Brenda Novak is best known to the world as a New York Times best-selling author of historical and contemporary romance novels. But to the diabetes community, she’s famous for being the founder of Brenda Novak’s Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes, which has raised more than $1 million for diabetes research. It’s not just a one-shot (pardon the pun!) deal. The auction takes place over not just one evening, or even one day — but…
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Happy Saturday! Welcome to Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil offers some thoughts on burning questions about people with diabetes (PWDs) being able to take to the skies as pilots, and whether losing weight is a “cure” for those with type 2. There might even be a Frank Sinatra reference in there…
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This coming weekend is Mother’s Day, of course, so we’ve got mothers on the mind. Personally, I’ll be celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of my second daughter — one of a Jewish mother’s proudest moments
Meanwhile, we wanted a peek into the real lives of mothers caring for kids with diabetes —the hardest, hardest job, and one that certainly requires a sense of humor aside from a boatload of strength and resilience.
Since no one on…
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I have been thinking about depression a lot lately. And not just because May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. When I wrote our post on Diabetes and Depression last year for our 411 series on diabetes complications, I had no idea that this particular complication was going to impact my life in such an unexpected way.
Earlier this spring, I found out that my friend, Caitlin McEnery, a type 1 PWD for 25 years…
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We love grassroots advocates — regular folks who recognize a need in their community and step up to the plate! Earlier this year, we decided these unsung heroes of the diabetes community deserved a spotlight of their own, which is why we launched our Amazing Advocates series. This month, we’re highlighting Merle Gleeson, a PWD for nearly 50 (!) years who founded the Type 1 Diabetes Lounge almost 15 years ago. As far as diabetes…
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