Sunday Funnies: Food Labels On Our Mind

New food labels are being considered, but how well will they address those of us with challenged pancreases?? Yeah, we’d love to see labelling like that, but will be happy to at least see some of the improvements proposed by FDA.Thanks to the ta…

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I’ve only been purging for about 2 weeks but the last few days I’ve noticed blood in my spit/vom when I purge. It’s not a lot and bright red but I… The blood is not what is abnormal, it is the purging behaviors. Our bodies are not meant to purge up the food we eat (unless it is a natural reaction to being sick or eating something that does not agree with our body). If you see blood while you are purging it may be a sign of a ruptured esophagus or other internal bleeding, especially since it is not bright red. The only advice I have for you is to stop purging and seeking professional help. If after two weeks you have purged enough to make yourself bleed, that is a...
World Diabetes Day: Five Years and Counting! According to the authorities, the annual World Diabetes Day celebration on November 14 got started way back in 1991. But of course nobody heard much about it until that history-making UN resolution was signed, recognizing the urgency of diabetes ......
NewsFlash: Medtronic Releases MySentry Remote CGM Monitor This morning, Medtronic Diabetes announced FDA approval and U.S. market launch of its long-awaited mySentry Remote Glucose Monitor, which allows a parent or caregiver to monitor from another room a patient's MiniMed Paradigm REAL-Time Revel System......
CONGRATS to Our 2014 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Scholarship Winners! Today we're proud to announce the winners of our 2014 Patient Voices Contest - an annual scholarship program in which we seek a group of activated patients to participate in our DiabetesMine Innovation Summit held each fall at Stanford University ......
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