Bits and pieces

The diabetes UK site has an interesting type 1 diabetes awareness video, it's a quick watch.

While not directly related to diabetes, the New York Times posted an article Doctors and Patients Start Talking that points to a new series being written by an oncology doctor, Dr. Pauline Chen. She is the author of Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflection on Mortality. I have not read the book, but there's a huge amount of discussion on her article at the NYT site.

Those of us with chronic illnesses understand the importance of good, honest communication with our healthcare team. Some doctors and nurses aren't good at that, others don't have time to really explain things or answer questions. So we turn to help from folks on TuDiabetes.com and other supportive sites. I think this is part of how healthcare is evolving in the US. What do you think? Maybe you can leave a comment on the NYT site.

While I'm talking about reading, here's a free book that may be really useful if you're dealing with the US healthcare system. I just started reading My Healthcare is Killing Me! earlier today and I've already got some ideas for better handling myself within our (sometimes challenging) system.

Finally, if you're one of many of us who'd like to see insurance coverage for CGM devices, please go and sign Gina Capone's petition. If you'd like to know more about Gina and the petition, read Amy's interview with her.

Labels: book, CGM, communication, diabetes, healthcare, tudiabetes

posted by Bernard @ 4:17 PM