When it comes to traveling by airplane, I follow all of the rules (if you don’t turn off your cell phone when it’s time to take off, I’m the one shooting you panicked looks, which is how my face remains for the duration of the flight). Until we’re up in the air, I leave my Dexcom receiver fully shut down…
Wednesday morning, leaving Logan Airport in Boston, en route to Montreal: TSA agent: “Excuse me. What is that?” Me: “An insulin pump.” Their mouth: “Okay.” Wipe it down, test my hands, pass the screening, no issues, carry on with my carry-on. My mouth: “Thanks!” Their mouth: “Safe travels!” Thursday morning, leaving Montreal and headed back to Boston: Security agent: “Bonjour. …
“My mom? She has brown hair and a red shirt,” said my daughter’s playgroup friend, climbing up the jungle gym. “My mom is over there. She has a pump in her butt,” my daughter pointed towards me and waved, causing me to quickly answer the look of surprise on the other parents’ faces with a brief, panicked explanation of the…
Before we settled on paper dolls for Diabetes Art Day, there was an unnatural exploration of cats and a finger painting app on the iPad (don’t read that sentence too fast or it will give you an unintended mental image). This is what happens when the snow keeps falling and it’s far too heavy and constant to shovel so you’re…
Hacking Diabetes.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Psychosocial Support, Pumping Insulin, Real Life Diabetes, Robot Life(Seems like that post title should end with “to bits!!” including a defiant shout and then the popping open of a can of Diet Pepsi. Or something less specific.) Last week I traveled to Melbourne, Victoria to present at the International Diabetes Federation World Congress. Long, Inception-esque flight. Excellent flight attendant.* My presentation was anchored in the “Living Well With…
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My email inbox is swollen with resources and links and stuff to share, so I’m plunking it all down here before I forget. Yes, that’s my system: I’ve been following Kelly Close’s experience on the artificial pancreas with great interest, and you can, too, by checking out her Twitter feed. The photos and video are amazing. There is so much…