Yesterday I took part in a tweetchat with Dr. Richard Bessar of ABC News. Joining the chat were representatives from the Centers for Disease Control, as well as many from major diabetes centers. The topic was whether type 2 is an at epidemic levels, and the general feeling was, Yes! A few stats that were passed around during the discussion: ....

The blogosphere was thrumming about whether the Food Network’s down-home Southern queen, Paula Deen, has Type 2 diabetes. Yes, by now you know she does. It doesn’t bother me that she kept it “close to my chest” as she announced on the Today Show to Al Roker. She said she didn’t want to talk about it until...

Hi Y’all, I’m from Texas, so that was genuine.  I’m not making fun of Paula Deen.  In fact, unlike practically everyone else in America right now, I’m giving Paula a big thumb’s up.  I think she deserves it for coming out with her type 2 diabetes diagnosis.  Yes, I know Paula’s coming out story...

Today was my first ever (yes, it’s true) JDRF walk, and my second ever Taking Control of Your Diabetes conference. Both on the same remarkably rainy day! To be honest, I am exhausted– so rather than talk, I’ll just show you some pictures:   It was a very wet day for the JDRF walk in Balboa Park, especially given...

Thanks for the great feedback on my last post about how to cope with diabtetes during surgery. I’m glad it was useful — I, too, hadn’t realized just how much I’d need to do ahead of time.  But now I’m three weeks out, and thought it might be a good time to answer a question posed by a commenter on my last...

It seemed like such an elegant solution at the time; activate the transcription of a glucose transporter in an insulin independent fashion. The goal of current diabetic treatments is to lower blood glucose levels to a point where the glucose no-longer damages other tissues. Insulin moves glucose out of the blood by increasing the presence...

Here’s a question I’ve always wondered about: what are people with diabetes supposed to do if they have to have surgery? Not only does the trauma of having someone cut into your body seem like it would send your blood sugar sky high, but what are you actually supposed to do in the operating room? How should you prepare? What...

We have fought with the enemy for as long as we can remember – millennia or perhaps eons. The war is as old as we are; older in fact. But, it does not define us. Indeed we do not think much of it. It has become a trifling thing, an autonomic thing. Nowadays, we invite the enemy into our home. We walk among them even as the war rages...

With August on the run, I can’t help but think how every September seems like a new year, even if my going to school days are behind me. To honor this feeling, I’m off to buy a fresh log book for my diabetes readings, where I will try (emphasize, try) to keep track of my sugars and what I’ve consumed. I’ve fooled...

As I was formulating a post about my tattoo, and how diabetes figured into my decision to get one several years ago, it occurred to me that the diabetes/tattoo story is bigger than my personal experience. There are other people out there with diabetes and tattoos (and some of the tattoo images are even diabetes-themed). So, if you have...