Quick, look at your wrist.
Is there a medical alert bracelet there? If not, do you wear one when you travel? Ever wear one, fellow PWDs (people with diabetes)? Or maybe not a bracelet but a dog tag or other kind of alert?
If you’re anything like I’ve been for most of my three decades with diabetes, the answers to those questions is a resounding “No.”
Here’s a news flash from my end of the…
Cars are a hot topic this time of year, with the huge North American International Auto Show going on in Detroit (which ends today!). Now here’s a concept car even we can get excited about:
Hey, with everything Ford Motors is doing to integrate health solutions into their cars, it’s not such a wild idea!
Thanks to the multi-talented Terry Keelan for continuing his If Diabetics Ran the World series. Just think:…
Ever wish non-diabetics could experience their own blood sugar crashes just to ”get” what it feels like for us people with diabetes, if even for a few minutes?
Well, some Pharma companies have gone to the trouble of building a “Hypoglycemia Simulator” for just this purpose…
No kidding. They really did!
Two different models of Hypo Simulators meant to mimic our hypoglycemia experiences were on the exhibit floor at the annual European Association for the Study of Diabetes…
Fingers gripping the steering wheel, a dizziness setting in — with a knowledge that the cold sweats and soon-blurring vision are on the way.
Whatever the reason for the plunging blood sugar, the reality in that moment is that you are going low and need to do something about it. To pull over. To check. To eat something.
But as sometimes happens when floating in a hypoglycemic daze, you can’t bring yourself to take action even…
Topics touching diabetes never go away, but many of them seem to get sidelined at times. We often ask ourselves, “Whatever happened to…?” In this case, training police to better deal with people with diabetes (PWDs) who might be acting irrationally due to a blood sugar low? Today, fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins joins us to report on the state of affairs (spoiler alert: it’s frustrating!).
Special to the ‘Mine by Michael Hoskins
We’ve…