Going Public with Diabetes
Yep. It’s the really bad kind. **SIGH**
The scene: one of my customer’s offices. Just me and the doc talking, one patient behind me in the waiting room. Me: Thanks doctor, I really appreciate your time. Take care. And also, just so you know, I also have diabetes and I’m happy to talk about it anytime. Doctor: Oh really? That’s good to [...]
How long?
Working in the diabetes industry, I talk about MY diabetes a lot. I’m sure most of you can tell that I’m very open about having diabetes – it tends to be one of the first things out of my mouth whether I’m meeting new friends or working. I went through a tough time as a [...]
Chyes. It’s good for dat.
I should never worry that I won’t have enough to blog about, because I never need to look any further than my gym for anecdotal, unintentional, borderline ridiculous diabetes humor. It’s truly remarkable how often hilariousness occurs in that joint. Case in point: my Saturday kickboxing class. I walked in to the gym on Saturday [...]
The Time is Now.
Wow. Friday. FINALLY. I know this is usually a good day for most of us, but for me, this is a particularly important Friday. Today culminates two weeks of pharmaceutical sales training and testing with my company to prepare me for moving into a sales representative role here in San Diego. And after two weeks [...]
Life Technology indeed.
I had the privilege of speaking at the annual Biocom dinner here in San Diego on Monday night. Biocom is regional life science association focusing on initiatives that positively affect the life science community of Southern California. Their annual dinner honors local health heroes as well as creates a chance for members to come together [...]
What the beep did you just say?
Ok. This post is for people without diabetes. We gotta talk about something: beeping and what beeping means for people with diabetes. Why do we need to address this? Because I recently heard the following statement: “Yeah this woman at my old office had diabetes and her pump was always beeping at her, I think [...]
Action packed, in fact.
I’m a member of the online medical dictionary Medpedia, which is like Wikipedia for medical shtuff. People post questions in different subgroups, including the diabetes group I’m part of. Although I gloss over many of the questions (such as “what is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes…yeah…I am going to skip that [...]
First impressions.
I walk in to my boxing gym last Thursday, swiping my card at check-in. “Who’s teaching the 6 o’clock kickboxing?” I ask at the front desk. “The new guy,” says the girl, nodding her head to the right. I look over at “the new guy.” He’s a 6’2” Hispanic man that looks built Ford-tough. His [...]
Efficient Alert?
Medic alert identification. Everyone with the ‘betes is supposed to wear or carry something that identifies their condition in the case that they are found unconscious. And if you type in a quick Google search for “medic alert,” you get about 1 kajillion page results for everything from stainless-steel dog tags to shiny, rhinestone-encrusted, bedazzled, [...]
Good timing ‘betes! But is that a cop-out?
Diabetes can be so inconvenient sometimes – the low that pops up the moment you run out of glucose tablets; needing to test while your on a ski lift -you know – those moments where you go “Really diabetes, REALLY? NOW?” It can be totally obnoxious. But on the flip side, how awesome is it [...]
