From March 5-8, I attended the Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes conference in Florence Italy as a member of the press to cover the conference. My three days in Florence was spent jumping through multiple symposiums and presentations, as well as talking with various staff members from the companies represented at the conference. Here are the list of symposia I attended at the conference:  #deDoc symposium - What we wish you knew and why  Opening session - A new era in the management of T2DM and Obesity  Medtronic Symposium: Unlocking the full potential o ..read more

Diabetics Doing Things had the pleasure of sitting down with the talented actor and Type 1 diabetic Brec Bassinger at the end of 2022 to talk about her life with diabetes and her journey as an actor on the CW’s Stargirl and other projects. Brec shared that she was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 8 and says she feels lucky that her diagnosis came early on in her life, as it has allowed her to adjust and learn how to manage her diabetes over the years. Brec's diagnosis came as a result of her experiencing common symptoms of diabetes, including extreme thirst, bedwetting, and weight loss ..read more

The below article is a transcript and summary of episode 205 of the Diabetics Doing Things podcast sponsored by Afrezza® (insulin human) Inhalation Powder and MannKind Corp. The podcast features host Rob Howe and guest Eric Tozer, Type-1 Diabetic and a co-founder of Diabetes Sports Project. You can listen to the entire interview here. Please see full Prescribing Information and Medication Guide, including BOXED WARNING on Afrezza.com. Rob Howe: Hello, Eric, it's great to have you on the show today. Can you start by telling us about your experience with diabetes? Eric Tozer ..read more

8/30/2022, For Immediate Release  (Dallas, TX) Diabetics Doing Things, a Dallas-based Diabetes Media Company, introduces first collaboration with North Texas Food Bank (NTFB), North Texas’ Feeding America Chapter, in an effort to bring resources and information about Diabetes to food-insecure people in North Texas. The printing costs were paid for by a $5,000 grant from BeyondType1, a leading Diabetes non-profit that provides programs and resources to enhance the lives of people living with Diabetes. “We are extremely excited to announce our partnership with North Texas Food Bank,” said R ..read more

Andi aka Camp Slut TW: Eating disorders, Sex work, diabetes trauma, mental illness, LDS church. I was born the youngest of five children into a thoroughly religious household and lifestyle. As you can probably already tell, that first sentence is ridden with potential of a rebellious future. And I suppose at some standard, that’s exactly what played out, but not in the way you might think. I was diagnosed at 8 years old and the whole world stopped turning for a little while. My parents, who loved us very much but let us run with the wolves typically (children would leave in the morning, play ..read more

I’ve been living with type 1 diabetes for over 25 years, which is many more years living with it than without it. My diagnosis story isn’t as traumatic as some others in the community, my levels were from what I’ve been told around 29-30mmol/L (yes I’m from the UK and we use mmol/L so that’s roughly 522 mg/dL), I never lost consciousness and was never in a coma. I am very fortunate. Like most people living with diabetes, my biggest challenges were yet to come.  I was diagnosed at 10 years old (you can work out how old I am right?) and my biggest challenge were my teenage years and early ..read more

“How do you do it?” That’s probably the number one most-asked question I get when I tell other diabetics I work in live television news. The biggest hurdle, as you may be able to guess: low blood sugar. But first...let’s go back to the beginning. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within my first few months of college. I was in Florida, my family... in New England. It was obviously a lot to process, especially since I was already going through something so new and challenging. Fast-forward a few years….and my a1c dropped to 7% and I was happy on a pump and cgm. I accepted my job in TV news ..read more

Por amor de comida/ For the love of food Growing up first generation, my parents taught me the importance of valuing food and its security since they both had rough childhoods in Mexico. I was a relatively non-picky eater and when going places to see family or friends I knew damn well to finish everything on my plate as a sign of respect and gratitude. In the Hispanic culture, you also know to offer something or anything as small as a glass of water to guests out of hospitality, because even if you don’t have much, manners and kindness go a long way. My maternal grandmother was our next-door ..read more

It’s November 2021, or as people with Diabetes know, National Diabetes Awareness Month. For people who have been involved with the Diabetes Online Community, this is a time for sharing personal stories, advocating for important causes or participating in social media challenges to help raise awareness about life with Diabetes. For Diabetics Doing Things, we decided to focus on the 9 out of 10 Americans who DON’T live with Diabetes, and created a series of graphics that we posted to our Instagram account. The following are the topics we wanted to create awareness about for NDAM 2021. Insulin Ac ..read more

“Y tan joven?” (Why so young?) - this is something I often hear when family members or family friends find out I’m type 1. Growing up in El Salvador was never easy, but I loved it. I was never that child that got sick often (besides my unknown pancreatitis episodes that happened a few times a year) - if anything, people thought I was healthy because I was chubby. Chronic illnesses were never (and are still) talked about. As a child, I thought chronic illnesses only happened to “viejitos” (older people) - but never it occurred to me that it could happen to children, “normal” children, like me ..read more