From ASweetLife.org: 10 Reasons Having T1d “Totally Sucks”
There are way more than 10 reasons! But these are darn good. After almost 53 years of living with Type 1 diabetes, I’ve been feeling a little bit cranky that there is still no cure for this devastating disease. Don’t get me wrong...
Be Savvy About Injuries – Better to Get Hurt in the Daytime!
Another reason to be cautious at night! Daytime injuries heal twice as fast as wounds sustained at night, as reported by Andy Cohglan in New Scientist, 8 November 2017, from a study published in Science Translational Medicine (DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal2774). If...
FiAsp is SO SAVVY COOL!
Fiasp® (Faster-acting Insulin ASParte) is a new formulation of NovoLog®, in which the addition of niacinamide (vitamin B3) helps to increase the speed of the initial insulin absorption, resulting in an onset of appearance in the blood in approximately 2.5...Savvy Issues: Aging with T1, Hips, Support from Family or Friends, Closed Loop
First, let’s look at getting older with Type 1 diabetes. Yup, put on your reading glasses and sit in your easy chair. The New Complication: Aging with Type 1 Diabetes was reported on MyGlu.org, October 2017. And oh, this is interesting. With...
Savvy Update, 11/9/2017: Islet Cells, New CGM, Smell of Insulin,
Lots of news about islet or beta cells … all very promising research! Healthy islets of Langerhans cells — hormone-secreting cells of the pancreas. Granules inside these cells release insulin and other substances into the blood. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Source...
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