Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Lucky for us, fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins is on the case.
Special to the ‘Mine by Michael Hoskins
As if we PWDs (people with diabetes) didn’t have enough to keep our minds busy with daily blood sugar tests, health insurance coverage headaches and finding the time to read all the D-blogs and #dsma tweets, apparently now also have think about something else in our homes on a daily…
How many of you just hate lugging around tons of diabetes junk, only to find yourself rifling through the black hole of your bag, looking for your glucose meter or spare insulin pen? Jen Dorn, a 34-year-old type 1 diabetic for the last 20 years, sympathizes. After lugging around her own medical-looking pack for years, she finally decided to pursue her dream to create a line of stylish but functional handbags and messenger bags for…
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If it isn’t one thing with diabetes, it’s another — from trying to figure out what the heck’s going on overnight, to the understandable paranoia that sometimes sets in. But we at the ‘Mine are here to support you! We’ve got another edition of our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Joanne from Maine,…
OK, big confession of the month (year?): I am happier without a CGM on. I am not proud of this, because I know I should be basking in the latest and greatest tools available to me, but it is the truth.
I do not like wearing the CGM sensor. I do not enjoy the skin irritations, the incessant beeping, the relative inaccuracies (lag time!), and the constant nagging obligation to keep track of yet another…
Cat lovers with diabetes, Unite!
Errr… they are pesky animals at times, though, especially when your D-gear is dangling about…
Thanks to our very own assistant editor Allison Blass for trying her hand at cartooning this week. If she can do it, so can you!
Send us your Funnies ideas, and/or proposed sketches here. Selected pieces receive a cash $tipend, and of course lots of DOC love.…