Whether you were diagnosed at age 4 or 14, dealing with diabetes when you hit college is a struggle for anyone. From late-night pizza parties, to erratic school schedules to the inevitable encounters with alcohol, diabetes in college is nothing if not chaotic. When I was attending school, I didn’t have much support, which is why I can vouch for the fact that the new Students with Diabetes organization is so important.
Nicole Johnson, who…
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Another month has gone by and it’s been a very busy one in the DOC, what with the You Can Do This! campaign and the Roche Diabetes Social Media Summit in San Diego, not to mention the ADA Conference. Here are our picks for a few posts worth checking out in case you missed them…
How do you talk to your children about diabetes when you’re the one who has it? Michele Brown shares her…
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When I saw a media alert recently about a new book on the “functional use of insulin,” I jumped at the chance to order a review copy. I’m sure I’m not using the stuff as well as I could be, and this little 190-page volume looked like a great way to brush up on my skills.
Turns out the book is designed as an introduction to, and supplementary part of, a diabetes education course in…
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The only constant in diabetes is that it’s always changing. Numbers go up, numbers go down. Medication doses change. Your body changes. So how on earth do you figure out what to do when things start to go haywire? This month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) carnival is focused on exactly that:
When it comes to diabetes, sometimes it seems things change more than they stay the same. Every so often, we may start to…
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