The January DSMA Blog Carnival asked this question: What is the one thing you are looking forward to in 2012? (diabetes related) I am really looking forward to the notion of “Better” as Chuck Eichten would say in his book.  There are a few different areas that I’m going to be focusing on in the [...]

A week or so ago Brendon, from the A1c53 Podcast and site interviewed me.  I really enjoyed being on his show and he asked some great questions about things I’ve never discussed on my podcast or website. Here are some of the topics we covered as Brendon points out on A1c53:` On top of his [...]

The Diabetes Comfort Food Cookbook: Foods to Fill You Up, Not Out, published by the American Diabetes Association So the folks at the publishing house for Robyn’s book provided my a copy of this cookbook to try out probably because of my mad skills in the kitchen.  Yeah, that’s it.  It probably has more to [...]

Back in February of 2011, I put together one of the most popular articles included in the newsletter that is titled: Superfoods Revealed My wife was flipping through the latest Take Charge publication for November and pointed out an article listing 10 (really 9) Superfoods.  Here is a list of what is in the magazine: [...]

I’ve said it many times before on either the podcast or blog, that if I have to manually log each blood sugar test I do, I won’t do it.  It’s 2011 and the thought of having to do these entries is so 90′s.  Enter, Glooko a technology startup with experts leading the company that have [...]

3 years ago today I posted the first blog post on Blogging Diabetes.  A few hundred posts, many comments and now hours worth of podcasts later – I’m having a blast!  I love helping others.  I love learning more about diabetes and enjoy sharing all my successes and failures with you along the way. Here’s [...]

This is super cool and I’m excited to participate in Lee Ann’s postcard exchange for this year’s World Diabetes Day.   Below is the rules for the exchange and a little bit about why Lee Ann wanted to start this for WDD.  I find it really nastalgic to think back to grade school (WAY BACK) before [...]

You may recall that back in March 2011, there was a huge recall on IV Prep pads that many people with diabetes used to prep an infusion site location.  Since that recall there was a substitute that my supplier recommend that was just OK.  The Skin Prep pads were just too thin on the liquid [...]

Diabetic Skillet I have been happily using the Diabetic Skillet website for some time now, not solely because the recipes are geared towards diabetics, but because they are healthy and good.  It’s just a plus that many of the dishes maximize vegetables instead of simple carbs.  The founder, Chris Louie, also started Simple Skillet, a [...]

Ten years ago today, I was a newbie with diabetes having type 1 diabetes for just 3 short years and years away from the insulin pump I have today.  Fast forward to today, I’m not where I hoped to be with diabetes if you asked me back then.  I will get there.  I’m constantly thinking [...]