Savvy Updates: 5/30/2016: T1 and Bacteria, 90-day CGM, Lab Beta Cells, & MORE
Type 1 Diabetes May Be Triggered by Bacteria Reported by Honor Whiteman, MedicalNewsToday.com, 5/17/2016 A study by researchers from Cardiff University in the UK suggests that a part of a bacterium that activates killer T cells may cause them to bind to beta cells and...
Just Sayin’
This was posted from Camp NYDA (a camp for kids with diabetes way back when I was a teenager in NY, run by the American Diabetes Association of NY. What do you think? I like it!
Diabetes Blog Week (My Tip): SMILE~ LAUGH~ GIGGLE
The topic is Tips and Tricks, everything from how I organize for travel to how I keep track of medications to what I do that is “unconventional.” I SMILE. A lot. And often. As often as possible, I LAUGH or GIGGLE. This is NOT a cop-out. I really SMILE or LAUGH or...
Diabetes Blog Week: My Healthcare FANTASY Wish List
This topic is just so HUGE and so charged with emotion and frustration. Of course, if I could wave my magic wand, I’d say: Make all my medical problems (including needing to wear eyeglasses) away so that I never need doctors, hospitals, insurance or drugs. There, I...
DBlogWeek: PwD or Diabetic … OR T1Diabetic?
I’ll put it out there up front: I really just don’t care. I am not offended or feel labeled by being called a “diabetic.” PWD is a short-hand way but most people not as involved in the DOC don’t know what that means. And so have to say “person with diabetes” just...
Diabetes Blog Week: The Other Half of Diabetes ~ Coping
Diabetes Blog Week, Message Monday: Why I Blog?
This is a great question and I’ve been wondering what motivates all of us to share in the ways that we do share. Some pass along tech and research news (one of my favorites), some like to talk about life’s ups and downs with D, some like to poke fun at...From Moira McCarthy: Old School Diabetes Tips You Need to Know
by Moira McCarthy | May 10, 2016 Here’s a secret: Things break. Wifi stops working. Tubing and pods mess up. I hate seeing folks in a crisis because of any of those things. After all, it wasn’t that long ago I was lumbering across the prairie in a covered wagon with...
