Emily Allen, winner of one of three Grand Prizes in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, does not have diabetes. But boy, does this gal “get it”! This 25-year-old from Bloomington, Indiana, completed her graduate studies in human-computer interaction design at Indiana University just last year, and was immediately hired by health care device firm Cook Medical, where she had worked as an intern for the previous year.
Emily’s winning design was diaPETic. Here’s the…
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OK, so the honeymoon is over. There’s always that euphoria when you start using a new gadget or tool, and it always wears off over time. I’m still glad to have my new Dexcom — believe you me! — because it’s helped me out of a horrible motivational slump, and it’s made me realize how much of the time I had no idea what was happening with my BG levels.
So those are positives.
BUT……
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Welcome back to our Saturday event, the diabetes advice column Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
This week we’re talking food — yay! And also digging into the meaning of glucose targets for people living on insulin — less yay, but certainly important to understand.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Clara from Indiana, type 2, writes: I heard that popcorn is a…
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