The results are in for our 2012 DiabetesMine D-Moment Holiday Sweepstakes!
We asked PWDs everywhere to share, in a few sentences, their big “aha!” diabetes moment of 2012, as in:
What struck you hardest this year, in that you learned or observed something new?
The idea being that whether you’ve had diabetes for two months or 20 years, there always seems to be an “aha moment” to be had.
The contest ran from Dec. 3…
Maybe you’ve seen the “Diabetic Strips” signs on the side of the road in your state and also wondered what actually happens when you call one of the numbers listed… We wrote about organizations dealing in test strips cheap-for-cash in our post “Test Strip Charities” last year, but without the extra bonus of having an undercover “secret shopper” to check the service out. Now our talented cartoonist, D-Advocate and correspondent Mike Lawson offered to make…
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Who are the A1c Champions? They’re kind of like a traveling DOC — a group of advocates around the country who volunteer to give motivational talks to groups of PWDs. The program is open to anyone, sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis, and totally worth getting involved in if you have any interest in D-mentorship!
To become a Champion, you just to need to have an A1c of under 7% and a history of successful diabetes self-management —…
In light of this week’s rant on diabetes etiquette, the topic of “disclosure” was top of mind.
Our diabetes illustrator bar-none Haidee Merritt has shared this:
Yup. You out of the closet yourself yet? Or what?
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Today’s topic for D-Blog Week (brainchild of Karen from Bittersweet Diabetic) is Diabetes Bloopers.
Yeah, things go wrong for us all the time… we could tell you stories, believe me!
But we just couldn’t resist this vision from our D-illustrator extraordinaire Haidee Merritt:
Ummm… he, he, he. Get Thee to a CDE!…
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