Cate’s Smile Makes It All Worth While
You are never fully dressed without a smile - especially when you live with diabetes!
Think You Think Like a Pancreas? Take our QUIZ!
A practical guide to managing diabetes with insulin. Knowledge & Skills Examination for Insulin Users
The Top Ten List of Comments that People With Diabetes could do without!
Today, we bring you the top ten list of comments we'd rather not hear, and some thoughts on how we might comment when we do hear them.
Have You Had Your “E1c” Checked Lately?
"E1c" is a pun I use to capture the emotional factors we face that impact our ability and willingness to reach diabetes management goals.
Pump Manufacturers, Start Your Engines! The Pump Changeout Time Trials
For those of us who use an insulin pump, changing out the insulin and tubing is one of the more time-consuming tasks we have to endure.
No needle required…Inhaled insulin Launched!
In early February Sanofi and MannKind announced the official launch of the ultra rapid-acting inhaled-insulin Afrezza. The insulin is now available at pharmacies nationwide.
Pumping: Ease Of Use Matters
These days, insulin pumps have sooooooo many features, it’s hard to pinpoint which one is truly best. Each pump has its share of strengths and weaknesses - So, keeping with our practice’s policy of keeping an open mind and offering up objective, practical information, we decided to put each pump’s bolus entry mechanism to the test.
Back In A Flash?
Abbott's new Libre Flash glucose monitoring system has been approved in Europe
Kings and Queens of Carb Counting Share their Secrets
The results are in. Apparently, there is universal interest in the topic, because we received hundreds of entries in our carb counting contest from people as far away as Eastern Europe and Australia. We all think we’re “experts” after years of label reading and WAG counting, but our three winners really showed their expertise and scored high in all three sections of our Integrated Diabetes Carb quiz.
Just Call Me “Laziness Cop”
What will I do with myself when diabetes is finally cured? Simple. I want to become a laziness cop.
The Buddy System
A few months ago, I went on (blog) record to share the news that my A1c peaked above 8% for the first time in more than 2 decades. I listed a plethora of possible reasons (better known as excuses) – travel, burnout, stress, junk food, etc… What I DIDN’T do was what I do for a living: profess a solution. Because, quite frankly, I didn’t think I had it in me to stick to whatever I came up with. Now that’s changed.
Jenny & Lisa Review the 530G
Medtronic’s new 530G Insulin Pump with Enlite CGM represents the first step towards closed loop technology. 530G is the first pump/CGM combination that acts upon a glucose value automatically, without the user’s intervention. To see if the system is all it’s cracked up to be, we had our Director of Patient Care & Education (Lisa Foster, MSN, RN, CDE) and our Director of Lifestyle & Nutrition Services (Jennifer Smith, RD, LD, CDE) – both experienced pump/CGM users and trainers – wear 530G for several weeks and offer their candid feedback. Here’s what they had to say.
Gary’s Top-10 (no, make that 14) DIABETES TRUISMS
After nearly 30 years of living with type-1 diabetes and 20 years teaching patients how to better manage it, a few things have become apparent.
We Do More Before 9am…
I must admit, I don’t consciously think much about having diabetes. I do what I do on auto-pilot most of the time.
The Amazing “Magical Diet”
The age old (really old!) question is always, “What diet is best for________?” Since we live with diabetes, that’s usually the fill-in-the-blank.