“I think we have been apart too long. I really just cannot exist without her in my life.” And in an instant, all of the concerns about,; will he take care of her diabetes, will he make sure she is okay, will he care for her, will he…..will he……willl he??????? I answered him, “You not […]
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Today, Lilly Diabetes released an announcement that they are reducing insulin up to 40% for some users in the retail market. You can read the announcement here: https://investor.lilly.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1003887 Now this very well may not be for everyone and clearly will not work in all cases, maybe not even in a whole bunch of cases. But […]
What I am about to share with you, has been shared with me from our friends from Glu, a T1D exchange Community and T1D Exchange. I’m sharing it because so many have been inquiring as to the data from their extensive survey entitled: Driving patient-centric research: DKA & Misdiagnosis. Let’s be very clear about these findings…..THEY ARE […]
At a recent event, I was engaged in a discussion with a couple who are ‘fairly new’ on this journey. After a conversation on a myriad of topics the gentleman said to me, “Can I ask you something personal?” Never one to run from such a question I answered, ‘Sure”. “How do you stay at […]
The post on social media goes out; “My child is going through (fill in the blank with a medical ‘occurrence’.)_____________________. I have tried this (again fill in the blank) ____________________; that (again)_________________________; and this again __________________________________ to no avail, I’m very worried, what should I do. And the list begins on advice. I’m the first […]
It seems to be, reading the posts all over social media, that a young lady, another one too young, has passed away. From what I am reading, it seems there was a ‘kink’ in her pump tubing and insulin was being denied entry into the body. Her blood sugar rose, she entered DKA and at […]