Sunday Funnies: Strange Days Indeed
We have our definition of what counts as “weird” in the D-world, no?
Thanks again to social media guru, funny man, and illustrator Mike Lawson, who’s all over the DOC these days!
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Ask D’Mine: Quick Carbs, and Can Accutane Cause Diabetes?
Hey everyone! Happy Saturday! Welcome once again to our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine, with your host Wil Dubois veteran type 1, author and clinical diabetes educator. Today Wil’s tackling sources of quick-acting carbs in case of lows, and whether a certain (acne!) medication is connected to causing diabetes. Great questions, all!
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Larry, type 3 from Virginia, writes: My type 1 daughter is 14 years…
One Australian Diabetes Advocate is Making Waves
Not so long ago, I would’ve cringed at the idea of getting together and hanging out socially with other people with diabetes (PWDs).
Seriously. Why would anyone want to wear diabetes on their sleeve or get together because of diabetes? Especially when you have to live with it every day.
But now, I crave these connections – the chance to meet up with friends, where diabetes may come up in conversation but it doesn’t have to……
Sunday Funnies: Beat the Heat
Diabetes: the all-season sport…
Thanks to our DOC friend & cartoonist Mike Durbin, who’s come a very long way in the 3 years he’s been living with type 2 diabetes himself. And with a recent power outage in his area in northern Indiana, he had to endure even more “adventure” in his routine of living with diabetes. Glad it all worked out, Mike!
If you’d like to submit your own artwork for consideration (and chance to…
Two Weeks Left of Sugar Babies Campaign!
Remember the story of filmmaker and D-Mom Jenny MacKenzie, who’s working on a documentary about life with diabetes called SUGAR BABIES?
Well, she has some updates about her project that features six families’ personal stories coping with different types of diabetes in America.
She and her team are now in the final stages of the filming process. There are just about two weeks left of a fundraising campaign that ends July 23, with the goal…