Category Archives: Shout outs

Wordless Wednesday: A gift from new friends

 A cool sticker I received from my new friends over at the Young Adult Heart Foundation. Thanks guys!

Posted in Heart, Inspiration, Photos, Shout outs, Wordless Wednesday | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday: Sugar Free Journey

Posted in Diabetes, Photos, Shout outs, Wordless Wednesday | 3 Comments

The T2D Summit

On Wednesday, June 19th, I had the opportunity to attend the very first diabetes blogger summit to be hosted by Valeritas at their  Manufacturing, Research and Development facility in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.  Valeritas is the manufacturer of the V-GO , an insulin … Continue reading

Posted in D-Meetups, Diabetes, Inspiration, Lessons Learned, Photos, Shout outs, Travel | 1 Comment

Review: Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal

Well, I finally completed my reading of the new book Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad by Scott Benner, and now it’s my turn to share some thoughts about it. Simply put, I loved it. … Continue reading

Posted in Humor, Inspiration, Lessons Learned, Life, Reviews, Shout outs | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday: Just finished reading

Posted in Diabetes, Lessons Learned, Photos, Shout outs, Wordless Wednesday | 2 Comments

Bob said it best

My good friend, Bob Pedersen, shared a blog post last night about the impact that all of the talk about changing the names of the types of diabetes has had on him. As a type 2 myself, this issue has … Continue reading

Posted in Diabetes, Inspiration, Lessons Learned, Life, Shout outs | Leave a comment

Review: Diabetes Do’s & How-To’s

So, I’ve just finished reading Riva Greenberg’s new book, Diabetes Do’s & How-To’s, and I would definitely recommend it to those who are newly diagnosed with diabetes, as well as to those who have lived with diabetes for a while … Continue reading

Posted in Diabetes, Inspiration, Reviews, Shout outs | Leave a comment

Review: Emotional Eating with Diabetes

When I think about a book on diabetes and emotional eating, I think of something like a college textbook filled with hundreds of pages of psychological mumbo-jumbo and medical terms that I would need a PhD in order to understand. … Continue reading

Posted in Diabetes, Inspiration, Life, Photos, Reviews, Shout outs | 1 Comment

Spare a Rose, Save a Child

Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching and we, the Diabetes Online Community, have an opportunity to use this occasion to help the International Diabetes Federation’s Life for a Child program. The idea behind “Spare a Rose, Save a Child” is simple. … Continue reading

Posted in Announcements, Diabetes, Inspiration, Life, Photos, Shout outs | 3 Comments

Getting to know Matthew Deets

Through my interactions with the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) on Twitter and other social media outlets over the last 3 years and 11 months, I’ve had the privilege of meeting some really amazing people. One such person is my good … Continue reading

Posted in Diabetes, Diabetes Awareness Month, Inspiration, Interviews, Lessons Learned, Life, Photos, Shout outs | 6 Comments