About YDMV
2013 update.

WHO 

YDMV is a personal blog edited (when you read my spelling you may find "edited" is not be the right word) by Bennet Dunlap. 

I have a BS in finance and a masters in Health Communication and while both were awarded with honors alert readers will notice neither of those makes me a health care professional.

Guest post are occasional shared and the authors with their background shared.

I can be reached by email at:  Bennet (at) ydmv (dot) net

WHAT YDMV IS NOT

Your Diabetes May Vary posts are personal observations.  It is not and should not be taken as medical advice. 

If you find something that may impact you care -  talk to your Doctor about it and follow her (or his) advice. 

WHAT YDMV IS

This is the miscellaneous ramblings of a Type 1 Diabetic family. If you or anyone you know is a member of a Type 1 family, you know they are amiable but stressed out folks who are happy share their experiences on how they cope with the demands of living with diabetes with others who "get it," a phrase that here means poke, pee, inject, inspect, infuse to insanity.

No two situations or diabetics are the same or as I like to say Your Diabetes May Vary (YDMV). Hopefully we can help others stay current with diabetes news and more importantly feel connected in a way that helps families stay positively engaged with diabetes tasks.

Take what you read here to your endocrinology team and talk it over with them. You with their consultation are responsible for your diabetes care. You have our very best wishes for maintaining some emotional stability in the process.

WHY

I have two kids with Type 1 diabetes, family with type 2 and I am someplace along the per type 2 / type 2 continuum. Better diabetes care has become my passion. 

WHEN

Each post is dated and with it  any news, studies, press releases etc linked are also dated. Some posts are revisited and updated. Changes to content and updates are noted and dated in an editors not at the end of the post as I haven't found a way to have Blogger post last edit dates. See the end of this post as an example. I don't note and date spelling corrections because I make so many I would be doing nothing but posting the dates of spelling corrections.

No formal publication schedule I try to post as often as I have a worthwhile comment or link to pass on. Typically a few times a week. 

WHERE

www.YDMV.net.

PRIVACY

I may share my medical information. I can't medical information of others. 

Guest post may contain information of the author at their discretion.

Posting comments is a choice readers make. Doing so and the comments provided, may disclose information and links that enable identification. 

I do not know or publish visitors to the sight, unless they choose sign up as a follower.

The site host is Blogger. That host has their own privacy policies. 

Links other  current headlines from other sites and links to pages I value. I try to link ethical sites, they are responsible for their privacy standards. 

ADVERTISING and POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Funding
YDMV is funded by my efforts and small advertising. Ads and conflicts are detailed below.

Ads

When YDMV runs an ad they will be separate from content, typically a side bar and noted as ads. If you would like to run and ad email me Bennet (at) ydmv (dot) net

Potential Conflicts of Interest

Consulting

If I have a consulting relationship with an organization it will be noted here and footnoted in the body of post. 

I Currently Consult with the Diabetes Hands Foundation, Diabetes Advocates Program. 

I briefly consulted with MyGlu on research and how that could engage the online community. It stared as pro bono conversations and due to the time and effort given there was some financial compensation.

Travel Paid Events

At times I am invited to social media meetings with industry. These are not compensated but travel and entertainment is provided but the sponsoring firm. I think these provide good customer feed back to industry. I participate and share my views. In any post about such events I will disclose the travel arrangements. I believe I behave as a patient advocate at such events. 

I am confident that that while industry has its own interests, there are times where opportunities to further patient ends exist, even time when social media and industry can jointly help patients. 

Stock Ownership

Occasionally I may invest in individual stocks in my IRA account. If have a holding in a individual stock and write about that firm I will disclose that in the post. 

I also have mutual fund holdings. I do not follow the details of the investments those funds and so can not report on their holdings at the the time of posting. It is conceivable I may have holdings, though those funds, in firms I comment on without my knowledge.


Editors note: I made significant changes to this page on January 30, 2013 to help bring may documentation into line with HONcode Principles and am applying to join that program.