Our new correspondent Wil Dubois takes on another test strip-related issue here — one that could effect the future of health care coverage for PWDs all over the country…
by D’Mine Correspondent William “Lee” Dubois
Along with the mystery of how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, is the mystery of how many test strips diabetic children need to stay safe. At least that’s what an obscure panel of…
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Fellow PWDs, do you know your rights? Take Note: there is now an official International Charter of Rights and Responsibilities for People with Diabetes, developed by the International Diabetes Federation and published yesterday.
In truth, this straightforward four-page document (click here for PDF) is more of an “international declaration” since it doesn’t carry any legal weight. But it is nevertheless chock full of very specific “suggestions” in four categories:
1. The Right to Care
2.…
{Editor’s Note: People – we have thousands of dollars in innovation prize money just waiting for great D-ideas. $1,500 of that is earmarked for creative kids. We do hope this example will serve as inspiration!}
A few months ago, a team of nine boys ages 10-13 calling themselves Team Pi POD unveiled an invention called the Dii – Diabetic Information Implant (pronounced like Wii) — an implantable continuous glucose monitor that’s powered by a “blood battery”…
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Most of the time when a new book from an endocrinologist is published, it’s in a very prescriptive tone, as in “This is what you should do to achieve optimal disease management.” Very rarely are they written with the intention of showing the emotional challenges of life with diabetes from the patient’s perspective. That’s why the premise of the book, A Life of Control, was so interesting. Released last fall, the book is edited by…
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Hello again and welcome to our new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine:
Send us your diabetes questions! We don’t mind a bit if they’re weird, slightly angry, or something you might consider embarrassing. Really. We love that stuff.
“Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com“
Jumping right in, say hello to your host, veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois:
Julie from Colorado, type 3, writes: I could kill…
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