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WilD on
November 3, 2012
Happy Saturday! Welcome back to Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. For the first post of November, Wil puts his finger on a universal question for PWDs: Should we really poke our pinky finger with lancets? He also opines on the state of the market in comparing insulin pens versus syringes.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Claudia, type…
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Roche Diabetes has just released the next generation of their popular Multiclix Gatling-gun-style lancing device. The new version, called FastClix (yes, with a capital C versus the older lancer, with lowercase c), features one-click lancing, a whole new system for advancing the six-lance drum to a fresh needle, and an improved counter to keep track of how many lancing needles are left in the drum.
Just how does FastClix stack up against its predecessor? Our…
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WilD on
December 10, 2011
Diabetes is complicated… Just look at today’s post header! If you weren’t a PWD, would you have any idea what that meant? No wonder we never run out of questions!
And thank goodness for that, we say here at Ask D’Mine, our weekly quirky diabetes advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Kayla from Alabama, type 2…
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They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Such is the case with Carolyn Jäger, a 36-year-old New Hampshire-based wife and mom, who grew up with a younger sister with type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed herself at age 13 — on her mom’s birthday (ouch!). Carolyn’s mom designed homemade meter cases for Carolyn and her sister, Susan, but it wasn’t until after many years of working as a retail buyer that Carolyn was…
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By
WilD on
March 26, 2011
Welcome back to our spankin’ new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine. We just kicked off this series last week, and we’re already getting lots of queries — so thank you, Curious PWDs! As a reminder:
This is a place to send all your quirky or potentially embarrassing questions, behind-the-scenes curiosities, lifestyle queries, or even ethical dilemmas related to life with the Big D.
“Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com“
And now, to…
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