Savvy Updates 9/10/17: Medicare Cripples CGM for Seniors, Dexcom/Fitbit
Medicare has added a restriction to its coverage of Dexcom CGM for their patients: “Medicare” transmitters will be hardcoded to prevent pairing with the Dexcom G5 smartphone app! In fact, Medicare has forced Dexcom (and maybe they did it...
Savvy Update 8/26/2017: Accurate Meters?, 1 in 10 have Diabetes, JDRF/IBM, Apple App, Tandem
Are Blood Glucose Meters Accurate? New Data on 18 Meters, as reported on diaTribe.org, 14 August 2017. The Diabetes Technology Society (DTS) recently revealed long-awaited results from its Blood Glucose Monitor System (BGMS) Surveillance Program. The...
Savvy on The Bonnie Sher Show TODAY LIVE!
Yup, I’ll be Bonnie’s T1D Co-Host again today, talking about the craziness and coping while living with diabetes. Should be most interesting! The Bonnie Sher Show, a unique brand of wit and wisdom, airs weekly on Thursdays at 2...
Did You Know? Jerry Lewis Had Type 1 Diabetes!
Jerry Lewis, American comedian, actor, singer, producer, director, screenwriter, and humanitarian, known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio, passed away at the age of 91 on 20 August 20, 2017. His career spanned over 70 years and...
A Do-It-Yourself Afrezza Challenge by Jessica Ching
Jessica Ching, a long-time T1 and a whiz at all new D technology offered our adult T1 community as well as her Berkeley (CA) adult T1 group to participate in The Afrezza Challenge. Sounded like fun and we could eat, indeed we were encouraged to eat a high carb...
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