Who doesn’t sometimes need help navigating life with diabetes? That’s why we offer Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil’s setting our minds at ease about some of our most common dreads and fears — of complications, and potential insulin pump malfunctions.
Yes, anything’s possible in the world of diabetes, but Wil wants you to know: nothing’s inevitable. So try not to lose…
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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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Anyone going on a brand spanking new insulin pump is probably filled with anticipation and excitement, but there’s always a little bit of trepidation when it comes to a new piece of medical technology. Will it meet my needs? Will I like using it? Most importantly: will it work? The fear of potential problems like motor error, malfunctioning buttons, and occlusions can throw a wrench in anyone’s pumping anticipation.
Apparently, those wrenches have been flying…
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WilD on
February 7, 2013
News broke the other day that Tandem Diabetes had gobbled up 51 patents belonging to Smiths Medical ASD, the folks who made the Deltec Cozmo pump that’s been off the market for almost four years now. Officials from both companies are tight-lipped on what this means, but it seems to imply that future versions of the slick new Tandem t:slim pump might utilize some legacy Cozmo technology…
Meanwhile, we got word in early January that…
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