DiabetesMine: Stuck Waiting for Medicare CGM Access
Mike Hoskins of DiabetesMine just posted: Stuck Waiting for Medicare CGM Access, about the saga of Medicare coverage (or not) of CGM, ever since their ruling to cover CGM was announced on 12 January 2017. It’s been a rocky roller coaster for all...
Savvy Update, 5/29/2017: Fiasp, Senseonics, Apple, Nevada Law
Here are some great blog posts by Tim Street about his experiences and comments about the new faster-acting insulin, Fiasp. 48 hours with Fiasp. What are my first thoughts on Faster insulin Aspart? My month with the newest kid on the...
Cataracts? Yes, CATARACTS!
Wondering why I’m writing about cataracts? I just had cataract and lens replacement surgery in both eyes over that past 2 months. I’m now living with extreme clarity, vivid colors and total relief that it is done and I am healing well. I’m 63 and...
Savvy on the DiabetesCouncil.com, 23 May 2017
I was asked to join 33 other bloggers in the diabetes community to contribute our thoughts about the D community and what/how we support those with diabetes. All of us bloggers have a main goal: to raise awareness and to educate about the journey we are...
Savvy Books: Bright Spots & Landmines by Adam Brown
AMAZING! At the risk of repeating myself, AMAZING! I’ve been reading Adam’s column on diatribe … always interesting. But this is a masterpiece of wisdom, experience, tips and techniques in an easy-to-read, MUST READ resource for how to live as well as possibly with...One Lump or Two? Things that Suck about being Diabetic
Haidee Soule Merritt is a “self-proclaimed” realist and cartoonist, doodling her life of personal struggles and experiences with Type 1 diabetes. Her little book of drawings couched in her “dark sense of humor.” Some are funny, some...
Nicole Johnson (Miss America 1999): Young Adult Type 1 Diabetes Realities
This is a great little primer, short and packed to the brim with practical advice and first-hand stories of how to successfully manage the transition from dependence (life with Mom and Dad) to independence in life while living with Type 1 diabetes. Nicole...
Savvy DBlog Week 2017: D Also Stands for DOG!
Today is the final day of www.bittersweetdiabetes.com’s Diabetes Blog Week 2017. The topic is: More Than Diabetes, about me, with or without a relationship to diabetes. Easy peazy! D Also Stands for DOG! INDEED! I seem to...
Savvy DBlog Week: What Makes Me Crazy Mad
Today is the 4th day of Diabetes Blog Week 2017 … and the topic is What Brings Me Down. Easy, huh?!? Well, I’ve taken it a step further. WHAT MAKES ME CRAZY MAD?!@*^! I thought long and hard about...
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