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DSMA February — Beating Depression
This hasn’t exactly been the coldest, darkest winter on record, but neverthless, it can be a difficult time of year to stay upbeat — especially when your blood sugar levels seem to be unresponsive to all your daily efforts. Ugh. This month, the DSMA (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy) Blog Carnival is focusing on Diabetes in the Winter:
What can we do to help stop depression from hitting our community during the winter months?
I’m not sure that Allison and I have any concrete answers, but we are glad to share our personal perspectives on the subject:
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Amy’s Take -
We all deal with depression and frustration differently. I love this month’s DSMA topic, because it forced me to step outside myself to attempt to examine my own coping mechanisms.
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A Type 2 on Insulin Speaks Out
Kathleen Weaver might be considered the godmother of diabetes bloggers. After all, she started blogging about her experiences back in the dawn of time (about 2003), when the word “blog” brought nothing to mind but a spill of some sort for most folks. Â For her day job, Kathleen’s an accomplished high school computer science teacher in Dallas, TX. Â We’re delighted to host Kathleen today, as she provides a little window into her “other” life as…
Permalink | Comments (6)Bydureon: Changing the Paradigm for Type 2 Diabetes?
The biggest thing in diabetes headlines of late is Bydureon, the first and only once-a-week drug to help type 2 diabetics keep their sugars in check, which is newly approved by the FDA. Amylin’s stock price is up, and the pharma blogosphere is all abuzz. But if you’re like us, you may be wondering what the really big deal is. New type 2 drugs come out all the time, don’t they?
Well, for one thing,…
Diabetes Partner Follies: An Activist + Valentine
Happy Valentine’s Day! There is nothing quite like the support of a partner in dealing with diabetes, and we’re even more in awe when we see partners “getting their hands dirty” with work in diabetes advocacy. Such is the case with Chris Barnes, husband to Brandy Barnes, the founder of the DiabetesSisters.org community. Brandy has hosted several national conferences for women with diabetes (we attended their Spring conference last year), and Chris has been a…
Permalink | Comments (5)Talking with FDA’s Artificial Pancreas Director (Tip: He Also Has Type 1 Diabetes)
Charles a.k.a. “Chip” Zimliki is a biologist who works at FDA. He’s an important person for all PWDs to know about in that he has a key role in developing the technology that will one day become a functioning Artificial Pancreas. Chip came to FDA as a grad student on fellowship doing pancreatic beta cell research for diabetes, which was always “near and dear to my heart,” he says, as a long-time type 1 diabetic…
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