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AmyT on
January 5, 2009
Per my recent post on the troubles at the FDA, we’ve launched an online letter and petition titled, “Ask the FDA to Better Serve Diabetes Patients’ Needs,” that we’re asking everyone to sign. The website is fittingly called Heal-the-FDA. Please go and have a look.
You will see that we have a growing list of supporters, including politically-minded D-blogger Scott Strumello, who flagged this issue last summer; Dr. Steven Edelman, founder of TCOYD; pumping expert…
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AmyT on
January 2, 2009
So far, so good for these first few days of 2009. I’ve pulled out my detailed logging sheets and made a resolution to pinpoint exactly why my BGs are all over the map. Just committing to that feels good.
I may have mentioned that my glucose control slipped into the unacceptable these last few weeks as I’ve been riding the wave of the holidays: bit by bit allowing myself more carbs here and there, and…
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AmyT on
December 29, 2008
Greetings, Holiday Merrymakers. Today I have the pleasure of announcing our three GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the DiabetesMine™ Holiday Survival Sweepstakes.
But first, we’d like thank you one and all for participating! We judges are now compiling some of our favorite tips to showcase in an eBook of “survival nuggets” for the diabetes community. If you’d like to help illustrate this book, you can submit your relevant D-photos at the new Flickr group HERE.
So,…
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AmyT on
December 18, 2008
When former “Good Morning America” anchor Joan Lunden, who is now a paid spokeswoman for PassportMD, was recently interviewed by ABC News about “the new world of online medical records, one of the first things she said was: “Ten years from now we’ll laugh that we were even having this conversation, because everybody will keep their family’s health records online.”
The way things are going — with nearly every other aspect of our lives now…
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AmyT on
December 16, 2008
Thank you for all the fantastic tips on traveling with diabetes (in last week’s Holiday Sweepstakes)! This is one topic where we could all dig in, and offer some nitty gritty on how we handle air travel, schlepping all our D-gear, adjusting for time zone changes, long car trips and much more. And let me tell you, picking winners this week was more difficult than ever — with all the valuable detailed information everyone provided.…
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