It wasn’t easy, but after many email exchanges, document compilations, and meetings, the UMass Amherst chapter of the College Diabetes Network was officially established. I was elated!
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Stop telling me that it's just a joke and I'm overreacting. You didn't mean my illness. You meant the fat guy's illness. That's like telling a family fighting cancer that "It was a joke about cervical cancer, not childhood cancer."
Earlier this week, President Obama playfully skewered his Republican opponents calling them "cray" for dismissing the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change. He then joked: "If you go to 100 doctors, and 99 of them tell you you have diabetes, you wouldn't say, 'Ah, that's a conspiracy. All 99 doctors got together with Obama to keep me from having bacon and donuts.'"
Jill Weissberg-Benchell, a psychologist and CDE in Chicago is inviting people with T1D and their loved ones (partners, spouses, parents) to participate…
I don’t feel better or worse about having diabetes because, collectively, we’re making a lot of noise this month, and I don’t know if we’re getting through to anyone who doesn’t already know and care about diabetes. But the more I think about it, the more I begin to understand what these awareness months are really about.
Since like underwear, an insulin pump is constantly worn close to the body, Isherwood believes the way it looks, feels and is carried should reflect its intimate nature. "It's my belief that pump accessories should be more at home in an underwear drawer than a medicine cabinet," she says.
For Gina’s second transplant (two years after the failure of the first) researchers at City of Hope added a component of treatment called anti-thymoglobbulin induction, or ATG, which is designed to keep the body’s immune system from harming the new islet cells.
I love black cats, pumpkins, and kids in adorable costumes, but I hate Halloween. As the parent of a child with food allergies, it is truly a terrifying holiday. I know that some parents of children with diabetes feel the same way. Because... how do you keep your child safe when sugar and allergens are everywhere?
The organisation T1International is calling for insulin and other vital diabetes supplies? ?to be made available for everyone with diabetes as part of their World Diabetes Day campaign.
The #insulin4all? campaign is led by T1International? and ?a charity partnership group called? ?The Access Alliance?.
Everyone is better off with a mouthful of vampire teeth than a mouthful of sugar. To make Halloween shopping a little easier, we've put together a list for you of 8 perfect Halloween treats that aren't candy.