By
AmyT on
January 31, 2013
Hard to believe we’re a month into 2013, already!
We’re pleased to continue with the monthly recap of fave D-blog posts from around the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) we started back in 2011. This year, we look forward to highlighting even more awesome posts that shouldn’t oughta be missed. As always, we’d love to hear from you re: any others you think are worth mentioning.
Here’s a sampling of what caught our eye in January 2013:…
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By
MikeH on
January 23, 2013
Nearly 20 years ago, it was the sleepiness and crackly, dry skin that first alerted me something was wrong. Not diabetes, as I’d already been living with type 1 for close to a decade at that time.
No, these symptoms were different.
I had a visibly enlarged gland on the side of my neck, so swollen that it would sometimes hurt when I tried to turn my head. The dry skin was coarse and almost…
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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
November 1, 2012
It’s officially National Diabetes Awareness Month as of today, Nov. 1 — so get out your blue and start celebrating/advocating!! We’re excited to kick off the month by hosting Best of the ‘Betes Blogs awards for the previous month, October. We were wowed to receive nearly 40 nominations!
But before we get to the awards, we wanted to mention a couple of serious items important to all members of our Diabetes Online Community:
We lost…
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By
AmyT on
October 26, 2012
We are proud to be hosting the monthly Best of the ‘Betes Blogs (BBB) for the month of October!
On Thursday, Nov. 1, we will be featuring the nominated posts in a variety of categories, showcasing what our Diabetes Online Community thinks were some of the best this month.
But we need your help!
Nominations will remain open through the end of day Monday, Oct. 29 to make sure we can include as many of…
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