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Ask D’Mine: Diabetes Overload and Onset

By WilD on June 15, 2013

Hey, Diabetes Community! Welcome back to our weekly Saturday advice column, Ask D’Mine!, which offers real-world wisdom from veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.

This week, Wil examines the emotional and psychological aspects of living AND working with diabetes. He also looks at when exactly our bodies begin the diabetes process… even before an official diagnosis.
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
 
Janet, type 1 from Wisconsin, asks: What’s…

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Reflecting On My Not-So-Inspiring Diabetes Youth

By MikeH on May 3, 2013

When I was growing up, I believed there were many things I couldn’t do because of my type 1 diabetes.
Be a professional athlete. Fly planes. Go to the moon. Join the military. Even grow up to be a “real” news reporter out on the streets covering current events. Honestly, I never thought I’d get even get married.
All because of my diabetes.
Keep in mind, this was the 1980s and early 90s. And this…

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New Global Diabetes Guidelines Fall Flat

By WilD on October 17, 2012

Press releases rarely make me drool. But the recent announcement from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) on their new Global Guidelines for Treating Type 2 Diabetes did. Why? Because this was trumpeted as more than a scientific manifesto of the best practices for treating diabetes; it was put forward as a working solution to an imperfect world.
The IDF claimed to have created related, but separate, guidelines for various parts of the world – guidelines…

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