By AmyT on January 6, 2011
Complications: preventing them is the motivation behind almost everything we do in managing our diabetes. Yet how much do we really know about how to live with them? After all, life doesn’t stop with a diabetes complication.
I’ve been thinking that even if you’re diligent with your diabetes management, that isn’t necessarily a guarantee (nor is it easy!). You could have amazing BG control, but still develop some damage. Totally unfair, right? This is the…
By AmyT on January 3, 2011
Happy New Year, everyone! I’ve been mostly off-line this past week, attempting to enjoy the “break” while cleaning and sorting out our fresh-from-construction home. But even in that daze, I couldn’t help noticing all the fuss about MannKind’s Afrezza, which was supposed to be ruled upon by the FDA on Dec. 29.
The FDA has requested an additional four weeks to make a decision on this new inhalable insulin, after having postponed the decision by…
Today, our second close-up look at one of our three 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge Grand Prize winners. Samantha Gustafson, a 21-year-old industrial design student at the University of Cincinnati, was honored for her design of a bright and appealing glucose meter for small children called Finn the Glucose Fish:
Finn may look simple, but creating that simplicity was hard work. Some of the homework Samantha did for this project might really surprise you. Read on……
OK, this is a tad embarrassing, but it just goes to show you that technology needs to simplify our lives, or it isn’t much use, is it?
What I’m talking about is the fact that I, aka Mz. Diabetes Technology Proponent, have not been using any of the software available for downloading and analyzing my glucose data on a regular basis — until very recently. On a personal level, I’m actually pretty low-tech for someone…
After at least 20 minutes of research, here they are, in Letterman-style countdown order:
10. High Fat Diets Make Us Lazy & Stupid (Really? Us? Or just the rats?)
9. dLife: People are Stupid (a little dated, but still relevant?)
8. Eureka! It’s the Soda’s Fault
7. Ultra Diabetes on Wikipedia (sort of – eat your heart out, Wilford)
6. Diabeetus Defined, also from the “Uncyclopedia”
5. “Obamacare to be like Christmas” – OK, this…
