It’s taken me a little longer than expected to get around to posting this review of Erin Spineto’s new book “Islands and Insulin“ — but hey, good things take time, right? It’s a different kind of diabetes book from any I’ve encountered so far; it’s a narrative of a huge sailing adventure + the college-age experiences that shaped Erin’s life, with a generous helping of diabetes on the side — rather than the other way…
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The other day, my dad told me that he’d recently hired a woman at his company who has LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults). She wears an insulin pump, and when he mentioned that I went off my pump this Spring and went back to taking multiple shots a day, the woman was apparently shocked and couldn’t figure out why I would “go backwards.”
It’s true that switching from a pump to multiple daily injections…
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WilD on
September 29, 2012
Happy Saturday! Welcome to Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil takes on the Evolution of Diabetes, as it occurs in your body over time — and you know, the end of the honeymoon phase!
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Lisa, type 1 from Texas, writes: Hi! I’m 27 and was diagnosed with diabetes last summer. When I was…
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AmyT on
December 20, 2010
Preface: When I saw my endo last week, she praised me on my latest A1c level (6.2, Baby!), but said that my standard deviation score was “unacceptable.” Yikes! What does this mean for my health going forward? …
You’ve all heard of standard deviation, correct? It’s that mathematical measurement that became popular a few years ago as a “back up” for showing how well a diabetes patient was doing with their glucose control.
Sure, you…
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