If We Have To Strip – Let’s Be Safe.

Earlier this summer Bennet author of YDMV  began a campaign to hold manufacturers of glucose test strips and meters accountable. The campaign StripSafely has reached far and wide. Last Wednesday there was a ‘Tweet In‘ members of the Diabetes Online Community and beyond sent thousands of tweets to members of congress and the FDA. (If you […]

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Not The One Where I Get Philosophical

I have a half-dozen drafts started regarding all kinds of crazy. Including the ‘green bracelet post’, one called ‘You Have my Sword’ regarding the DOC, and one about the theory of probability (where I get all philosophical). But this post is easy so I am posting now. Each year our family takes part in the […]

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Strip Safely

Avoid applying glitter to your nether regions.  Ok actually Strip Safely is not a joking matter. It is about holding Glucose Meter manufacturers and Test strip manufacturers accountable. People with diabetes and the parents of children with diabetes rely on glucose meters and test strips to collect blood droplets multiple times a day. The numbers […]

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Stand and Be Counted

Hi there. I’ve been a little laxidasical in my posting. Ces’t La Vie. No one pays me (if someone out there would like to pay me,  Ill be more than happy to tap my creative brain more frequently – honestly you can pay me in Starbucks Sumatra and we can kill two birds with one […]

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Let Them Take Insulin.

It’s a good thing only kids who have one or more parents with medical licenses get diabetes. Wait – what? News flash – most kids diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes do not have parents in the medical profession. Yet somehow we (parents of children diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes) learn (very quickly I might add) […]

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