[I have a working relationship with Animas. My disclosures are here; please read them.] During the middle of one of our discussion sessions, Daniela D’Onofrio let fly a statement that defined the whole blogger summit for me: “Care what the community thinks, not what the community buys.” Last week, the European Animas team brought a group of diabetes advocates together…
Last week, I was in Sweden for work, for the fourth annual blogger summit that Animas hosts during the EASD conference. (Here’s a look at the first summit, and the second one, and last year. And here’s a look at my disclosures, as my work with Animas is what brings me to these different places.) I’m in the process of…
Skipping gluten was once classified as a preference, but the last few weeks have shown me – beyond a shadow of a doubt – that gluten is not “guten” for my gut. It feels good, figuring out what was causing so much chaos, and I feel more human, and much healthier. So all that “oooh, so healthy!!” stuff aside, going…
Global Connections in the DOC.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes VideosIn October, I was in Barcelona for the 2nd European Blogger Summit put on by Animas and had the opportunity to brainstorm with several diabetes bloggers from across the pond. (And some from waaaay across the other pond there on the far left … I’m talking to you, Australia.) This video is a compilation of some of the things we…
Views from Barcelona: Parc Guell Discreet dragon from the Gothic Quarter Barcelona Cathedral Rambla del Mar But one question remains unanswered … … when did pizza become a secret? (Unless they’ve figured out the magical bolus required for pizza. In which case, don’t keep that a secret! Share that shit.) You might also like: Looking Back: Pizza (A Christmas Poem)…
I’m not a fan of traveling by air (major understatement) and my flight-related anxiety has ebbed and flowed over the last few years. Actually, it’s been way more flow than ebb, because traveling by plane has a direct and predictable influence on my blood sugars, in that the anxiety of air travel causes my blood sugar to rise with the…