Type 2 Screening Quiz
There are over six million Americans who have diabetes and don't even know it. Help to spread awareness this month and pass along the link to our Type 2 Diabetes Screening Quiz.
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Diabetes Alert Day
Today is Diabetes Alert Day. There are over 6 million people in the U.S. that have diabetes but don't even know it. Help get the word out by sending friends and family our type 2 diabetes screening quiz to assess their risk.
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Diabetes Anniversaries
How do you observe your "diabetes anniversary," or the day you were diagnosed, each year? dLife's Jim Turner shares his ritual with you.
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Are You At Risk for Type 2 Diabetes?
Are you or someone you love at risk for developing type 2 diabetes? Take dLife's Type 2 Diabetes Screening Quiz and find out today.
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Take a Loved One for a Checkup
Today is Take a Loved One for a Checkup Day, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). If someone you care for is at risk for diabetes, take them in to be tested today.
Read more on the symptoms of diabetes.
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Would You Like Fries With That?
It's not an official clinical diagnosis, nor is it a value meal special. But the phrase "Double Diabetes" seems to have resonated with the media, as hundreds of news outlets have picked up the Associated Press story on the topic.
For the record, what the AP is calling "double diabetes" can occur in those with an initial diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (in cases where the patient goes on to develop additional insulin resistance) or an initial diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (in cases where the pancreatic beta cell function of a type 2 patient diminishes over time). In short, it's progression of the disease, and is nothing new on the horizon.
For those with type 1 diabetes, weight may play a factor in developing additional insulin resistance. A 2003 study out of the University of Pittsburgh found that one in four black children and one in 10 white children had "double diabetes," quite possibly linked to a growing incidence of weight problems in the U.S.
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War Stories
Do you remember the day you learned you had diabetes? Did your doctor deliver the news compassionately and face-to-face, or did you get a curt phone call from an overworked lab technician? Were you handed a prescription and told to drop a few pounds, or put in touch with a diabetes educator to learn more about your new way of living?
On her recent two-year anniversary, Amy Tenderich of Diabetes Mine recalls how her wisecracking doc made the sign of the cross and annointed her "a diabetic." And Violet at Pumplandia tells the tale of the doc who brushed off her assertion that he that she might have type 1 diabetes until her lab tests suggest otherwise.
The stories we've heard here at dLife, via email and on the dLife Wall and forums, run the gamut from moving to moronic. Even the dLifeTV hosts have had their own brushes with misinformation. J. Anthony Brown was told by one physician pre-diagnosis that the numbness in his feet was not diabetes but a signal that "his socks were too tight." Nicole Johnson Baker was misdiagnosed three times (with maladies ranging from influenza to appendicitis) before a doctor correctly pronounced she had type 1 diabetes. The healthcare professionals in his office told her she'd have to give up pageants and any hope of a career.
We'd like to hear your story. Visit the dLife Wall and forums to tell us about the start of your dLife.
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