CHOSEN for the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit at Stanford!
I’m just so excited! I was chosen to be one of the 10 scholarship recipients of the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit, held annually at the Stanford University School of Medicine this coming fall! I will be acting as a “delegate” for the d-patient community, expressing...
SNAP to a POD: How I Made the Switch
IMPORTANT: I first must say a BIG thank you to Insulet Corporation, makers of the Omnipod insulin pump system, for offering a FREE Omnipod PDM PLUS a FREE box of Omnipod pods, WITHOUT ANY TRADE-IN or CHARGE to our insurance. A great and kind gesture to those of us...
Bigfoot Biomedical Snaps Up Asante’s Snap Pump Technology
This is the best Snap news I’ve had in the past two weeks, since Asante Solutions closed their doors. While this doesn’t solve our short-term problem of choosing a new (and less technologically capable) insulin pump, it does my heart good to know that all...
D Blog Week: WILDCARD – I am The Technology Grim Reaper
After 39 years as a T1 (oooops, started as a patient with diabetes mellitus, then a diabetic, then a juvenile diabetic, then a Type 1 diabetic, then a PWD, then a Type None PWD), in 2004, I finally decided that I was ready to try the insulin pump. For me, it...
D Blog Week: Change! Putting Your Money Where Your Insulin Is?
Do you invest in companies that make/sell diabetes-related products or provide diabetes-related services? Yes, yes, I know. Of course, you spend your dollars on insulin, pumps, supplies, medications! You pay for medical insurance premiums and copays! You take many...
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