A note from our veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois: Today’s post is Rated PG-13. Actually, the weekend edition of Ask D’Mine is always Rated PG-13, and I don’t think today’s post is any further across the…
With the summer well underway, there’s a lot of diabetes conference activity happening. So naturally, we have a bunch of great posts to highlight from the past month! Here, in no particular order, are some of our recent favorites from…
I’ve been putting off my visit to the endo’s office.
Not only because I don’t see the need to make any changes, but because I’ve been slacking off about keeping in touch with her and communicating about where I am…
All eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court, which just ruled today on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Everyone’s talking about this, and it’s apparently the most widely anticipated Court decision in memory, according to those in the…
June is Men’s Health Month, so as one of the ‘Mine’s men in the trenches, I’ve been asked to cover what’s unique about diabetes and men. You might be surprised to learn that it’s not all below the waistline (although…
Hello Dear Readers and Empowered Patients Everywhere,
Today we are pleased to announce the WINNERS of our 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, a campaign to identify 10 articulate patients who can represent the Diabetes Community in our ongoing push for…
Growing up as a CWD (child with diabetes), some of my favorite memories are of diabetes camp. Just like regular camp, we had swimming, arts & crafts, and singing around campfires. But we also had “checks & shots,” carb counts…
If you have a question about insulin pumping, all you need to do is pick up a copy of the fifth edition of Pumping Insulin, the encyclopedia of all things pumps by the legendary husband-and-wife team John Walsh and Ruth…
Good in theory, bad in practice… ?
We so totally would have gone with that last idea for bacon-flavored glucose tablets! Surely would have been a winner ’round here!
Thanks to guest cartoonist Terry Keelan, a member of…
Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil tackles two questions about insulin pumping, one about being “forced” into pumping…