Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week! The assignment for today is to talk about one thing we could improve on in our diabetes management. I didn’t have to think much, if at all, about what that thing would be for me. Carb counting. Or maybe I should say accurate carb counting.
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Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week! Today’s assignment is called “One Great Thing” – what is just one diabetes thing I do spectacularly?
Most of the time, activity is easy for me. I love playing basketball, and most weeks I’m able to play four or five days [...]
Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week! Today’s assignment is called “Find a Friend”, and we are to introduce you to a blog I’m reading that you may not already know about.
With that in mind, I’d like to introduce you to Drew [...]
Not too long ago I posted about running into my childhood endo at a local event.
He has been working hard to get Camp Sweet Life up and running, and I wanted to give it a quick plug before summer starts flying away [...]
Today’s smile is brought to you by Ginger Vieira and Mike Lawson.
Brenda Novak is a world famous NY Times (& USA Today) Bestselling author with a ton of accolades to her name. But if you were to ask her, she’d say she’s just a mom with a passion to help find a cure for her son.
I had the opportunity to chat [...]
Continue Reading →Presented on April 23, 2012 at the International Diabetes Center Symposium for Advanced Diabetes Educators.
Using Social Media: A Patient Perspective
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Continue Reading →This PSA resonated with me, so I wanted to help spread the word.
It’s all about being an empowered patient and asking questions, and having a discussion with your doctor about your health. It’s from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a government agency with a mission [...]
Continue Reading →I recently had a dream that I was attending the ‘Design of Medical Devices‘ conference at the University of Minnesota. I had no idea such a thing existed until somebody signed me up to their mailing list. I was hoping for a free invitation, [...]
Continue Reading →Medtronic Diabetes hosted the second ‘Medtronic Diabetes Advocates Forum’ at their headquarters in Northridge, CA last week. Myself and nearly thirty others involved in diabetes social media spent about a day and a half visiting with some of the brightest minds at Medtronic.
I am always encouraged by the caliber of people that [...]
Continue Reading →Scott K. Johnson
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in April of 1980, I recognize the incredible mental struggle of living with diabetes.
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Favorite Quotes
“Imagine having to pump your own heart because it didn’t do it by itself. And when you want to sleep you have to pump it slower. For exercise you would have to speed it up. You would have to know the rate of pumping for every activity. Do you think you could do it? Do you think it would be easy?”
— George Simmons, Facebook
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I am not a medical professional. Nothing on this site should be construed as medical advice. Your diabetes may vary. Contact your health care provider for specific questions.
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