Sunday Funnies: Living Large

Hey, once we figure out how to drive on through swinging blood sugars, anything seems possible… Thanks to the talented Jerry King, a regular contributor here at the ‘Mine and an accomplished worldwide cartoonist drawing more than 200 cartoon…

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Diabetes Art Day 2014: Vision Loss Doesn’t Stop This Painter! Hey Everyone -- we're marking another Diabetes Art Day today!This is actually the 5th year that our Diabetes Online Community has embraced this web-based initiative to "tell a story about life with diabetes" through creative visual expression. Dre......
A Love Letter to My Patients in Early Recovery from Anorexia You recently accused me of wanting you to be fat. Here's what I've been thinking. . . . Long after we part ways, I'll remember the sound of your voice, the tender and emotional moments we shared, those times we burst out laughing together. I'll have little memory of what you weighed.I have no investment in wanting you, according to your eating disorder, to be fat. What I care about is your brain, that it's nourished sufficiently for you to think clearly and be yourself again. I'd like to see you return to the you you were before this ugly...
I don’t know where I would be without the people I have met on my recovery journey I am a very lucky person. For most of my adult life I have had many friends around me. But for years I felt like the loneliest person in the world. It is only now, after having gone through years of treatment that I have realised that it was only myself that I had to blame for my loneliness. For the most part I found that my friends and family have been supportive to me in recovery and it was only my own fears and insecurities that was making me push them away.I told almost no-one about my problemsFor...
My Sweet Life: The Guys’ Book of Success with Diabetes (Giveaway!) We review a good number of books here at the 'Mine, but it's not often that I've found myself reviewing a book with chapters written by so many people I'm lucky enough to know!That was what made reading My Sweet Life: Successful Men with Diabetes ......
Trouble with Dexcom G4 Transmitters (?) Rarely do things actually go as planned when it comes to living with diabetes.Whether it's ordering test strips or pump supplies, searching for answers from our insurance companies, or just the daily hurdles of trying to finetune carb-counting and......