Sunday Funnies: If Starbucks Did Diabetes

Fall weather is just about here and the pumpkin spice latte is a drink of choice for many Starbucks-lovers, including those of us with diabetes… Even if some are raising concerns about all that’s in the pumpkin spice latte, we might order i…

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Sunday Funnies: Dear Santa… Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all today!!What did you ask Santa for...?Thanks again to awesome CDE and erstwhile cartoonist Theresa Garnero for her contributions to the lighter side of diabetes!...
Persona Non Grata with Diabetes: the Book (With Giveaway!) One of the newest patient-written diabetes books on the scene brings a dimension we haven't seen before -- which can be summed up as voicing frustration about life with diabetes in literary journal form.The author is fellow type 1 Paul Cathcart in......
Mayo Transform & the Target Simplicity Challenge! Ten days ago I was in Rochester, MN, at the world-famous Mayo Clinic for two exciting activities: the future-thinking Mayo TRANSFORM conference, and the launch of new national healthcare crowdsourcing competition by... get this... Target! Yes, the......
Understanding Your Medical Mind (And Your Doctor’s) We like to think we're educated, empowered ePatients here at the 'Mine, doing everything we can to stay healthy... But what if we don't necessarily agree with a doctor's recommendation?As type 1 PWDs, Amy and I have both had to accept that we nee......
Yoga: Standing Warrior Series Today's practice is a standing warrior series. Some benefits of each pose in the series are: Standing at Attention/ Mt. Pose Benefits: can create a sense of grounding and centering. Can increase focus, improve balance and draw your awareness inward. Warrior II Benefits: can increase focus, strength, and presence. Can create an opportunity to track the fluctuations of the mind and a possibility to invite the breath to calm the mind. Extended Side Angle- Variation Benefits: energizing, strengthening, grounding, heart opener. Reverse Warrior Benefits: stretches sides of torso and arms, opens the hips, strengthening, opening. Click...