InkStain'D Out: The Real People Sick Edition

Why do I call this the Real People Sick Edition? Well, this was a sick day for me because I was Real People Sick. Now, you might wonder what that is, but there's times when I feel sick because of diabetes - too high, too low, things just being "off". But over the last few days, I've been leading up to a kick*ss hacking cold - in the diabetes community known as Real People Sick.

Now, if one is commuting long distances - on a cramped train - those who cough get the withering stares evil eye from their fellow commuters. So to avoid the curse that they would bestow upon me, I stayed home to recuperate, and well, here's the RPS edition.

This edition features lots of blog posts from our DOC (Diabetes Online Community), and as it turns out, I must have been hungry, because there are lots of food-related posts, including a DIY recipe for Larabars. I've never seen them here in Canada, but I've heard they are delicious, and this recipe looks like something I might even try. Maybe I should call it the Foodie Edition. Anyway, some feature blogs and articles:

• News Alerts: Kayla's Life Notes
• Meggins and Patterns: Texting My Pancreas
• Rage-Bolusing Cause and Effect: The Diabetic's Corner Booth
• Neuropathy from Diabetes
• New Data Mining Eatery App and What It Teaches Us About Our Diet
• French Onion Grilled Cheese Sandwich: Portuguesegirlcooks.com
• English Muffin French Toast: The Kitchn 

... and theres at least a couple of super easy kitchen tips. So check out today's InkStain'D to see what might be there for you.

InkStain'D is Out: April 21st

This InkStain'D is coming out a day earlier than usual. You may say, when does InkStain'D publish anyway? Fair enough. However, what the heck, it's out and that's cool, right? So now you have the rest of the weekend, and beyond, to enjoy this Special Early Edition of InkStain'D.

As usual, some great blog posts! Check out the video that was uploaded as part of the You Can Do This Project, featuring some of our Diabetes Online Community T1 folk who were diagnosed as adults (as was this InkStain'D publisher at age 28). It always surprises me when people - especially medical professionals (the most recent being my rheumatologist) - who say to me, "That was awfully late to be diagnosed!". Um, not really, but that's okay, now you know.

Anyway, enjoy and see you again in a few days.

Some of the findings in this edition are:

• Sorting Out a Tangle - Living Vertical
• Now What? - Life After Dx - Diabetes Uncensored
• Group Effort - A Consequence of Hypoglycemia (which has that video that I mentioned earlier)
• Watch What You Say - LADA Life
• Southwestern Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

And other great bits and pieces. If you have difficulty accessing the videos posted, Accessible InkStain'D is also available (check out link at InkStain'D or at top of this page).

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InkStain'D: Thursday, April 19th

Well, after this post it's tax time in the Flying Furball / InkStain'D household, so this is the Official Pre-Tax Edition of InkStain'D (hopefully I will be finished in time to publish the next InkStain'D on Sunday). Once again though you'll find lots of great blog posts and articles, including:

• Feature article - Gordon Lightfoot - Jian Ghomeshi interviews Canada's venerable Gordon Lightfoot (love Gord!) 
• Child with Diabetes finds Hope with four-legged friend
• Good Things Come from Bad Situations - My Diabetic Heart 
• Does It Really Exist? - Strangely Diabetic
• Gassing Up - Six Until Me 
• Support for What? Musings of a Rebel Without a Topic - T Minus Two
• Secret World of Blog Advertising - Art of Doing Nothing

The Accessible InkStain'D is also available (check out link at InkStain'D or at top of this page).

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InkStain'D: Read All About It...it's not too late

Well, life happened and I didn't get this post out there in a timely fashion, but this weekend's InkStain'D is timeless, and features a great story that has been out there for a while - I must have been under a rock or something. But with an amazing scholarship fund to a kid living in East L.A., now this kid is going places. Read about Caine and his cardboard arcade. If Caine can do it at just 9 years old, I'd like to suggest that just about any of us can rise above our own challenges. This issue includes posts:

• Ninjabetic - Shall I Freestyle? 
• Blue Heel Society - Day 14... My Dream Day 
• Diabetic Aviator - My Life as a Pancreas
• Victoria Cumbow - But wait, I have questions
• Toucan Scraps - Life Savers
• Keep Your Garden Pest Free with these Natural Pesticides, made with ingredients already in your pantry
• How to make perfect French Fries (Ed. note: a guilty pleasure!)

Click here to read all about it.

Accessible InkStain'D

Also, for those of you who stumble on this blog who use a screen reader, the paper is largely accessible, and a link is included to an accessible page for the videos shared (also at the top of this page, link for Accessible InkStain'D.