You might not know it by just glancing at the name “Children with Diabetes,” but the annual diabetes conference in Florida each year isn’t a kids-only atmosphere. At least, not anymore.
Nowadays, the Friends for Life conference is definitely a grown-up party and more adults are joining in on the fun!
Everything began in 1995, when an Ohio D-Dad named Jeff Hitchcock founded the online forum that has become the thriving CWD community. His daughter…
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A friend in the health business recommended this book. (Thank you, Matthew!) I googled it, and found it was written back in 1985 and fits this description:
“A young Englishwoman grapples with a singularly unstable type of diabetes.”
Based on those few facts, and mainly on the title, I was expecting a helping of sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll with my diabetes reading for a change. Turns out Metal Jam is named after the…
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By
WilD on
March 15, 2012
Ever wonder who trains the trainers? We did, so we sent off our resident expert to take part in an official CDE (certified diabetes educator) training session. Here is his report, unfortunately with some unsightly results:
By D’Mine Columnist / Correspondent Wil Dubois
Thirty-three percent of people with diabetes (PWDs) have sufficient “clinical symptoms” for a diagnosis of depression. But in the chaos of a complicated disease, and with short office visits, depression is often…
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We all face it at one time or another: diabetes burnout. For some of us, we can eke out enough motivation to get by, but others face a much longer, darker path. Jen Enger, a 30-year-old Chicagoan who works in marketing, was diagnosed at the tender age of 8, and after 20+ years of living with type 1 diabetes, she hit the brick wall of diabetes burnout earlier this year.
Last month, Jen won a…
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