{Editor’s Note: This post is not meant to make light of domestic violence, which we recognize is an issue that needs to be taken seriously. Rather, this post is just a guy relying on his sense of humor to help him to cope with some of the worst effects of diabetes.}
So, I beat my wife.
Seriously. I’ve resorted to spousal abuse twice in the past few years and I can’t guarantee it won’t…
A friend in the health business recommended this book. (Thank you, Matthew!) I googled it, and found it was written back in 1985 and fits this description:
“A young Englishwoman grapples with a singularly unstable type of diabetes.”
Based on those few facts, and mainly on the title, I was expecting a helping of sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll with my diabetes reading for a change. Turns out Metal Jam is named after the…
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…
I was settled contentedly on the carpet of my 12-year-old daughter’s room the other night in my fuzzy pink bathrobe, quizzing her for a big upcoming social studies exam, when it hit: that feeling.
“I feel weird. I need to go… check… now!” I heard myself saying, scrambling to my feet.
“What’s wrong?” Her eyebrows knitted.
“I think… I’m low. I need to check.”
“You can feel it?” she asked, for the umpteenth time (they…
There’s plenty to be scared of with diabetes, unfortunately. But airing and sharing your fears can help you feel a heck of a lot more empowered to face them. Today at our diabetes advice column Ask D’Mine, veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois is taking on menopause (no, really!) and a teenage type 1 who is living in fear of lows.
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