life with diabetes

Ask D’Mine: High Times and Knitting Snacks

By WilD on September 1, 2012

Need help navigating life with diabetes? You can always Ask D’Mine! Welcome again to our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil has some advice on how altitude affects insulin and what kind of blood sugar checks might work best for someone snacking between meals — stuff you won’t want to miss!
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}

Edward, type 1 from Colorado, asks: Does…

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August 2012 DSMA: Interview with a Pancreas

By MikeH on August 31, 2012

In researching this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) Blog Carnival topic, we came across a job ad in a diabetes tech journal that seemed to be right on target.
The said (imaginary) ad read as follows:
WANTED: Self-starting leader who isn’t afraid to call the shots, and can bring a creative style to a challenging body of work.
The position was for a CGM Data Entry Manager, Artificial Pancreas Division of Associates In-Corporated (A1C).…

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Around the Diabetes Blogosphere — August 2012 Edition

By MikeH on August 30, 2012

We are winding down the summer months and making way for Fall. There’ve been so many great posts this past month… here’s our monthly snapshot of some we found particularly noteworthy (in no particular order):
 
We got a kick out of this post by Alexis Pollak over at I Run on Insulin, who tried to do a little advocacy when checking out at the local pharmacy! Totally laugh and sigh-worthy!
Meanwhile, D-Mom Hallie Addington…

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Patient Voices Contest Winner Sara Krugman: Connections Are Key

By AmyT on August 29, 2012

Welcome to the fifth in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of our DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were unvieled in June. Today, we’re chatting with Sara Krugman, a 25-year-old Massachusetts woman diagnosed with type 1 as a young child. She’s a graphic designer with a unique perspective on what it means to be a “patient” and an “advocate.”
In her hand-animated contest video, Sara talks about the people, institutions and numbers she…

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V-Go: Dissecting a New Breed of Patch Pump for Type 2s

By WilD on August 29, 2012

Earlier this summer, we told you about the Valeritas V-Go system that is undergoing a small initial launch on the East Coast. We wanted to follow-up and give you a closer look at this product, which isn’t what you might normally think of when you hear the term “insulin pump”; it represents a new breed of delivery device for the growing number of type 2 PWDs on insulin.
 
By D’Mine Columnist / Correspondent Wil Dubois…

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