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? NO! Prior Authorization
Please indulge me in a little rant, in what I am calling, Savvy? NO! This one is about prior authorizations that are increasingly required by our insurance companies before they agree to fill prescriptions or authorize payment for procedures. Here is Wikipedia's...
Savvy Legends: Eva Saxl, T1 Made Her Insulin during WWII
This is an amazing story I stumbled upon from diabetes.co.uk, adapted from dLife.com and diabeteshealth.com. Eva Saxl was 19 in 1940, living with her husband, Victor, in Shanghai after fleeing Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. She developed T1 and was put on insulin....
Medicare Declares Dexcom’s CGM to be DME, COVERED!!!
From Debbie Parrish, attorney who has been fighting cases for us sent me this email: Tonight Medicare issued a ruling deeming Dexcom’s CGM to be DME covered by medicare. I’ll send more in the am. So happy for all!
Savvy Closed Loop Update, January 2017
FROM Diatribe.org, 12/14/2016 : When JDRF started the Artificial Pancreas Project in 2006, the idea of automating insulin delivery using a standard insulin pump, a CGM, and a control algorithm seemed crazy to many patients. Even back in the early 2000s, researchers...
SAVVY UPDATES 1/10/2017: Fun Tidbits
A WOMAN with TYPE1 is the Next UK Prime Minister! Thanks to InsulinNation, Theresa May became prime minister of the United Kingdom in July 2016! May was diagnosed with T1 in November 2012 at age 56, and uses daily insulin injections. Read more: Will a Woman with Type...
SAVVY UPDATES 1/9/2017: Lots of Tech News
Happy New Year and Welcome to 2017! This promises to be an exciting diabetes year and we’re starting off with lots of updates! The Biliary Tree of Life, as described by the researchers at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), is a network of stem cells...
Savvy NEW Apps
I recently attended the DiabetesMine D-Data Exchange and Innovation Summit at UCSF. Several app developers displayed their new products ... just so you know what's out there. Sugar.IQ (a collaboration between Medtronic and IBM Watson) uses Medtronic CGM and ...
SAVVY UPDATES 12.14.16: Islet Transplant Benefits, T1 and Arsenic, Nanoparticles ,Platypus Venom
This is an "OUT THERE" blog of some of the more fascinating research. Enjoy! Long-term Improvement in Glucose Control and Counterregulation in T1 by Islet Transplantation was reported in the August issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 29...
Savvy Year End Appreciations PLUS a HOLIDAY OFFER!
During the holidays and at year’s end, we often review the past year, recalling the high points, giving thanks for surviving the low points, and giving appreciation to those in our lives who have been there for us, providing joy and love to us. Last year, I designed...
Savvy about PBMs: Are They Causing Prices to Skyrocket?
Here a most interesting overview of prescription benefit managers (PBMs), which drug companies fear now, but consumer advocates might grow to fear, which appeared in InsulinNation, by Jim Cahill, a senior writer for Insulin Nation and Type 2 Nation. Before turning to...
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