Today is day four of Diabetes Blog Week – And today’s topic is all about changes in all dimensions that you’d like to see re: diabetes.Here are my thoughts (OK, it’s a rant,) on the topic of “changes,” and I hope you can relate~#########Changes when it comes to diabetes – where the hell do I start? For starters, I’d like the Diabetes Blame Games to cease. I’d like people (John and Jane Q Public & media folks, THIS MEANS YOU,) to get the diabetes facts instead of perpetuating the diabetes myths – regardless of the type.Hey media – people with diabetes don’t attack, zombies do. Don’t report about someone going into insulin shock while driving and and needing insulin – Insulin is the last thing they need
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