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, 4/8/19: New T1 Origin Story, Smart Glucagon, Oxygen for Islet Transplants
Drug Clears Unhealthy Insulin-Producing Cells, Preventing Early Diabetes in Mice was reported by Nicholas Weiler on UCSF News, 21 February 2019. A UC San Francisco study of human and mouse pancreatic tissue suggests a new origin story for type 1 (T1) diabetes....
Savvy Living, 4/3/19: Stress, Microbes and Gut Biome, Weight Loss, Canadian Food Pyramid
Let's take a look at what's new in the realm of living well with T1D. Four physical signs of stress you shouldn’t ignore was reported by Lindsay Tigar on FastCompany.com, 29 March 2019. Often, your body will show signs of mental stress even if you don’t...
Savvy Fun: Make your Personalized Xbox Diabetes Avatar!
Maybe I'm just a geek ... but I thought this was great fun! Still trying to figure out how to save the image with movement. According to a cool article on DiabetesMine, 21 March 2019, Get Your Own Xbox Diabetes Avatar! describes Microsoft's first-ever...
Savvy Updates, 4/1/19: Beta Cell Destruction, Patch Pumps (EoPancreas & CellNovo), Integrated Medical Sensors, Insulin Dosing and AI, Hospital-based AP
Researchers May Have Uncovered Stages of Beta Cell Destruction in Type 1 Diabetes, as reported by Trisha Gura of GLU/T1D Exchange, 26 February 2019. Researchers once believed that the onset of type 1 diabetes led to the complete destruction of insulin-producing...
Diabetes Beta Cell Plush Toy! Free to the Best Comment!
Amazing product, complete with an insulin molecule inside!!! I LOVE this!!! This is the PERFECT gift for YOU and ALL of your friends with diabetes ... children and adults ... and even your endocrinologist!!! Made by GIANTmicrobes, this is a...
Savvy Reviews: Cody and His Type 1 Diabetes AND Thrive Glucose Revival
It's my total honor to bring you 2 great diabetes finds!!! Cody and His Type 1 Diabetes is the most charming little story about Cody (a shih-tzu maltese mixed doggie) who gets diabetes. It's short, filled with adorable photographs ... you'll just fall in love...
Savvy Eating, 3/20/19: Mushrooms, Skinny Noodles, High Carb Diet=Impossible Mission
Are Mushrooms Really a Miracle Food? was reported by Markham Heid for Medium | Health, 13 March 2019. The mushroom business is booming. Worldwide production is up 30-fold since the late 1970s, and the average person now eats about 11 pounds of mushrooms per...
Savvy Updates 3/18/19: 3D Printed Pancreas, Exercise & Glucose Tolerance, All of Us, Hearing
3D Bio-Printed Bionic Pancreas was discussed by Marin Hensel of InsulinNation.com, 12 March 2019 ... so interesting! According to Michał Wszoła MD, PhD about the 3D Bio-Printed Bionic Pancreas work being done with his team and Bionic Consortium in Poland, the goal is...
Savvy Sleep: It’s Vital!
After having a recent sleep study in which I was diagnosed as having sleep apnea (I stop breathing and my brain oxygen drops) and RSL (kicking many times/hour), I decided to ask a bit about sleep and Type 1 diabetes. When I ask T1 friends if they are tired, they...
Savvy Updates 3/11/19: FDA Shake Up, Senseonics New CMO, Lilly and Cannabis, Gut Microbes
FDA chief Scott Gottlieb steps down, leaving pet projects behind, (by Eric Sagonowsky on FiercePharma.com, 5 March 2019) is the big shake-up that will iimpact our T1 community. Gottlieb was biopharma-friendly—to the point where the Nasdaq biotech index plummeted...
