Our community is filled with brilliant diabetes advocates just itching to do good deeds, but awareness campaigns and educational projects take both time and money, right? That’s where the Diabetes Hands Foundation wants to step in and lend a hand . They’ve announced today the launch of a new project funding initiative called DHF Seeds, a grant program dedicated to fostering ideas for improving the lives of people touched by diabetes (ooh, sounds familiar!).
The…
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How many of you just hate lugging around tons of diabetes junk, only to find yourself rifling through the black hole of your bag, looking for your glucose meter or spare insulin pen? Jen Dorn, a 34-year-old type 1 diabetic for the last 20 years, sympathizes. After lugging around her own medical-looking pack for years, she finally decided to pursue her dream to create a line of stylish but functional handbags and messenger bags for…
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AmyT on
February 29, 2012
Hola, DOC Friends. Happy Leap Year Day! The month of February is always short but sweet, no?
Please enjoy our monthly carnival of some of the best reading around the diabetes blogosphere:
No matter how many times you do something, sometimes it just doesn’t get any easier. Colleen Skinner is having some trouble inserting her Dexcom sensors. Are you a pro? Let her know!
What exactly do “lifestyle changes” mean? Type 2 author and blogger…
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AmyT on
February 24, 2012
Note to self: Never say never, and never brush aside any tool that might possibly be able to help you smooth your wild glucose excursion rides.
Not long ago, I declared my happiness being untethered from my CGM. But as of about two weeks ago, I am wearing my continuous glucose monitor again. If you read my last post, you know what that means: I consider it my go-to solution when things are not going…
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