October 2009

Sugar Mommy – Encouragement for Expectant Mothers with Type 1 Diabetes (conclusion)

by Shelly Jensen 10.30.2009 Uncategorized

ShareThis is the final entry in a series of four posts by Shelly Jensen. In the Hospital. My endocrinologist gave me great advice. He forewarned me that I would be more knowledgeable about my diabetes than the nurses would be in the maternity ward. The nurses who took care of me were extraordinary women and I [...]

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Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of All Accusure® Insulin Syringes

by Greg Martin 10.30.2009 Press Releases

Share This press release was released by the company three days ago.  We hope you received the news faster than we received it here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 27, 2009 – Huntsville AL-Qualitest Pharmaceuticals today issued a voluntary nationwide recall of all Accusure® Insulin Syringes. The distributed syringes are of the following descriptions and [...]

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JDRF to Benefit from the Designer Showcase October 31st/November 1

by Greg Martin 10.29.2009 Uncategorized

ShareJDRF is set to benefit from an art exhibition, high in the sky on the 52nd floor. The luxury residential tower Millennium Tower in San Francisco will present a designer showcase entitled Icons of Design, featuring more than 25 of the Bay Area’s most prestigious designers. The designers’ work will be showcased throughout the four [...]

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Sugar Mommy – Encouragement for Expectant Mothers with Type 1 Diabetes (part 3)

by Shelly Jensen 10.27.2009 Uncategorized

ShareThis is the third entry in a series of four posts by Shelly Jensen. Carbs, Carbs,Carbs (or not). Let’s get this out the way: when we are pregnant, we often crave food or can’t stand the sight of it. If you are like me, you crave carbohydrates. Even when I was going through morning sickness, [...]

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Sugar Mommy – Encouragement for Expectant Mothers with Type 1 Diabetes (part 2)

by Shelly Jensen 10.22.2009 Uncategorized

ShareThis is the second entry in a series of four posts by Shelly Jensen. The Special Gift From Your Baby.  If you are like me, you are not perfect. Before, during and after both pregnancies (yes, I did this twice, so it can’t be so bad!) I slipped up. I miscalculated my carbohydrate count, or [...]

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Sugar Mommy: Encouragement for Expectant Mothers with Type 1 Diabetes

by Shelly Jensen 10.19.2009 Uncategorized

ShareHeading into the second trimester of my first pregnancy, a friend asked me how I was feeling. She asked me this every time we talked but this time she said “I remember when I was pregnant that I felt sort of alone, like no one could possibly understand what my body was going through.“ I [...]

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Yubo Lunchbox Benefits JDRF

by JDRF Bay Area 10.19.2009 Promotions

ShareGREAT NEWS!  Purchase a Yubo lunchbox at www.getyubo.com by October 31, 2009, and Yubo will donate 40% of the sales to JDRF.   Just use the coupon entry code:  JDRF-EB. Created by two parents-frustrated with traditional lunchboxes which are tough to clean and require so many plastic baggies–that they set out the re-invent the lunchbox. They [...]

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Mark Fischer-Colbrie is an Ironman

by Mark Fischer-Colbrie 10.13.2009 Uncategorized

ShareThe finish at the Ford Ironman World Championships is truly indescribable. Hundreds and hundreds of people are in the crowd cheering, the lights are so bright that it looks like daylight and the music is pounding to up tempo rock. I enjoyed every second of it. I slapped hands with people coming in, raised up [...]

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