I can cross “tour an insulin manufacturing facility” off my bucket list. It was absolutely mind-blowing. There is a lot of science involved, much of which I am not quite bright enough to understand. But the basic idea is that they…
I wake up to treat a low. I have five glucose tabs, wait until my BG is back up, then fall back asleep. I’m low again thirty minutes later. I go downstairs and exercise great restraint by eating just one…
I recently mentioned using toupee glue to keep my Navigator CGM sensors attached. With all of the packing and unpacking from our recent move, I found it! You’re looking at a genuine bottle of “Ultra Hold” toupee glue. This internet…
Well, not the whole day. Just the past five hours. Do you have any idea how much work I planned on doing in those five hours? A lot. Any guesses on how much I actually got done? Not much. I’m…
You need to test your blood sugar. It’s the middle of the night. This is what you see. You have your testing kit. But now what? You need to get a test strip. Not too hard. You need to insert…
Scott over at “Rolling in the D” wrote a great post Monday about driving with diabetes. He read an article on Sunday in his local paper about a PWD dealing with a low blood sugar who was beaten by police for…
I attended a local support group where the speaker was Joe Nelson, a local psychologist who used to blog with Diabetes Self Management. I’ve always liked Joe and enjoyed the chance to hear him speak again. He said something that…
The Diabetes Scholars Foundation does amazing work. They raise money to help get families and young adults to Friends for Life conferences. As if that isn’t enough, they also raise money to get young adults to college. I’ve written about what…
Anyone else remember when treating a low involved sugar cubes or tubes of cake frosting? Have you ever had a tube of cake frosting break open in your pocket? Or tried to carry around a baggie full of white powder…
Among other things, Kerri and I were responsible for being “room captains” of the Adults with Type 1 room (sponsored by Insulet (thank you!)) at this year’s Friends for Life conference in Orlando, FL last week. Being a room captain…