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
Research News of the Week, 6/22-28/2015
I'm seeing LOTS of research, across the whole of diabetes spectrum. So I decided to just provide you with links to each news item, in case you find it interesting or you are curious. It's exciting times in the diabetes world! Could Gut Bacteria Be a Weight Loss Aid?...
From DiabetesNet.com: Insulin Actions Times and Peak Times
(Just a great primer/reminder of how different insulins work. Thank you John Walsh!) A good way to improve your glucose levels is to track the peaks and drops in your glucose, so you can figure out why they happened and how to correct them. Once you identify glucose...
in TEARS … T1 dealing with Insurance, Suppliers, Big Pharma and more!
It's Monday ... start of a fresh new week ... and it's just barely noon. And I'm in tears. Even my Westie, who is an empath, is feeling the agitation! Managing diabetes is HARD! It is challenging and often illogical and frequently a huge imposition on my plans. But...
CHOSEN for the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit at Stanford!
I’m just so excited! I was chosen to be one of the 10 scholarship recipients of the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit, held annually at the Stanford University School of Medicine this coming fall! I will be acting as a “delegate” for the d-patient community, expressing...
A Cure for T1 Diabetes? Using the Tuberculosis Vaccine??
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital are hoping to prove that type 1 diabetes can be reversed with the help of a generic drug. The five-year long, phase II clinical trial, which received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was announced Sunday...
SNAP to a POD: How I Made the Switch
IMPORTANT: I first must say a BIG thank you to Insulet Corporation, makers of the Omnipod insulin pump system, for offering a FREE Omnipod PDM PLUS a FREE box of Omnipod pods, WITHOUT ANY TRADE-IN or CHARGE to our insurance. A great and kind gesture to those of us...
Bigfoot Biomedical Snaps Up Asante’s Snap Pump Technology
This is the best Snap news I've had in the past two weeks, since Asante Solutions closed their doors. While this doesn't solve our short-term problem of choosing a new (and less technologically capable) insulin pump, it does my heart good to know that all the hard...
Hot News Flash: Dr. Ed Damiano’s Artificial Pancreas Next Step
This was posted by MedPage and AACE last week ... some exciting news from Dr. Ed Damiano. He's working on a proposal for a year-long study (with 480 participants, 160 of whom will be belong to a control of usual care) to compare outcomes of HbA1c and mean CGM...
Research News: Reversing Inflammation Could Cure Diabetes?
Wow, this is some very exciting news. Scientists have successfully reversed type 1 diabetes in mice by using adult stem cells and cell surface molecular engineering to reduce the destruction of insulin-producing islet cells. Wow! This article is somewhat technical,...
D Blog Week: WILDCARD – I am The Technology Grim Reaper
After 39 years as a T1 (oooops, started as a patient with diabetes mellitus, then a diabetic, then a juvenile diabetic, then a Type 1 diabetic, then a PWD, then a Type None PWD), in 2004, I finally decided that I was ready to try the insulin pump. For me, it...
More Diabetes Blogs