Happy Valentine’s Day! There is nothing quite like the support of a partner in dealing with diabetes, and we’re even more in awe when we see partners “getting their hands dirty” with work in diabetes advocacy. Such is the case with Chris Barnes, husband to Brandy Barnes, the founder of the DiabetesSisters.org community. Brandy has hosted several national conferences for women with diabetes (we attended their Spring conference last year), and Chris has been a…
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I am delighted to share our newest edition of the Diabetic Partner Follies — a series we launched here at the ‘Mine several years ago to give a voice to all the loved ones of PWDs out there about what life is like from their end of the ‘Big D.’ This latest entry is written by none other than our assistant editor Allison’s new husband! She and Erik and have been married for five months,…
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Our Diabetic Partner Follies series returns with a bang here: Boy meets girl, they marry, girl gets diabetes, boy gets diabetes — oh boy! Enjoy:
A Guest Post by Jessica Apple, editor-in-chief of ASweetLife
“A really cute guy kept smiling at me,” I wrote in my diary when I was 18. “He looked like a football player.” I had just graduated from high school in Texas and was traveling in Israel with a group…
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