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PATIENTS FOR A MOMENT (PFAM) is a new-ish a bi-weekly patient-centered blog carnival, founded in part by Leslie of Getting Closer to Myself. We are delighted to be hosting this month on Jan. 15 — in the hopes of getting the Diabetes Online Commu…

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Small But Mighty: D-Mom Creates Medical IDs Kids Like to Wear When you live day-in and day-out with diabetes, you often find clever, MacGyver-like workarounds to everyday problems -- like using toupee glue to keep a CGM sensor stuck on your arm. Or using a pump reservoir as an insulin source to siphon the st......
Great American Smoke-Out: A Ninjabetic’s Story Today is the 36th Annual Great American Smokeout, an awareness day from the American Cancer Association encouraging people to quit smoking or make a plan to quit. Although smoking is often associated with lung cancer, it's also really bad news for......
New Academy for Certified Diabetes Educators Butts Up Against AADE Ever wonder how the D-educators get educated themselves? We often do. Now we've learned that there's a new non-profit organization on the block aimed specifically at serving those diabetes educators who already have the "certified" tag behind the......
Secret Teacher: why can’t I tell pupils about my eating disorder? I see students limiting their lunches and worrying about their weight. I want to tell then I’ve survived the bully in my head but I’m worried it’ll mark me out as vulnerableMore from the Secret TeacherI can still remember a time when I wasn’t obsessed with every single thing I ate. I would tuck into pizza without feeling guilty, or go out for dinner with my boyfriend and eat what I fancied – not what had the lowest calories.At university my issues with food became an obsession. Surrounded by girls I thought were thinner, prettier and cleverer than me, I...
Spring Weight Loss Challenge Spring Weight Loss Challenge Many women are in the midst of creating a spring weight loss challenge as the seasons change. Me too. Before you jump back to Weight Watchers or try a new cleanse or detox, I really want to share this with you. This perspective may go a long way getting you towards your goals. This is a big deal. First, think about the weight that you are carrying. What if you thought about this weight as representing relationships, losses, grudges, resentments, disappointments or anything from the past that you were carrying. Whatever you’re still holding onto. Whatever...