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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By
MikeH on
September 28, 2012
Like most in the Diabetes Community, we carry around a lot of baggage, not only emotionally but physically — with all the supplies we need to have with us at all times. And so the we love the Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) Blog Carnival topic this month: all about your diabetes bag or gear!
We were asked to post photos of what we schlep, and expand on the picture(s) by answering any or all of…
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By
MikeH on
September 27, 2012
Welcome to the latest in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June.
This time, we’re chatting with Tom Ley, who has a unique story in that he’s not only been living with type 1 diabetes for most of his life, but has also been blind for much of his life too. Despite his inability to see, Tom’s visionary thinking on D-innovation has the…
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By
AmyT on
September 25, 2012
I hate to be Debbie Downer here, but despite our community’s best efforts, it seems doubtful that Google will ever consent to run a diabetes-related Doodle on World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14.
WTF? You may ask… But diabetes affects millions of Americans! By some estimates, diabetes will hit HALF OF AMERICA by 2020 and is costing the country more than $174 billion per year!!
How could Google possibly ignore such a pressing and widespread topic?!…
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In theory, diagnosing diabetes should be fairly simple. Have a fasting blood sugar over 127 mg/dL? Congratulations, you’re probably in the D-Club. Have a blood sugar reading over 200 mg/dL any time? Congratulations, you’re definitely a club member.
But not so fast! Just because you’ve been inducted into the club that no one voluntarily joins, that doesn’t mean the path forward is clear. Things just aren’t the same — or as easy to recognize — as…
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