If you haven’t heard on twitter or facebook, I just started the P90x program this week.  The program is set for 90 days and man is it tough.  Any time a product appears in an infomercial, I get pretty skeptical.  I can just hear a good pitch guy saying, “for only $19.95, but wait that’s [...]

Diabetes Management Software Back in October I took the plunge and bought my first Apple computer, an iMac.  I am really enjoying it and only find a few things kind of annoying from using PCs for the last 20 years.  Most recently, I was reminded that Medtronic’s CareLink, web-based software, isn’t compatible with the Mac [...]

Back when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and off at college, my parents were kind enough to get my a medical id.  The id was an 18k gold medallion that hung from my necklace.  It was really nice and I wore it for a long, long time.  So today’s post is very straight [...]

Well over a year ago, I posted the reason that one needed to enter the code of their test strip container into the meter.  Following that post, I ran my own experiment where I coded my meter with the correct and incorrect code of the test strip container to see if an incorrect code would [...]

In a recent post I asked for suggestions on where to donate money for diabetes.  Now there are the few big charities that most people know about, but what else is out there?  Or, if I want my money to go to a foundation that supports research for a cure, what’s the best choice?  On [...]