We know Scott Benner as the great D-Dad from New Jersey who’s behind the blog, Arden’s Day. You know, the diabetes daddy blog named for his daughter Arden who’s been living with type 1 since age 2 in 2006.
Of course, Scott’s been blogging and advocating for a number of years in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC). But he‘s been all over the news in 2013 with the release of his new book, Life Is…
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While many research-and-science-heavy conferences are afoot this time of year, the relatively new Students With Diabetes conference is another animal altogether. It concentrates on age group that’s often overlooked: college students and young adults with diabetes.
Our own Amanda Cedrone had a chance to attend her first-ever SWD conference recently in Florida, and reports back today on what that experience was like.
Special to the ‘Mine by Amanda Cedrone
What’s the first thing that…
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We’re now at the end of the fifth month of 2013, which is simply amazing — how quickly this year is going by! With the summer months soon bringing a bunch of diabetes conference activity, we feel especially motivated to highlight all the great posts from this past month.
So, in no particular order, here are some of our recent faves from the Diabetes Online Community (DOC):
Our D-Community came together online once again for…
As most of us are aware, a diabetes diagnosis is difficult for everyone, including loved ones of the PWD. (We like to call them type 3s!)
That’s why we were excited to learn about Jay Rosenfeld from Houston, TX, who’s forming a virtual support group for a very specific group of type 3s — grandparents. It can be pretty scary for these folks to care for grandchildren dependent on insulin — always afraid something might…
So it’s been an entire decade since type 1 diabetes turned my life on its ear, or something along those lines…
Many of you know my story: How I had a new baby who had just turned 5 months old, along with a 5-year-old and 3-year-old to care for when the symptoms hit… How I thought I was just exhausted because my baby had been suffering with a nasty flu that kept the two of…