Archive for June, 2011
A Real Vacation…
OMG. It’s Thursday, which means that in just over 24 hours, I will officially be on vacation. This has been such a hectic month that I’m just stoked for the frickin plane ride so I can TURN OFF my Blackberry. I am counting the minutes until we head to the East Coast, and of course [...]
Stories we share.
I popped in to a regular customer’s office yesterday, and saw another pharmaceutical rep already waiting for the doctor. “Hi” I said. She smiled back weakly, barely looking up from her computer. “Hi.” “Mind if I wait too?” I asked her. “No,” she said, looking mildly perturbed. Or was it weariness that I read on [...]
2011 ADA Scientific Sessions - the In Crowd.
On Sunday, I had the great pleasure of volunteering at the American DiabetesAssociation’s 71st Annual Scientific Sessions at the San Diego Convention Center. The Sci Sessions, as it’s called, is THE annual international diabetes event where anyone who’s anyone in diabetes attends to learn the latest and greatest about our super-awesome disease. There are poster [...]
Home.
This past weekend, my boyfriend and I moved in to a new apartment together (yay!), and I just have to ask this question: why does moving make me low? And I mean low all…day…long. Yes, I get the obvious answer - you’re doing heavy lifting, trips up and down the stairs and getting the exercise equivalent [...]
Connected.
I have loved being part of the diabetes blogging community for many reasons, but by far and away the BEST thing about being part of the Diabetes Online Community (the D.O.C., in case ya don’t know) is the people that I have met through this experience. I have met, both online and in person, the [...]
A pain in the pod…and CGM.
I popped out of my front door bright and early yesterday morning to go running, my footie shoes strapped on, birds chirping, and myself, already one espresso deep. I live on a large hill which I have to descend to get down to the running paths by the beach, so I slowed my pace to be [...]
Powered up.
If you open up my glove compartment, you’ll find some of the usual fare - car manual, insurance, registration, extra shades, and….batteries. Yep. That’s right. I keep AAA batteries in my glove box because recently, the controller for my OmniPod insulin pump has been going dark on me. No warning, no “low battery,” nothing. I [...]
The Money Trail.
Being a dia-blogger and also working in the diabetes industry, I’m lucky to get included on a variety of press releases and announcements for all things diabetes. The other day, I received a press release announcing that Team Type 1, which is the global sports organization I blogged about on Friday, also has a Diabetes [...]
The (mostly) Good Days.
In the same weekend, I found myself both extolling the virtues of a “good diabetic,” and allowing myself to throw caution to the wind and indulge while being a very “bad diabetic.” Specifically, on Saturday night I delved right in to a beer-tasting flight of some heavy Belgian brews, which promptly destroyed my blood sugar, [...]
Pedal Power.
Happy Friday folks! It’s been one hell of a long week, so today I was in need of some inspiration. Luckily, I found it bright and early in my inbox via the press release below. A member of Team Type 1, which is a professional cycling team founded on the mission of wanting to ” instill hope [...]
