This past summer, I made the bold decision to leave my full-time (and awesome!) job as Assistant Editor here at the ‘Mine to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a Certified Diabetes Educator.
That meant going back to school to get some kind of medical degree (I chose nursing), working in that field for two years, then finding a diabetes educator job and accumulating 1,000 hours of with patients before finally passing an exam with…
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By
MikeH on
December 10, 2012
We review a good number of books here at the ‘Mine, but it’s not often that I’ve found myself reviewing a book with chapters written by so many people I’m lucky enough to know!
That was what made reading My Sweet Life: Successful Men with Diabetes all the more surprising for me.
Before I opened the pages to start reading, I wasn’t expecting much more than an obligatory book review: a handful of fellow guys…
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By
AmyT on
December 7, 2012
Happy Friday! Once again, it’s time for a “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, who created the documentary film Sugar Babies. In this week’s clip, we get a peek inside a family’s experience of taking their adorable little girl with type 1 to preschool for the first time!
But this mom and dad face having to give up the constant supervision of her diabetes, and help the new teacher learn how to…
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