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The Donut Problem

Everyone knows donuts are not good for diabetes. But I’m not talking about Entenmann’s, or even Krispy Kreme (the only donut known to tempt me — when they’re hot out of the frier, they can be geniunely delicious). I’m talking about a pump donut — the inflamed, liquid-filled lifesaver of...

All I Want for Christmas is a New Pancreas – Guest Post

Earlier this week, the lovely Kerri Sparling over at SixUntilMe put up a guest post I wrote about holiday food. Now, with her permission, I’m reposting it here. Enjoy! December is scattered with diabetic land mines, and things only get worse on holidays themselves. In my case, that’s Christmas, an...

Review: 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life — And The 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It, by Riva Greenberg

...in our food as high fructose corn syrup, a cheap sweetener, that messes with our metabolism. We’d have to make healthy foods equal in price to junk and fast food. Restaurants now typically serve portions double the size of what we should eat, so people are eating twice what they...

Frequent Flier Miles For Your Pancreas

As befits its subject, I’m writing this post from a plane — a company was giving out free coupons for in-flight wireless internet, so I’m spending my flight home to New York engaging in everyone’s in-flight entertainment of choice: reading up on diabetes news. (The in-flight movie is Four Christmases...

Diabetes Makes a Great Holiday Gift

Okay, not literally. But if you’re looking for a creative way to show your support, consider making a donation to Zip the Cure, an effort organized by a 15-year-old young woman with Type 1 named Monica Oxenreiter. Monica lives in Pittsburgh and has had Type 1 since she was 13...

Quick Correction

It is now ten hours later and I have two corrections to today’s earlier post. First, I need to apologize to the pomelo I ate this morning for blaming it for the off taste of my cottage cheese. I tasted the cottage cheese again after drinking some tea and, guess...

Sixty Bucks Gone, At The Press Of a Button

I am on deadline for another story but must write a quick post about my thumb. Because, simply put, it just fucked up. I was putting together a somewhat nasty breakfast of cottage cheese and pomelo (nasty because pomelo — which is a sweeter version of a grapefruit and is...

Dorking Out, Diabetes-style

I’m about to head into San Francisco to have coffee with Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine (she lives nearby in the Bay Area) — and I have to admit: I’m very excited. We’ve never met, but — and I recognize I’m sounding like a 7th grade girl here — I just...

Diabetes Apps, COBRA, Diabetic Ear Buds and More!

...during a staff-reduction effort. I have been unable to find work since. I continued my insurance coverage under COBRA, paying the entire $579 monthly premium. Aetna has notified me that when my COBRA eligibility expires, it will not insure me for any price. Why not? The company didn’t say, but...

What A Diabetic Sees When She Sees Circles

...left forearm). So in response to the topic Catherine Price brought up earlier this week, How To Know When Diabetes Is Taking Over Your Life, I offer this reply: when you begin to see your diabetes in works of fine art. And speaking of testing… this morning I have a...