Privacy Please? Or not?
Yesterday’s post about flying and being in close proximity to strangers in airplane seats got me thinking about my own “Diabetes Privacy” – whether or not I divulge I have diabetes, and how much information I give someone if I do out myself. The amount of info we give as people with diabetes depends on [...]
All diabetes, all the time…
Since I’ve taken on this new role as a sales rep in the diabetes world, my life has literally become all diabetes, all the time. I work in the diabetes world, blog about it, volunteer to try and beat it, and pretty much live and breathe it all the time. But that doesn’t mean that [...]
Making an impact?
I’m at a bulk car dealership on a busy Saturday morning, and it’s needless to say that I don’t really want to be there. It’s swarmed with annoyed people and screaming children, and I just want to get in and out quickly. A smiling face with a blue polo shirt pops up, cheerfully offering his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Post the day before Tour…
Hey folks – its Friday, and in less than 24 hours, the Tour de Cure 2010 will be kicking off, and yours truly will be on site at 4:30am to make sure things are all set up for a successful event. Its been a whirlwind week – live news, board meetings, endless emails, and this [...]
Myabetic hits the D-Blogs!
I am SO excited to announce that my friends over at Myabetic had their products and story featured on THE gold standard of dia-blogs, SixUntilMe.com last Friday, and I am thrilled at the exposure this will bring their incredible brand. The founders, Kyrra and Lauren, completely understand the needs of a person with diabetes and [...]
Thanks for that, ‘betes…
Anyone with diabetes knows that you spend hours upon end thinking about your disease: counting carbs, dosing, crunching numbers, treating lows – there’s a lot of time dedicated to diabetes. But what surprises me is how having diabetes has directly affected where I spend my time. Both my job and extracurriculars are more often diabetes-related [...]
