I really tried to switch off from the external diabetes world during my recent holiday. (I would have liked to have switched off from my own diabetes too, but apparently this diabetes gig doesn’t work that way.)

But now, I’m back and playing catch up on all the things I book-marked and planned to read later. Join me!

PLAID

Do you read PLAID Journal? It’s a truly terrific open access peer-reviewed research journal full of interesting articles and research news.

The latest edition is out now, and it includes a little piece I wrote about day to day diabetes.

PROPORTIONAL

My friend Hope Warsaw alerted me to this graph which was tweeted during the recent MedX conference. I like-y very much!

WORDS AND MUSIC

Gee I have some talented friends! Melissa Lee, (there are truly not enough adjectives to describe her aweseomess), has been recording D-Parodies for a number of years now. In recent efforts to raise money for Bigfoot Biomedical’s recent JDRF walk team, she enticed people to donate with promises of new tunes. And boy did she deliver. You can see all of her parodies via her YouTube channel.

But start here for a gorgeous diabetes-themed rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide – obviously renamed ‘Lancet…’

COVERAGE ON ANIMAS

There has been A LOT written about the recent Animas announcement that they will be ceasing business in the USA and Canada.

If you’re looking to catch up, here are some things I’ve found to be particularly useful:

This comprehensive update from Diabetes Mine.

This great piece from Georgie Peters reminding us how personal these devices are to those of us wearing them.

This piece from Diabetes Wookiee, David Burren, urging Roche to step up with their pump which is still available in Australia despite no longer being in the US market.)

And just a reminder of the situation in Australia: Animas is not going anywhere yet, with disruptor AMSL’s update that it’s ‘business as usual’. Unlike our US and Canadian friends who need to make a decision quickly about changing pumps, there is no suggestions that we need to do the same. Animas is still in the Australian pump market – along with Medtronic’s offerings, the Roche Accucheck Spirit Combo pump and (from 1 November) Cellnovo.

HAVE ANOTHER COFFEE

Presented at EASD – the results of a ten-year study that showed people who drink coffee regularly are less likely to die of diabetes. Another latte, please.


DIABETES EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT

How’s this? A free 5-day diabetes summit that anyone can attend. The online Diabetes Empowerment Summit is the brainchild of Danielle Hargenrader.

Read all about it and get your ticket here. 

YOGA FOR DIABETES

More from talented friends! Rachel Zinman is currently on a book tour in the US promoting her new book – Yoga for Diabetes: How to manage your health with Yoga and Ayurveda.

You can buy a copy here.

THROW OUT THE FAX!

I was delighted when Scott Johnson included this slide in his presentation about MySugr at the recent Roche Blogger MeetUp at EASD:

Clearly I’m not alone in my frustration at the insistence of some HCPs to continue to champion (and only use) fax machines!

PEER SUPPORT SESSION WRAP UP

I wrote about the peer support session at ADS-ADEA, and my talk in the symposium. Here’s the wrap up from the ACBRD – the organisers of the symposium.

ALSO FROM THE ACBRD…

If you live in Australia or the UK, please take part in the yourSAY quality of life study. Have your say about the impact living with diabetes has on your life.

Click here to take the survey.

BINGO!

I couldn’t help but laugh when Melinda Seed developed this neat little bingo chart to be used at diabetes conferences. She tweeted it out at the beginning of EASD, just as I was lamenting that questionable language being used by presenters at the conference.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t play during talks. I would have spent far too much time shouting Bingo at inappropriate moments. Come on, people; do better!