Got questions about navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! Our weekly advice column, that is — hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil offers some thoughts on that universal question: “How long can I really go without insulin?” Please take a read; his findings might surprise you and even bust a myth or two.
But as a precautionary reminder: this topic would fall into the category of “Don’t…
We’re back with another edition of our Global Diabetes series, in which we’re “traveling the planet” to bring you stories of people living with diabetes in various parts of the world. This month, we’re hosting Maryam Al-Ostad, a 25-year-old from Kuwait who’s been living with type 1 for 11 years.
Medical authorities estimate that in Kuwait, about one in four people are living with some form of diabetes (!)
Maryam was born in Kuwait and…
Welcome back to our diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
We never know where your queries might take us! Today, Wil’s delving into blood diseases and chicken soup…
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George from Wyoming, type 2, writes: I recently visited my doctor and she told me that I have get an immunization for hepatitis because I have…
When it comes to diabetes, no place is safe. We have featured folks with diabetes from Spain to Germany to Canada and now we’re traveling across the globe to Australia to hear from Simon, a 35-year-old with LADA.
Simon lives in South Australia where he works in antiques, and despite living in the sixth largest country in the world (and an entire continent!), he’s found that the Australian Diabetes Online Community is pretty small compared…
I’ve been reading up on LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults) lately, and have come to a conclusion: I’m tired of quibbling about the scientific specs. To me, the term means just one important thing: it means I had this whole non-diabetic life until almost age 40, and then suddenly landed in the hospital and was thrust into the lifestyle of a person with type 1 diabetes. It changed everything.
I was too old to…