Sunday Funnies: Excuse Me, Ma’am…

All I can say is thank goodness Mary Poppins wasn’t my nanny. Who’d want to burst her bubble?!Thanks to Mr. Mike Lawson, our social media guru and funnyman, for adding another gem to our collection!

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Metal Jam: An Introspective on "Brittle" Diabetes A friend in the health business recommended this book. (Thank you, Matthew!) I googled it, and found it was written back in 1985 and fits this description:"A young Englishwoman grapples with a singularly unstable type of diabetes."Based on those ......
"e-Patients Live Longer": A DIY Guide to Health Technology Nancy Finn's motto is that "healthcare is not a spectator sport, it is a participatory sport." In her book, e-Patients Live Longer, The Complete Guide to Managing Health Care Using Technology, released late last year, she goes on to state:"(Patien......
The 411 on Growing Old with Diabetes People with diabetes are living longer and healthier lives than ever. The life expectancy for PWDs has dramatically increased through the years (yay!), but that doesn't mean that diabetes gets any easier. In fact, as the well-respected endocrinolo......
How can I get my adult 25 yr old child to agree to go for help or even an assessment? She was hospitalized at 12 for 5 months. I don’t know your relationship with your daughter, or how dire of a situation they are in, so I don’t know how applicable my advice will be. Or what you’ve tried already. But I think you need to talk to her like an adult. Try reasoning with her, make sure she has all the information on what that would entail. Make sure she knows the consequences of her disorder if she doesn’t get help. It’s hard trying to get people to go for help, and it’s hard to change the minds of disordered people, because it’s not always them that you’re...
Healthy Cooking in a High-Risk Profession In a high-risk profession for eating disorders, a dancer-turned cook teaches healthy cooking and eating....