Did someone say D-Alert Dog In Training?
Hey, those doggies gotta learn their D-Alerting skills from somewhere — Hah! Thanks to our regular contributor Jerry King, an accomplished worldwide cartoonist and strong D-sympathizer.
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Losing the ability to sense low blood sugars is one of the scariest things for those of us living with diabetes.
For one college student at Purdue University, that hypoglycemia unawareness led to an average of three ER visits a week (!) Even with a CGM, this young man diagnosed with type 1 at age 5 wasn’t able to avoid the insulin reactions because they came on too quickly. It got to the point where…
When I heard that Lilly Diabetes was holding its first-ever Diabetes Blogger Summit, my initial thought was: “It’s about flippin’ time.”
I’m an active patient advocate and blogger who’s lived in Indianapolis for close to a decade and worked for about six years in downtown Indy, where Lilly is based, but haven’t once been able to get a clear read on what the company is doing to engage the diabetes patient community, either online or…