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AmyT on
January 25, 2013
Here we are on our final Friday in the month of January, and we find ourselves wrapping up our Life with Diabetes (LWD video series that’s been a regular find here for the past four months.
In this week’s final snippet, we visit with a teenager with diabetes struggling to keep her weight down and manage her blood sugar levels, all the while making it through college courses and working a job too, and, you…
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AmyT on
January 13, 2013
It’s a New Year, and we’re trying to keep up with those live-healthier Resolutions… but look who’s not cooperating… surprise!
Thanks to our friend and talented cartoonist Mike Durbin, who chronicles his life with both type 2 diabetes and congestive heart failure over at My Diabetic Heart.
Happy New Year to all!
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AmyT on
January 6, 2013
It seems the song “Let it snow” may be taking on a whole new meaning for people with diabetes…
Many PWDs are likely experiencing the need for some BG-friendly (or BS = blood sugar-friendly) snow shoveling lately, with the recent snow falls that have covered much of the U.S.!
Thanks for helping us see the bright side of the wintery weather outside goes to our regular contributor Jerry King, an accomplished cartoonist…
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AmyT on
January 4, 2013
Happy Friday! Once again, it’s time for a “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, who created the educational D-documentary film Sugar Babies. In this week’s clip, we meet a family in which both a father and daughter are struggling with type 2 diabetes — so the whole family’s working on improving what they eat and getting more exercise.
Since making some lifestyle changes, the family is asking themselves a very basic question:…
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WilD on
September 18, 2012
Andy Suhy may be the first professional athlete to change his career to professional cheerleader.
The retired professional hockey player, part-time motivational speaker, and MBA business-finance guru has set his sights on building a diabetes management service featuring an approach he calls “more impactful than what exists today.”
He has the experience. Now in his early 40s, Andy was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 15, just when he was starting high…
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