March is National Nutrition Month and many eyes on are health and wellness in the workplace. But this may not have been what your boss and co-workers had in mind …
Sure… we bet that lap pool is there for your health, and not as a moat to keep co-workers at bay… HA! Thanks again to our regular cartoon contributor Jerry King, an accomplished worldwide cartoonist and strong D-sympathizer.…
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Ever wonder if you should tell people at your workplace about your diabetes? Especially when it comes to low blood sugars and what could happen if you aren’t able to treat a low yourself? Well, that’s the issue we tackle today in our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine!
As per usual, veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois has some tips.
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Hannah, type 1 from New…
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Back when I worked as a reporter in an office building in downtown Indianapolis, there’d be many days when I came in before the sun rose and left after it set. Getting outside to just walk around was a very low priority, and the only exercise I might get would be the few steps to the break room for some coffee.
Now that I’m working from home, the same kind of busy workday keeps me…
Fingers gripping the steering wheel, a dizziness setting in — with a knowledge that the cold sweats and soon-blurring vision are on the way.
Whatever the reason for the plunging blood sugar, the reality in that moment is that you are going low and need to do something about it. To pull over. To check. To eat something.
But as sometimes happens when floating in a hypoglycemic daze, you can’t bring yourself to take action even…
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,…