have you (or your child) done BECAUSE of diabetes?…
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