Category Archives: about diabetes

Another Diabetes Innovation Opportunity

Posted on September 21, 2015 by janekdickinson

You have yet another chance to share your ideas for diabetes innovation. Check out the DiabetesMine Usability Innovation Awards. You can nominate an innovation (not drug) that has helped make managing diabetes easier/more successful for you – wouldn’t you love … Continue reading →

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Reinvent your (diabetes) life

Posted on August 18, 2015 by janekdickinson

Change is difficult. Not changing is fatal. Are you willing to try something new? Are you willing to fail in the process? Diabetes is no different from any other aspect of life when it comes to trying and failing. (In … Continue reading →

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Diabetes, Mammograms, and Vaccines

Posted on August 11, 2015 by janekdickinson

Supposedly women with diabetes are less likely to have a mammograms, and people with diabetes are not “adherent” with vaccines. I have to say that I am not surprised! Managing diabetes is a lot of work – so much to … Continue reading →

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Going to the Summit

Posted on July 1, 2015 by janekdickinson

Guess what? I was chosen to attend the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit in November! I entered the Patient Voices Contest in March and was selected. I think this is the third time I’ve won something in my life after tickets to … Continue reading →

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40 years of diabetes

Posted on June 23, 2015 by janekdickinson

So it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. But it’s also been a while that I’ve had diabetes!! In fact, Saturday, June 20th, marked 40 years since I was diagnosed and hospitalized. Last year my dad gave me a file … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Innovation Opportunity

Posted on March 31, 2015 by janekdickinson

Check this out! DiabetesMine is hosting their 2015 Patient Voices Contest. You could be the lucky winner of a scholarship to attend the Diabetes Innovations Summit at Stanford University in November. What a fabulous opportunity – why not give it … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Alert Day

Posted on March 24, 2015 by janekdickinson

Today is Diabetes Alert Day. But any day is a good day to lower your risk for diabetes (if you don’t already have it) and to take good care of your diabetes (if you do have it). The American Diabetes … Continue reading →

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High Fat Low Glucose

Posted on March 17, 2015 by janekdickinson

Lately I’ve talked to and read about people who’ve eaten fast food and then experienced low blood glucose. This can be confusing and/or frustrating, but it actually makes sense. Fat takes longer to break down in our bodies and doesn’t turn into … Continue reading →

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Low Blood Glucose

Posted on March 10, 2015 by janekdickinson

Has this ever happened to you? You feel symptoms of a low blood glucose (hypoglycemia), you check, and it’s actually not low? This can happen if you are nervous/excited and are experiencing the affects of adrenaline, which can be the … Continue reading →

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Needle Length for Insulin Injection

Posted on March 3, 2015 by janekdickinson

Once upon a time we only had long insulin needles. Of course they weren’t called long; they were simply called needles. But over the past several years the needles for injecting insulin (by syringe or pen) have gotten shorter and … Continue reading →

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