I have Type 1 diabetes. I love to write. I’m happy when I am helping others. I speak up when it’s important. I have a passion for sharing knowledge and learning new technology. I was BORN to BLOG!
I’ve met so many other T1Ds on this journey who are cool and love to help others. We put our heads and hearts together … to bring more resources and knowledge to our amazing diabetes community. We’re making improvements every day … come back often, let us know what you think. And my gratitude for my amazing webmaster, Dave (an honorary T1D)!
And thank you for stopping by!
— Joanne Laufer Milo, The Savvy Diabetic
Savvy Updates, 1/13/20: Better Infusion Technology, Ketone Meter, Fixing the USB Design Flaw, New Skin Care, Photo Food Apps, Zebras and Mosquitos
Paving the Way to Better Insulin Infusion Technology was written by Mike Hoskins for DiabetesMine.com, 7 January 2020. With all the recent advances in diabetes tech, a simple reality remains: the infusion sets that critically deliver insulin under the skin are...
Savvy Pets, 1/10/20: Here’s Jersey, from Jersey! And how to calculate dogs’ real ages!
My name is Rick and back in 2006, I was in bad shape mentally.....I had checked out after 24 years of living with Type 1 diabetes. My family decided that I needed a dog. We rescued Jersey, but she rescued me. She gave me 7 years of unconditional love...
Savvy Eating, 1/8/20: Calculate your Daily Calorie Needs and Smart BMI, Legumes and Heart Health, Plant-based vs. Vegan, Bolusing Skills
The holidays, with all the yummy foods and treats, are over. I'm not a big believer in New Year's Resolutions. But if you are ready to reevaluate your eating habits and reign in the December eating excursions, you might want to figure out what you really...
Savvy Updates 1/6/2020: My Diaversary, Novo’s My $99 Insulin Program, Rx Price Hikes, Diomics, Alpha Males, Empathy
January is a BIG month! Yes, it's the beginning of the new year and the new decade. It also contains my birthday plus my diaversary, which is BIG for me! On January 25 (at 5:30pm New York time), I'll "celebrate" 55 years of living with Type 1...
Savvy Healthy, 12/18/19: How to Wash your Hands,
Only 5% of People Wash Their Hands Properly, according to Robert Roy Britt for Medium/Elemental, 3 December 2019. We are in cold and flu season ... I thought you might like to know HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS! The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Savvy Books: Bisous for Leo
Wow, this is a charming, beautiful and heartfelt story about a little duck named Leo who has an illness that no one can see. His mission is to fly around and gather kisses (bisous is French for kisses) from any animal to make himself and others with an illness...
Savvy Updates, 12/16/19: FDA Approves Tandem Control-IQ, On Dexcom’s Outage, Pacific Diabetes Tech CGM/Infusion Set, Sanofi Exits Diabetes Biz, CGMs 2020, T1 Females at Higher Heart Risk, Abbott Libre Limits Data Access, Gifts for Medical Professionals?
FDA OKs Tandem Diabetes Control-IQ! was reported by Mike Hoskins for DiabetesMine.com, 13 December 2019. Control-IQ combines Tandem’s touchscreen insulin pump with the popular Dexcom CGM (continuous glucose monitor) and a smart algorithm that not only...
Savvy Pets, 12/13/19: A House Full of Fur: Enzo, Erni and Miles Davis
AWWWWWW! I mean, REALLY, AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Please meet Enzo (Furrari), Erni (Ernesto Meowserati) and Miles Davis, who live with humans, Christopher (T1 and Tidepool Community Manager) and Dayle. I've been following these 3 on Instagram ... and...
Savvy Health, 12/11/19: Insulin Resistance, BPA as an Endocrine Disruptor, Banana Art
Insulin resistance, fasting, and low carbohydrate diets — how it works - Exploring what insulin resistance is, and why common remedies like fasting and ketogenic diets seem to work so well - was written by Philip Marais for Medium/Health, 30 October 2019. ...
Breaking News, 12/10/19: Beta Bionics Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for the iLet™ Bionic Pancreas System
BOSTON, Dec. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beta Bionics, Inc. — a medical technology company developing and aiming to commercialize the world’s first fully automated bionic pancreas — today announced it has received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food...
