By
AmyT on
December 17, 2012
The holiday season can be an especially difficult time for those who don’t have the comforts of a permanent address and are forced to live on the streets. Toss a health condition like diabetes into the mix, and life can get pretty unbearable.
We’d heard that some homeless shelters and clinics were making special efforts to help homeless folks get a handle on their health, and we wondered what exactly could be done. Our correspondent…
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By
AmyT on
November 21, 2012
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…
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By
AmyT on
November 11, 2012
Geez, we’re glad this doesn’t make the list of actual diabetes complications…
Kudos today to social media guru, funny man, and illustrator Mr. Mike Lawson, who knows we can all use a laugh amid the attempts to carb-count and dose perfectly every time (NOT!)
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