You know those people who mean well, but can be so annoying when they ask questions or try to “help” us PWDs?
You know, the ones we call the Diabetes Police?
Well, what if we turned that whole thing around…?
Thanks to talented contributor Terry Keelan for this latest cartoon in his new series for the ‘Mine, If Diabetics Ran the World. Gotta love it!
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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 educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil tackles two questions about the relative merits of ice cream, and how claims that chiropractic adjustments might help keep diabetes in control (?)
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I always wanted to be a vegetarian. It always sounded like such a noble cause: saving the animals, the environment, and my health all in one fell swoop. But my actual experience with vegetarianism is somewhat mixed.
In high school, I quit eating meat altogether for about six months, much to the chagrin of my meat-loving family. Eventually the weight of fixing my own vegetarian dinners was too burdensome, so I decided to incorporate chicken…