The Diabetic Partner Follies

The Diabetic Partner Follies, Act 23: Life in the ‘Supporting Role’

We have a special treat for today’s edition of The Diabetic Partner Follies, the series featuring partners and loved ones of diabetics.
Today our guest is Andreina Davila, the behind-the-scenes partner at one of our largest online diabetes communities, TuDiabetes.org. Her husband is of course founder and diabetes advocate extraordinaire, Manny Hernandez. Andreina isn’t just a [...]

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January 28th, 2010 | Categories: The Diabetic Partner Follies | Comments: (9)

The Diabetic Partner Follies, Act 22: What Does It Take to Be a ‘Caregiver’?

Welcome, partners and loved ones of diabetics. It’s been a while since we’ve visited this series by and for you all, where you can share your perspective on what it means to live with diabetes “from the other side.”
First off, I’d like to announce that fabulous fellow D-blogger and author Wil Dubois is working on [...]

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January 11th, 2010 | Categories: Personal Stories, The Diabetic Partner Follies | Comments: (2)

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What To Do About Unsupportive Partners?

A few days ago, I noticed an exceedingly active discussion thread over at DiabeticConnect that began with the header “Husband is not a supporter of diabetic food choices.” The woman who posted it explains how she struggles to cook separately for herself, her husband (a strictly meat-and-potatoes guy) and her two-year-old.
This poor PWD mom is [...]

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December 18th, 2009 | Categories: Food, The Diabetic Partner Follies | Comments: (10)

Actress Olympia Dukakis Gets Behind Husband’s Diabetes

Forget about risk factors: nothing gives people the “diabetes wake-up call” like getting diagnosed yourself — or living through it with a loved one.  The latter is what happened recently to Academy-Award winner Olympia Dukakis, whose husband Louis Zorich was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last winter.
Suddenly, diabetes awareness was a top-of-mind issue for the couple, [...]

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May 19th, 2009 | Categories: D-News Examined, The Diabetic Partner Follies | Comments: (2)

The Talk, Part 2: Community Thoughts on Relationships

A Guest Post by Allison Blass
Last week, I wrote a post here about my new relationship with my boyfriend and how I was curious about how to educate him about diabetes without totally overwhelming the guy. Besides the little he had seen me do — test my blood sugar and wear an insulin pump — [...]

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January 29th, 2009 | Categories: Personal Stories, The Diabetic Partner Follies | Comments: (11)


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