When you think about reading a book about diabetes, fun is not necessarily a term that comes to mind. Informative, well-written and engaging are all terms that might come to mind, but not necessarily fun.
Chuck Eichten’s new boldly illustrated guide, The Book of Better, is definitely fun! So fun, in fact, that when I showed it to my husband, he wondered why I was reading a comic book. The book details Chuck’s own personal…
The New Year is just around the corner, so as per tradition, we’re reviewing all the things that have made 2011 a year to remember in the diabetes world and here at the ‘Mine.
We’ve had some big moments in technology as the FDA finally approved some progressive stuff. There were some amazing times with our blogging compatriots IRL (that’s Internet-speak for “in real life”). And there were some milestones of us both professionally and…
Late last week, I came across a post by a kindred type 1 spirit talking about her recent travel spree that has left her with — for her — an undesirable A1c level. While reading her musings on how this happened and what she can do about it, I found myself nodding my head and relating to her struggles dealing with the intersection of “real life” and “diabetes life.”
Even after 18 years of living…
Another month has come and gone — and in the spirit of this past weekend’s Thanksgiving holiday, we are thankful to be part of such an amazing blogging community. Here’s a small sampling of noteworthy posts from bloggers we’re thankful to know:
November was of course National Diabetes Awareness Month and there was a lot of awareness-raising going on in the DOC. Gina hosted the 7th annual DBlog Day, Lee Ann organized the World Diabetes Day…
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Last week, the American Diabetes Association released the fifth edition of their Complete Guide to Diabetes. So what, right? What’s special about this new edition? We don’t usually even bother reviewing multi-author guides published by big organizations. True that. But we thought it was time to have a look-see whether an “everything-guide” like this can really offer anything of value to a long-time PWD?
The ADA’s Guide really is like an encyclopedia of diabetes. So…