By
AmyT on
January 2, 2013
PATIENTS FOR A MOMENT (PFAM) is a new-ish a bi-weekly patient-centered blog carnival, founded in part by Leslie of Getting Closer to Myself. We are delighted to be hosting this month on Jan. 15 — in the hopes of getting the Diabetes Online Community integrally involved!
Check out a few sample PFAM editions here and here.
Each edition has a theme topic, so in honor of the kickoff of 2013, we’ve chosen the topic of…
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By
AmyT on
December 31, 2012
Today marks the end of another year, amazingly. Please read our 2012 Year in Review to get the ‘Mine’s perspective on the year now nearly behind us. Tomorrow, we step into a brand new year!
Before that happens, though, we are taking a look back at some of the great posts in the Diabetes Online Community this past month. As usual, there are so many… and we’ve done our best to highlight a handful that…
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By
MikeH on
December 10, 2012
We review a good number of books here at the ‘Mine, but it’s not often that I’ve found myself reviewing a book with chapters written by so many people I’m lucky enough to know!
That was what made reading My Sweet Life: Successful Men with Diabetes all the more surprising for me.
Before I opened the pages to start reading, I wasn’t expecting much more than an obligatory book review: a handful of fellow guys…
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By
MikeH on
November 29, 2012
The year is coming to a close, and it’s hard to believe we now only have one month left of 2012! Time flies when you’re having fun, and the many happy posts we found around the diabetes blogosphere show that’s what we’ve all been doing this past month!
Of course, November is the biggest D-Month of the year, in which diabetes awareness is on the world’s stage. With World Diabetes Day itself on Nov. 14…
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By
MikeH on
September 28, 2012
Another month has come and gone, and with that we are changing seasons. This final month of summer-turned-autumn was a busy one for our Diabetes Online Community, and it brought out some truly amazing — and also heartbreaking — posts. Below, in no particular order, is our initial “Fall Collection”:
D-Alert Dogs are fascinating, and the stories of those fellow PWDs who have them are always interesting to read. We’ve been following Tarra, whose blog, My Crazy …
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