happiness is a warm gun

jesse (pictured above) just leaned over from his desk, parting from his lecture slide review, to ask, how do you respond to, ‘uncontrolled diabetic.’ with a bug-eyed expression, i replied, ‘not well at all.’ he went on to explain that in his class, the phrase is everywhere. he has been by my side long enough […]

and, oh, what a change there’d be

so you have heard of medicine x, the conference at stanford university that truly integrates patient voice and perspective, the conference that trends on twitter because the online component is exponential and maybe you have thought about applying maybe you decided not to because you aren’t sure you have something unique to contribute maybe you […]

the crystal ship is being filled

on day 0 of medicine x, i, along with other epatients, attended and participated in a special event called “partnering for health” sponsored by eli lilly and company. the day revolved around clinical trials. hearing from the patients who may take part in said trials was the goal of the day. eli lilly wanted us […]

jigsaw falling into place

when i opened the email invitation to the medtronic diabetes advocates forum for 2014, i looked to mike lawson sitting next to me and said ‘did you get invited to this? maybe they meant to send it to you.’ within the diabetes space i have a lot to learn and a lot to say, but […]

can’t take my eyes off of you

pictured: my grandmother, betty gabel, type 2 insulin-dependent diabetic i’ve been trying to write this post for a while, trying to find the best way to articulate the meaning behind the conversation i am about to tell you about in a way that accurately depicts the complex nature of the topic. i’ve rolled it on […]