Here we are in Day Four of Diabetes Blog Week, and today’s topic is all about the accomplishments we’ve had both big and small.
Today’s writing prompt, from campaign creator Karen Graffeo:
We don’t always realize it, but each one of us has come a long way since diabetes first came into our life. It doesn’t matter if it’s been 5 weeks, 5 years or 50 years, you’ve done something outstanding diabetes-wise. So today let’s…
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MikeH on
April 26, 2013
About a dozen diabetes bloggers and advocates will be gathering in Indianapolis early next week for the second annual Lilly Diabetes Summit.
The ‘Mine will be there participating — actually, I will, since the Lilly HQ is right up the road about 10 miles from my house, so no need for fancy travel arrangements.
Everyone arrives Sunday April 28, and we’ll have a meetup over dinner that night, before the “official business” portion of the…
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Although many people with diabetes tend to think just in terms of our own community, PWDs are actually part of a much larger community of folks with chronic illnesses; we are residents of the “Kingdom of the Sick,” a term coined by cancer patient and writer Susan Sontag. That’s also the title of a new book being released tomorrow, In the Kingdom of the Sick, written by Bostonian and college science writing professor Laurie Edwards.…
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MikeH on
April 1, 2013
Did you know the DiabetesMine team were secret artists, painting masterpieces with our lancets in our garage studios by night?
Yeah… April Fool’s! Actually we’ve got, well… close to zilch artistic ability.
But our new friend Cathy Leamy in the Boston area is one of those people who REALLY has talent, and is using her comic-creating capabilities to raise awareness on important healthcare topics.
Cathy tells us she’s been doing comics and cartoons for most…
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AmyT on
March 27, 2013
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…
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