Blogs

“Hassles and Headaches of living with diabetes.” Weblog entry. Dr. Bill. 28 May, 2008. http://diabetes.blog.com/1809619/#cmts.

In this Blog Entry members of diabetes.blog.com discuss the hassles, the headaches, and the emotional side of living with diabetes. Posters discussed things like the costly medications, finger poking, and the depression that goes along with having this disease. One poster says “I work 2 jobs just to pay for all this medication and as a results have no friends left as I have no time left to do anything.” This blog entry would really help a reporter to understand what the people infected with this disease are truly going through.

Diabetes Mine: A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes. Amy Tenderich. 3 June, 2008. http://www.diabetesmine.com/.

Diabetes Mine is a blog created by author and diabetes patient Amy Tenderich. Tenderich delivers daily posts on every imaginable aspect of living with diabetes. The site is also filled with a lot of great links to informational sites as well as other blogs. The blog also features a nice section on new products that most people diagnosed with diabetes would find interesting. Reading this blog would really help a reporter build an understanding of what it is like to live with diabetes.