By
AmyT on
October 31, 2012
Happy Halloween, Everyone!
Today, we’re honored to be able to introduce you to a new guest cartoonist who will be drawing for us here at the ‘Mine. (Yes, there’s a Halloween tie-in; we’re getting to that.)
Jeannette Golubovic is a fellow PWD in Texas living with type 1.5 (or Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults, aka LADA). She works as an immigration attorney and blogs at EverythingImmigration, where she shares specialty legal news with clients from all…
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By
MikeH on
October 30, 2012
The topic for this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) blog carnival is a great one! It prompts us to directly address our healthcare providers (HCP) and certified diabetes educators (CDEs), telling them what we’d like THEM to learn from the Diabetes Online Community.
That’s a very important question, as we’re constantly thinking about how much we want our docs and educators to actually listen to us patients individually, rather than treating us all like…
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AmyT on
October 28, 2012
Lest you forget (haha), Halloween is in just a few days…
In case you need some last-minute costume ideas, we’re on it:
Thanks to our friend and guest cartoonist Meredith Gruebbel, a type 1 PWD who works as a graphic artist in Louisville, KY, and blogs at With a Side of Insulin. We sure know what you mean with that doorknob costume (unfortunately!) Pretty scary.
Stay tuned for some more fun costumes…
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By
WilD on
October 27, 2012
Welcome back to our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine! Your host is veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week’s query has him doing a little science experiment to answer a question about re-using test strips… Not quite the 2-liter volcano like we made back in grade school, but educational and fun all the same!
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Randy, type 1 from Arizona asks: Is there…
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