A handful of PSA’s about prediabetes have been created through an exciting collaboration with the Ad Council, the American Medical Association (AMA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Take this “Busy Moms“,…
I enjoy helping friends. Friends like Dr. Oser. We first met at a CWD Focus on Technology some years back, and I’m happy to say we’re now working together on CWD’s Friends for Life ‘Adults with Type 1’ track. We even wore…
Jill Weissberg-Benchell, a psychologist and CDE in Chicago (and a dear friend) is inviting people with T1D and their loved ones (partners, spouses, parents) to participate in a focus group with other PWD to talk about your hopes and expectations…
Continuous glucose monitoring is an important part of my diabetes management. I don’t like that people covered by Medicare are being denied coverage for this useful tool.
I’m in the middle of a very busy flurry of travel. A 9:00 pm touchdown Saturday night, a rush repack of my suitcase, and a takeoff scheduled for 8:00 am the very next morning had me desperate for five or six…
I love this moment in Living Vertical’s Project 365 film, a short documentary where Steve Richert takes his type 1 diabetes on a nation-wide climbing journey for an entire year.
There was a different feeling around the 2015 AADE Annual Meeting this year, and I noticed it almost immediately. As soon as I picked up my materials and glanced at the meeting guide, something special jumped out at me.
Diabetes advocacy can be intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. You have friends who want to make it easy. Easy for you to learn about what’s going on, and even easier for you to let lawmakers and government agencies…
The Diabetes Scholars Foundation does amazing work. I hope to introduce you to part of their magic that you may not be aware of. They are best known for helping people get to CWD’s Friends for Life conferences, and they…
My phone starts to ring while I’m programming my meal bolus. I can see it’s a call I’d like to answer. But I’m more than halfway through my programming, and I have numbers in my head (blood sugar, carb count) that…
My wife’s understanding and patience with me (and my diabetes) seems to know no bounds, and I’m so grateful. It hit me about halfway through my shopping list at Walmart; that feeling of my blood sugar dropping fast and the…
I just hit the ground in Boston, MA for the American Diabetes Association’s 2015 Scientific Sessions.
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Find out what Diabetes Blog Week is all about. Check out the topics for each day’s posts, and even see a list of this year’s participants. Thank you, Karen! The topic for today? Share a link to a new blog you’ve…
Last weekend the 5th annual Students With Diabetes™ conference took place in Tampa, FL. It has become a must-attend event for young adults (age 18-30) with type 1 diabetes. Coming together from more than 103 cities across the nation, these…
Find out what Diabetes Blog Week is all about. Check out the topics for each day’s posts, and even see a list of this year’s participants. Thank you, Karen! The question I’m answering today? What would I most like to…
Find out what Diabetes Blog Week is all about. Check out the topics for each day’s posts, and even see a list of this year’s participants. Thank you, Karen! The question I’m answering today? What’s in my diabetic closet that needs…
Dominating Diabetes with Daniele Earlier this year I chatted with Diabetes Dominator Daniele Hargenrader. We talked for about thirty minutes and had a really great conversation on being diagnosed with diabetes, struggling, succeeding, and each of us finding the best…
Many of you know that I have been a big fan of the Asante Snap insulin pump and that I’ve also been doing some work with them. Yesterday at 5:30 PM PST, Asante Solutions announced that it is closing down…
Find out what Diabetes Blog Week is all about. Check out the topics for each day’s posts, and even see a list of this year’s participants. Thank you, Karen! The question I’m answering today? What aspects of diabetes do I…