Growing up as a CWD (child with diabetes), some of my favorite memories are of diabetes camp. Just like regular camp, we had swimming, arts & crafts, and singing around campfires. But we also had “checks & shots,” carb counts for all our food, and midnight and 3 a.m. wake-up calls for testing glucose levels. Being surrounded by other kids with diabetes made me feel less alone and less different, which is vitally important — especially…
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Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil tackles two questions about insulin pumping, one about being “forced” into pumping and one on whether pumpers can disconnect and keep your blood sugars in range with only exercise.
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Brad, type 1 from Connecticut, writes: Last year I got…
Everything but the kitchen sink…?
We love the mind of illustrator Jerry King, who happens to be one of the most published and prolific cartoonists in America, creating over 200 cartoons each month for websites, magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, etc., worldwide.
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend, everyone!
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You can walk away from diabetes-focused conferences with more than dry science and research news. Really, you can! That’s what I did recently after attending the Diabetes Today and Tomorrow conference held in the suburbs of Detroit on May 12. I took away two important nuggets of information that can help me better live with diabetes:
First, the key to achieving post-exercise stability in blood sugars may very well be in chocolate milk (!)
Secondly,…
May is a busy-busy month. Among many other observances, it is national “Exercise is Medicine Month,” celebrating the role of fitness in keeping us healthy. Not surprisingly, there are many new apps and techy tools to help us with this, too. One of those is a popular little gadget called the Fitbit, featured just last week on the Dr. Oz show.
Turns out, our very own cartoonist and social media maven Mike Lawson has been…