We are winding down the summer months and making way for Fall. There’ve been so many great posts this past month… here’s our monthly snapshot of some we found particularly noteworthy (in no particular order):
We got a kick out of this post by Alexis Pollak over at I Run on Insulin, who tried to do a little advocacy when checking out at the local pharmacy! Totally laugh and sigh-worthy!
Meanwhile, D-Mom Hallie Addington…
Even though Ed Damiano isn’t living with diabetes, he occasionally wears a continuous glucose monitor and two Tandem t:slim pumps, and he constantly has his eye on all the newest D-devices.
Sometimes his pumps are filled with saline and sometimes colored water, with blue liquid representing insulin and red standing in for fast-acting glucagon. The Boston researcher is wearing the devices in the name of his 13-year old son, David, diagnosed with type 1 more…
Guess what? There’s a lot happening in the Diabetes Online Community!
No surprise, right?
But we’re proud to offer some tidbits on the details of successes in our community. Bravo, Friends!
→ First, the Diabetes Hands Foundation has opened up a call for grant proposals for this year’s Big Blue Test! Details can be found here. In short, there are five $10,000 grants that will be given out to U.S.-based non-profits based on certain criteria,…
When it comes to back to school, parents of children with diabetes sure have their hands full …
Thanks to cartoonist, social media guru and funnyman Mr. Mike Lawson, who’s also a fellow type 1 PWD, of course.
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Though we’re still in the summer months, the school bell is already ringing in many places to mark back-to-school time for kids and parents. While many parents are likely relieved to “get a break” and have their kids back in class, this can be a very stressful experience for the parents of Children With Diabetes (CWDs) who have a LOT more to worry about than just textbooks and extracurricular activities.
Bennet Dunlap, dad to four…