On May 17, Asante Solutions held a launch event at their Sunnyvale, CA, headquarters. Their new Snap pump (formerly called Pearl) is ready for prime-time, and they wanted to debut it to a group of online advocates — giving us the opportunity for a four-week trial run, and also premiering some of their rather edgy marketing videos (think SNL does insulin pumping! more on that later.)
They are currently rolling out the product in the…
Did someone say D-Alert Dog In Training?
Hey, those doggies gotta learn their D-Alerting skills from somewhere — Hah! Thanks to our regular contributor Jerry King, an accomplished worldwide cartoonist and strong D-sympathizer.
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Need help navigating life with diabetes? You can always Ask D’Mine! Welcome again to our weekly Q&A column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil puts on his advice hat to answer some specific questions about how insulin works and what that means for those of us living with diabetes.
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Joe, type 2 from Florida, writes: Hi Wil, question for…
We’re now at the end of the fifth month of 2013, which is simply amazing — how quickly this year is going by! With the summer months soon bringing a bunch of diabetes conference activity, we feel especially motivated to highlight all the great posts from this past month.
So, in no particular order, here are some of our recent faves from the Diabetes Online Community (DOC):
Our D-Community came together online once again for…
As most of us are aware, a diabetes diagnosis is difficult for everyone, including loved ones of the PWD. (We like to call them type 3s!)
That’s why we were excited to learn about Jay Rosenfeld from Houston, TX, who’s forming a virtual support group for a very specific group of type 3s — grandparents. It can be pretty scary for these folks to care for grandchildren dependent on insulin — always afraid something might…