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October 26, 2012
Keeping up with our new Friday series, we bring you the next “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie. This week’s clip looks at that “adventurous” time of life, the teen years (!), and how educating adolescents about diabetes management can be quite a challenge — especially when families may not have always set the best examples.
Episode 4: Teaching Teens About Diabetes
How do you set good examples for youth…
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AmyT on
October 22, 2012
For many of you, Dr. Nat Strand is a familiar face. That’s because this 30-something anesthesiologist shot to fame in 2010 when she became the first-ever type 1 diabetic to win the reality TV competition The Amazing Race. We interviewed her last year and got the whole back story on why she didn’t bring along a hairbrush on that adventure, among other things.
Today, she is “all over” the diabetes advocacy scene — in print, online,…
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AmyT on
October 19, 2012
We’re back with another “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie. This week’s snippet looks at a family that’s working together to make better food choices — which is always more easily said than done.
Episode 3: Eating Well As a Family
Does your family get involved in helping you make healthy food choices?
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AmyT on
October 12, 2012
TGIF, right? And welcome to the second in our new series of “life with diabetes” videos created for us here at the ‘Mine and for our sister community DiabeticConnect by filmmaker and D-mom Jenny MacKenzie.
This week’s episode is about a family learning to navigate life with type 2 diabetes — where eating isn’t as much fun as it used to be, for one thing.
Episode 2: Kids with Type 2 Diabetes
Have a child…
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AmyT on
October 5, 2012
Happy Friday! You may remember us making mention last Spring of the “life with diabetes” video short series that filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie was creating especially for our sister site DiabeticConnect and for us here at the ‘Mine.
The whole 16-episode series is now ready for prime time, and we are delighted to bring them to you, one by one, for the next couple of months. Look for a fresh new video here each Friday afternoon…
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