Topic for today: Click for the Share and Don’t Share – Monday 5/13 Link List.Often our health care team only sees us for about 15 minutes several times a year, and they might not have a sense of what our lives are really like. Today, let’s pretend our medical team is reading our blogs. What do you […]
Diabetes Blog Week
D-Blog Week: Diabetes Hero
Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week! A Diabetes Hero? I have so many – how can I pick just one? Molly lives with type 1 diabetes. Molly is allergic to insulin. Need I say more? Her last A1C was 5.9, thanks to her constant hard work, her constant positive attitude, and her incredible diabetes service dog, Dixie. She blogs […]
D-Blog Week: What They Should Know
Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week! What is one thing you would tell someone that doesn’t have diabetes about living with diabetes? The first thing that popped into my head when I saw that question was a great quote from my buddy George Simmons. Imagine having to pump your own heart because it didn’t do it by […]
D-Blog Week: Fantasy Diabetes Device
Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week! Today I get to dream of a fantasy diabetes device! This is pretty exciting, but also a little intimidating and hard. I have been so used to the crappy devices that we have today, I feel like I have automatic “dream limiters” in my brain. First of all, let me […]
D-Blog Week: One Thing to Improve
Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week! The assignment for today is to talk about one thing we could improve on in our diabetes management. I didn’t have to think much if at all, about what that thing would be for me. Carb counting. Or maybe I should say accurate carb counting. I fully recognize the critical nature of […]