By
WilD on
March 16, 2013
Happy Saturday, and welcome back to our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine! hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
Just last week, Wil looked at how long we PWDs (people with diabetes) could generally survive without insulin in our systems. Today, he explores how long a bolus dose of this BG-lowering elixir might last in your system once given. Hint: it’s not cut-and-dry!
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}…
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By
AmyT on
March 12, 2013
We continue traveling the globe to bring you accounts of living with diabetes in various countries for our Global Diabetes series. This month, we’re happy to introduce two bubbly gals from the Netherlands (which Americans like to call Holland), Annelieke Overbeeke and Jonna Verdel — who were introduced to us via the International Diabetes Federation Young Leaders Program.
Annelieke, age 21, is studying nutrition and health at Wageningen University in the city by that name,…
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Got questions about navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! Our weekly advice column, that is — hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil offers some thoughts on that universal question: “How long can I really go without insulin?” Please take a read; his findings might surprise you and even bust a myth or two.
But as a precautionary reminder: this topic would fall into the category of “Don’t…
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Who doesn’t sometimes need help navigating life with diabetes? That’s why we offer Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil’s setting our minds at ease about some of our most common dreads and fears — of complications, and potential insulin pump malfunctions.
Yes, anything’s possible in the world of diabetes, but Wil wants you to know: nothing’s inevitable. So try not to lose…
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By
AmyT on
February 18, 2013
When type 1 journalist Jim Hirsch came out with his book about the business and life-challenges of diabetes, Cheating Destiny, I called it the book I wish I wrote; it moved and entertained me, and it felt like the first-ever book about diabetes that people without the disease could ever truly enjoy reading.
Now comes attorney Amy Ryan’s new volume Shot: Staying Alive With Diabetes, which feels like the book that I DID WRITE —…
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