By
MikeH on
April 1, 2013
Did you know the DiabetesMine team were secret artists, painting masterpieces with our lancets in our garage studios by night?
Yeah… April Fool’s! Actually we’ve got, well… close to zilch artistic ability.
But our new friend Cathy Leamy in the Boston area is one of those people who REALLY has talent, and is using her comic-creating capabilities to raise awareness on important healthcare topics.
Cathy tells us she’s been doing comics and cartoons for most…
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By
AmyT on
March 27, 2013
Santa Clara, California, is a very sunny place, even in March. But I didn’t mind so much spending the whole of last Saturday indoors at the convention center there since TCOYD conferences are always super-informative with a fun, casual vibe.
I was privileged to be taking part in the new Type 1 Track, in a session about the Diabetes Online Community, moderated by Kelly Close of diaTribe, and including other DOC celebs Kerri Sparling of…
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By
AmyT on
March 14, 2013
From the “crap no one ever tells you about with diabetes” file, comes:
Dissect the word with me for a moment:
Lipo — OK, that sounds like weight loss surgery.
Hyper — Yes, we often are. How else could we juggle work, kids, exercise, myriad lab tests and doctor’s appointments, non-stop carb-counting and dosing adjustments, etc., etc. and still do our taxes?
Trophy — Do I get one, for putting up with all this diabetes…
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By
AmyT on
March 12, 2013
We continue traveling the globe to bring you accounts of living with diabetes in various countries for our Global Diabetes series. This month, we’re happy to introduce two bubbly gals from the Netherlands (which Americans like to call Holland), Annelieke Overbeeke and Jonna Verdel — who were introduced to us via the International Diabetes Federation Young Leaders Program.
Annelieke, age 21, is studying nutrition and health at Wageningen University in the city by that name,…
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By
AmyT on
February 18, 2013
When type 1 journalist Jim Hirsch came out with his book about the business and life-challenges of diabetes, Cheating Destiny, I called it the book I wish I wrote; it moved and entertained me, and it felt like the first-ever book about diabetes that people without the disease could ever truly enjoy reading.
Now comes attorney Amy Ryan’s new volume Shot: Staying Alive With Diabetes, which feels like the book that I DID WRITE —…
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