How many Dr. Frankensteins does it take to screw in a lightbulb? August 2, 2010 Categories: Blood Sugar Control , News & Politics , Products , Science , Type 2 The diabetic information superhighway has been trafficked lately by news of GlaxoSmithKline’s...

Symlin, Part Two: But What About Me? July 19, 2010 Categories: Insulin & Pumps , News & Politics , Products , Science Where I Left Off In the last installment of my symlin saga , I had found that Symlin, Amlyn Pharmaceutical ’s synthetic...

Viral Grab-Bag: Please Stop Coughing July 16, 2010 Categories: Health , Personal I know what you’re thinking. Please, for the love of God, stop coughing. I know you’re thinking it because I’m thinking it too. And maybe the fact that...

Learning about Symlin, and Rejecting What I Learn July 12, 2010 Categories: Blood Sugar Control , Insulin & Pumps , Products , Science One of the biggest takeaways for me from the ADA Scientific Sessions was that I needed to learn about the magic...

I stop and think why is it me that has to get diabetes and not one of my brother's or someone elase. I always have to stop and think about what I am doing before I can go on with the next thing I need to that day. sometimes there will be days when...

An Appeal to Its Mercy July 9, 2010 Categories: Insulin & Pumps , Personal , Products I should have known. I should have known when I launched the Minimed Minilink Continuous Glucose Monitor’s javelin-sized sensor at my abdomen, and it stopped...

En Route to San Diego (Part 2) July 2, 2010 Categories: News & Politics , Personal , Products , Science , Travel Part 2 of my reflections on the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions and the Roche Social Media Conference. Read Part 1....

En Route to San Diego (Part 1) July 1, 2010 Categories: News & Politics , Products , Science , Travel Well, it was a whirlwind weekend indeed, and a fine introduction to the world of diabetes professionals and advocates. Though I have no prior year...

Can a Diabetic Smoke Marijuana? June 21, 2010 Categories: Blood Sugar Control , Diabetes Management , Health , News & Politics I love California. This November, Californians will have the opportunity to vote on a measure that would legalize marijuana...

Curing Ebola: Why I, a Diabetic, Care June 7, 2010 Categories: News & Politics , Science , Type 1 , Type 2 In the May 29 issue of The Lancet , a group of scientist announced that they cured ebola in six macaque monkeys. Child of the nineties that...

P.S. Tell Oatmeal I Say Hi June 4, 2010 Categories: Blood Sugar Control , Diabetes Management , Food & Nutrition , Personal Dear Banana, Don’t get me wrong. You’re really nice. And interesting! And you’ve always been super-sweet...

A Diabetes Amnesty Bucket: What Would You Throw Out? May 21, 2010 Categories: Blood Sugar Control , Personal , Type 1 , Type 2 On Tuesday, I had an appointment with my endocrinologist. This was the first appointment since I received the Continuous Glucose...

Oy, Ew, and Ow: A Visit to the Laboratory May 17, 2010 Categories: Diabetes Management , Health , Personal “Laboratory”– seeing that on a sign gives me the chills. The classic meaning– a science lab, with all sorts of fun equipment...

Is that one of those new exploding insulin pumps? May 14, 2010 Categories: Insulin & Pumps , News & Politics , Personal , Travel Traveling with diabetes is hard; routines change, food is often different or intermittently available, supplies become...

Diabetes Versus Public Nudity: I Win. May 7, 2010 Categories: Diabetes Management , Insulin & Pumps , Personal Last weekend, it was beautiful here in San Diego; sunny, 70, slight breeze… So, unable to resist the sunshine out by the pool, I...

My Body Is Not Spam: Retraining the Diabetic Immune System May 3, 2010 Categories: Personal , Science , Type 1 One of the conceptual problems I have with the state of Type 1 diabetes treatment is that, as with many complex and uncured diseases, all we...

Ten Things I Like About Diabetes April 30, 2010 Categories: Health , Inspirational , Personal , Science , Type 1 I complain about diabetes all the time, and lament the weight of that monkey on my shoulders. But let’s face it. It could be worse....

Diabetic Dreamin’ April 26, 2010 Categories: Diabetes Management , Personal Are you a diabetic in you dreams? Not your idyllic musics, of course, but your dreams while sleeping. I often have dreams about diabetes and being a diabetic– the...

Rejecting My Red Badges of Courage April 23, 2010 Categories: Insulin & Pumps , Personal , Products , Type 1 Chicks dig scars. But not on themselves. Or at least that’s my feeling– I’m self-conscious enough about my abdominal physique...

Of Mice, Men, and My Pancreas: A Closer Look at Beta-Cell Regeneration (Part 3) April 19, 2010 Categories: Science , Type 1 Part 2 of a 3 part series on the recent JDRF/University of Geneva study of α-to-β-cell conversion in mice. Read Part...

Of Mice, Men, and My Pancreas: A Closer Look at Beta-Cell Regeneration (Part 2) April 16, 2010 Categories: Science , Type 1 Part 2 of a 3 part series on the recent JDRF/University of Geneva study of α-to-β-cell conversion in mice. Read Part...

Of Mice, Men, and My Pancreas: A Closer Look at Beta-Cell Regeneration April 12, 2010 Categories: Science , Type 1 Part 1 of a 3 part series. Many of you may have read the very interesting news about β-cell regeneration that was reported by the JDRF...

Diabetes by Some Numbers April 5, 2010 Categories: Diabetes Management , Food & Nutrition , Health , Insulin & Pumps , Products This is where my mind wanders when you leave me on hold for too long. While I was on hold for the umpteenth time with...

Diabetes: An Analogy for the Unacquainted April 2, 2010 Categories: Diabetes Management , Health , Personal , Type 1 This is kind of what it’s like. She woke up one morning, made herself some scrambled eggs, and came to the conclusion that her lungs...

Notes from a Conversation with Dr. Aaron Kowalski March 29, 2010 Categories: Diabetes Management , Insulin & Pumps , Products , Science , Type 1 Last week, I had the happy opportunity to talk with Dr. Aaron Kowalski , head of the Juvenile Diabetes...