I never thought I needed a life coach or health coach, but while writing last month’s post on diabetes coaches, friend and fellow PWD Ginger Vieira kindly offered me a one-month trial to experience what it’s really like working with one. Intrigued, I decided to take her up on her offer.
For the past four weeks, I’ve been having calls with Ginger once a week and exchanging occasional text messages, to take a look at…
It looks like a duck. It quacks like a … Oh. Wait a minute. It doesn’t quack at all. So why is Abbott Diabetes calling it a duck? (That’s a metaphorical question, just so you know.)
The metaphoric duck we’re talking about lives over in Europe and is quacking along just fine. Its real name is the Abbott Freestyle InsuLinx glucose meter, and it was introduced in Europe in May 2011 and Canada this May,…
Who doesn’t sometimes need help navigating life with diabetes? That’s why we offer Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week he’s offering some thoughts on diabetes and seizures, and… well, funky toenail concerns.
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Marty, type 1 from Florida, writes: I’m 22 and I’ve been a diagnosed diabetic for 8 years. My A1C’s are always under…
If you’re anything like me, you may need at least two hands to count the number of healthcare professionals you work with: general practitioner, endocrinologist, diabetes educator, nutritionist, psychologist, ophthalmologist, optometrist, gynecologist… Whew! I can barely keep up with them all and you can bet they don’t keep up with each other.
This lack of structured communication is one of the issues the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) hopes to address. We’ve written about this disruptive…
You might say music industry celebrity Randy Jackson is a pretty big deal.
Most people these days think of him as one of the celebrity judges on American Idol. Not me. I don’t watch reality TV, so I’m not familiar with his persona there. But being a classic rock music lover and huge fan of legendary band Journey that Randy was a part of in the ’80s, having a chance to chat with him on…