When I heard that Lilly Diabetes was holding its first-ever Diabetes Blogger Summit, my initial thought was: “It’s about flippin’ time.”
I’m an active patient advocate and blogger who’s lived in Indianapolis for close to a decade and worked for about six years in downtown Indy, where Lilly is based, but haven’t once been able to get a clear read on what the company is doing to engage the diabetes patient community, either online or…
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The topic for this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy blog carnival gives us a chance to tell our insurance companies what we’d like them to pay for, in an ideal world of diabetes coverage. As we all know, diabetes sure can be expensive. Insurance can help take away some of the financial burden, but sometimes the things we want, or more importantly need, are just not covered by insurance. This month’s DSMA carnival is a fill…
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Funny how with diabetes, people often look at you like you’re either brilliant, or completely nuts…
Thanks to Terry Keelan, our guest cartoonist this month. Terry is a type 1 PWD living in Southern California, and is very active with the athlete’s group Insulindependence.
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Now back for a third year, this next-to-last Diabetes Blog Week prompt gives our community a chance to show everyone what life with diabetes really looks like. We’re giving a nod to the Diabetes 365 project by grabbing our cameras (or camera-phones) again and sharing some more D-related pictures. Some images may speak for themselves, while others might be best with a little explanation.
This year, our expanded core team at the ‘Mine have each…
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