Spring has arrived, and many of us are going through that annual ritual of seasonal cleaning… Leading perhaps to some D-surprises!
Thanks to funny man and illustrator Mr. Mike Lawson, our social media hero. Hope Spring (and all the cleaning!) is treating everyone well in the Diabetes Online Community!
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Santa Clara, California, is a very sunny place, even in March. But I didn’t mind so much spending the whole of last Saturday indoors at the convention center there since TCOYD conferences are always super-informative with a fun, casual vibe.
I was privileged to be taking part in the new Type 1 Track, in a session about the Diabetes Online Community, moderated by Kelly Close of diaTribe, and including other DOC celebs Kerri Sparling of…
You’re out in public, surrounded by people without diabetes, and you need insulin. So, instead of pulling up your shirt and showing some skin, you opt to just inject through your clothing.
Gasp… Oh my! What are you thinking?!
The habit of stabbing a syringe through your clothing is a controversial one that’s long been debated within the diabetes community.
Curious about the actual safety aspects of this practice, our correspondent Mike Lawson decided to…
The holidays are upon us! Which for us PWDs means spending time with friends, family and coworkers, who are generally well-intentioned but often try to “help us out” with what they know from Oprah, or something they heard from the friend of a friend’s cousin who knows about diabetes from what he read while standing in the grocery store aisle. Ugh!
Yes, the “diabetes police” often come out of the woodwork during the holidays. So…
Calling all artists and creative types, or anyone who might be inspired to make some diabetes-themed art… The third annual Diabetes Art Day is coming up this coming Monday, Sept. 24!
Over 80 people participated in the inaugural online event in 2010, and that number more than doubled to 170 last year. So, at that rate and with the event falling a little later in the month (it was previously held on Sept. 1), this…