Entries from December 2007

December 23, 2007

The Face of Diabetes

James S. Hirsch has written an article published in the December issue of Diabetes Health called, “Insulin: How To Restore A Tarnished Miracle“. He talks about how when insulin was first discovered, it was considered a miracle cure. But now, Mr. Hirsh, author of, Cheating destiny, Living with Diabetes says that insulin is underused by both [...]

December 21, 2007

Poets&Writers

My ad is in the latest Poets&Writers! so exciting. Check out the issue and send in a story for Dreaming About Water.

December 21, 2007

Chronic illness and “the uncommon cold”

Today is 2 weeks with a cold. I’ve been searching/googling for information about auto-immune diseases and extended duration or resistance to the cold bug. (I should add that I am a “healthy” diabetic and have been for years) so why can’t I kick this cold? I caught it from my kids who picked it up at [...]

December 21, 2007

Patient Expert

I was watching Scott King and Miriam Tucker on the Diabetes Health video from the AADE conference and realized that like Ms. Tucker, I am a “Patient Expert.” I like the sound of that. I considered going to school and trying to become a diabetes educator after college, but lost my initiative along the way.
Now, in my struggle to get DAW published and [...]