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 4/2/2016: Insulin Variability Overnight, Designing for Diabetes, and More …
What Improves My Healthcare Experience by Kerri Sparling, 26 January, 2016 Kerri Morrone Sparling has had T1 almost 30 years. She writes a blog website called Six Until Me, which she started because “I was tired of Googling “diabetes” and coming up with little more...
Read my post on DiabetesMine: Look Out for Sorbitol!
Beware! Sorbitol hides in unexpected places, unless you read the ingredients in food labels. Here’s my latest encounter, which I hope not to repeat (and I share with you, to spare you the distress!). Read my blog: My Brush with Hidden Sorbitol, the Stomach Destroyer!...
The Savvy Diabetic Research Update: 9 March 2016
Senseonics’ Eversense: 90-day Implanted CGM Enters US Pivotal Trial www.DiaTribe.org, 2/26/2016 This pivotal trial will evaluate the accuracy and safety of the Senseonics’ implantable, 90-day Eversense CGM system. Eversense CGM measurements will be compared to a...
Insulin-producing Mini Stomachs a Possible Diabetes Treatment
This is an exciting bit of news from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, as reported in Gizmag magazine, 22 February 2016. At the bottom is the link to the original research article published in Cell Stem Cell. Patients with Type 1 diabetes suffer from an absence of...
Take a Survey on the DiabetesMine Challenge Matrix
DiabetesMine is developing a new tool to help the diabetes patient community provide feedback on the tools and services available to us now. The idea is to allow the community to rate everything – from BG measuring devices to apps to nutrition and coaching programs –...
RIP and Thank You, Alfred E. Mann
Thank you, Al Mann, for all your amazing contributions in the field of medical devices, from which we have all benefited. You were quite the visionary! Here’s a wonderful YouTube of Al Mann at the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation &...
Amazing Response to My Blog on Getting Organized
Thank you, Barb, for sharing your story. It so touched me at so many levels. Your journey amidst your old diabetes log books did not "spark joy" for me either. Indeed, it sparked a sense of sadness for all your very hard work, for the memory of logging everything I...
Are You Being Overrun by Diabetes Supplies? Let’s Get Organized!
Have you heard about The KonMari method of de-cluttering your life? It was developed by Marie Kondo, and detailed in her best-seller, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. Marie Kondo talks a lot about the things that...
2015 Shooting Stars Walk to Cure Diabetes a HUGE SUCCESS!
This post is coming a little bit late but I guess we are all still basking in the wonderful-ness of the 2015 Shooting Stars 20th Anniversary Walk to Cure Diabetes, on Sunday, October 25, 2015. We broke all records: 142 walkers and 10 dogs (or 284 feet and 40 paws) on...
What’s Going on with the Artificial Pancreas?
A true artificial pancreas (AP) is a closed-loop insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system. And the buzz is that “we are very close!” Here’s a great update by Melissa Lee, blogger of ASweetLife.org on the race toward an AP. She discusses the major pump...
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