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Endo-Crastination (and Happy Birthday to Me)

By MikeH on February 1, 2013

One of classic rock artist Tom Petty’s great tunes is called “The Waiting,” and the chorus proclaims that “the waiting is the hardest part.”
Well, when it comes to diabetes doctors, Tom Petty got it wrong. That’s not the case. At least not for me.
No, the waiting to see my endo is actually the easy part. Scheduling and actually going to my appointments is the hardest part in my Diabetes World.
Case in point:…

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Cello Advocacy and the University of Catastrophe

By MikeH on January 24, 2013

We always love to discover people in the diabetes community who are doing (unusually) great things.
That’s why it was so exciting to learn about the work of fellow online D-Advocate Marie Smith, who blogs over at Joy Benchmarks. She was diagnosed with type 1 as an adult in July 2011, and just celebrated her first diaversary last summer!
Just about that time, Marie traveled to Indianapolis for a D-Meetup and I had the pleasure…

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