Category Archives: diabetes products

Less technology less likely

Posted on April 8, 2019 by janekdickinson

Did you see the LinkedIn article titled, Is the Smartphone Era Ending? Just reading that headline made me think of diabetes technology and chuckle. I’d heard not too long ago that people are worried about the negative effects of screen time … Continue reading →

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A gift for people with diabetes and others

Posted on November 21, 2018 by janekdickinson

I want to let everyone know about a wonderful resource. The diaTribe Foundation puts out a newsletter with the tagline, Making Sense of Diabetes.  Their mission is to help individuals better understand their diabetes and to make our readers happier and healthier. … Continue reading →

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Labor Day and Diabetes

Posted on September 3, 2018 by janekdickinson

Labor Day honors the laborers who built the backbone of our country. We are incredibly grateful to the people who built our roads, bridges, railroads, buildings; the miners, and all the factory workers; the tradespeople, and everyone else I’m forgetting. … Continue reading →

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mySugr and me

Posted on August 13, 2018 by janekdickinson

This post, mySugr and me, was sponsored by mySugr.  I tried something new over the past few weeks! Yay me, because I tend to get stuck in my diabetes ruts.  This time I tried an app for glucose monitoring. The app … Continue reading →

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Trying something new

Posted on June 21, 2018 by janekdickinson

Well, I finally did it. I started using CGM (continuous glucose monitoring). While this technology became an option in 1999, I have been known to say “Call me when it’s perfect” for the last couple decades. I just wasn’t interested … Continue reading →

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Tools for Diabetes Management

Posted on September 26, 2016 by janekdickinson

I know it’s true for me, and I’ve noticed it in others…those of us with diabetes can get stuck in a rut. We like what we like. I once read “I would die without my pump” and I thought, “That’s … Continue reading →

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Another Diabetes Innovation Opportunity

Posted on September 21, 2015 by janekdickinson

You have yet another chance to share your ideas for diabetes innovation. Check out the DiabetesMine Usability Innovation Awards. You can nominate an innovation (not drug) that has helped make managing diabetes easier/more successful for you – wouldn’t you love … Continue reading →

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Going to the Summit

Posted on July 1, 2015 by janekdickinson

Guess what? I was chosen to attend the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit in November! I entered the Patient Voices Contest in March and was selected. I think this is the third time I’ve won something in my life after tickets to … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Innovation Opportunity

Posted on March 31, 2015 by janekdickinson

Check this out! DiabetesMine is hosting their 2015 Patient Voices Contest. You could be the lucky winner of a scholarship to attend the Diabetes Innovations Summit at Stanford University in November. What a fabulous opportunity – why not give it … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Alert Day

Posted on March 24, 2015 by janekdickinson

Today is Diabetes Alert Day. But any day is a good day to lower your risk for diabetes (if you don’t already have it) and to take good care of your diabetes (if you do have it). The American Diabetes … Continue reading →

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