When my now adult daughter turned six: BAM. There it was, type 1 diabetes, something that would demand a lifetime of constant medical intervention,…
Category: Diabetes Advocacy
As editor of ASweetLife, the Diabetes Magazine, one of my jobs is to block the barrage of comments we receive from people claiming to have cured their…
Diabetes is the great DIY disease. More than most other chronic conditions, people with diabetes spend a lot of time testing, adjusting, and counting…
A non-profit organization called the Critical Path Institute is spearheading a new initiative called the Type 1 Diabetes Consortium (T1D Consortium)…
Of all the photos taken over 20 years of my daughter Lauren’s diabetes life, the one that haunts me is the one in which she – and we – had no idea Type 1…
Through their Type 1 Diabetes Access Charter T1International is calling for insulin and other vital diabetes supplies to be made available…
DOColors is a place to voice concerns and fears. We bring together people from all over the world and support each other as we struggle with diabetes, an unforgiving disease.
When you live with diabetes for a given amount of time, your mind is always on the lookout for those secret clues – the signals from other people that remind you you’re not alone in the world. Even when you don’t realize it.
If you’re familiar with me or my blog, then you probably know about my history with the the non-profit organization College Diabetes Network (CDN). I went from attending meetings as a member, to leading them as chapter president, and now I participate as much as possible as an alum.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Life for a Child Program has expanded into the U.S. to launch IDF Life for a Child (USA) Inc. (LFAC),…