I’ve been accused more than once of being too chipper about my diabetes. Heck — I have created “the sunny yellow blog,” after all. So when I received the following email this week, I sat back in my seat and took a deep breath. Writing a book about how much diabetes sucks certainly isn’t all fun and games for some:
Hello Amy,
I’m a writer living in New York City and have diabetes for over…
We weren’t exactly bombarded with diabetes-related April Fools Funnies yesterday, but we still had fun. And believe it or not, Haidee and I agreed that TWO people should win free copies of her irreverent cartoon book, “One Lump or Two?”
First, fellow D-blogger and all-around great guy Scott K. Johnson, with this story:
Once when I was a small boy, dealing with a low, my mom handed me a stack of Oreos in one hand…
Need you not a reminder that diabetes sucks?
Behold, the custom April Fool’s cartoon provided by kindred spirit Haidee Merritt, talented Type 1 artist who has recently published a hilarious little book called “One Lump or Two? Things That Suck About Being Diabetic.”
She’s having some trouble gaining traction with the big diabetes orgs because her sense of humor is, um, a little racy. But if you’re anything like me, you will LOVE…
What is the biggest problem with treating Type 1 diabetes? The experts all say it’s that the insulins we have to inject simply aren’t fast enough; they don’t really mimic the effect of natural pancreas delivery because they take too long to kick in.
Several companies are rushing to solve this problem with the obvious: super-fast-acting insulin analogs, such as the relatively new Glulisine (aka Apidra), and BioDel’s ViaJect, currently being submitted for FDA review.…
Yesterday we received a letter from Abbott Diabetes Care via certified mail. My husband even had to sign for it. What could it be? Did I win a prize? Owe them money? Were they offering me a job?
BEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPP… none of the above. It appears that several batches of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips have been inadvertently shipped out to customers before being approved for external distribution.
Seven different lots “have the potential to…