needle phobia

A Type 2 on Insulin Speaks Out

By AmyT on February 16, 2012

Kathleen Weaver might be considered the godmother of diabetes bloggers. After all, she started blogging about her experiences back in the dawn of time (about 2003), when the word “blog” brought nothing to mind but a spill of some sort for most folks.  For her day job, Kathleen’s an accomplished high school computer science teacher in Dallas, TX.  We’re delighted to host Kathleen today, as she provides a little window into her “other” life as…

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Pain Relievers – Meet the Buzzy

By AmyT on August 10, 2011

As we noted last week, one particularly fun thing about about attending the AADE’s Annual Meeting is the plethora of consumer and patient-facing products on display. This year, we saw three interesting things aimed at alleviating the pain of shots and finger pricks — a very minor concern for doctors, probably, but potentially HUGE for those of us who hate needles (which I’m assuming includes all of us!)
Meet Buzzy4Shots
This thing caught our attention…

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