It’s been a while, but we’re back with our ongoing series by and for loved ones of people with diabetes (PWDs), the so-called Diabetic Partner Follies. Today we’re proud to share a post written by Sandy Floyd, who lives with her type 1 husband Vince in the Philadelphia area and blogs over at A Diabetic Spouse. Vince was diagnosed at the tender young age of six months (!) and the complications he lives with bring…
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Yes, any kid diagnosed with diabetes might be a bit trepidacious about Halloween as it approaches…
But we have ways of dealing with that…
Thanks for the ever-loving snark of our regular contributor Jerry King, an accomplished cartoonist in America who creates more than 200 cartoons each month for websites, magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, etc., worldwide.…
Got questions about navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, he answers some science-y questions about pancreas transplants and whether an immune-suppressant drug for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis could impact someone’s type 1 diabetes honeymoon. You might very well be surprised at what you learn…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Kim, type 2 from Illinois,…
When he was just a kid during the ’60s and ’70s, Evan Kramer saw both his older brother and sister diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. But he didn’t learn much about the chronic condition at the time, because his siblings didn’t talk about their diabetes and his parents seemed to shield him from knowing more.
Throughout the years, they also didn’t share much about their D-Lives, so it was, for all practical purposes, an invisible…
When Americans cast their ballots on or before Nov. 6, there’s a lot at stake for the diabetes community.
We’re not only talking healthcare and how that might be impacted by who’s chosen to be in the White House. (Sure, that’s the biggie and what most eyes are on). But it’s important not to lose sight of all the Congressional elections happening throughout the country. Hundreds of elections are slated between the Senate and House…