Savvy T1 Topics: “Med-Speak”, The Ideal Physician, The Price of Living with T1D, Wishes, How to Eat Better
This blog is all about how we “live” with diabetes and how we “cope” with the medical community and how we can affect how we “feel” by what we eat. What did my doctor just say? “Medicalese” translations is a fun discussion...
Savvy Living 4/12/19: Tidy Up, Insulin for Life USA, Life of a Child, Insulin-Pumpers
Time for spring cleaning … and that applies to our diabetes supplies too. Let’s KonMari Our Diabetes Lives! was published by Rachel Kerstetter for DiabetesMine, 27 March 2019 … and it gives some great suggestions! With all the recent talk of...
Savvy Updates, 4/8/19: New T1 Origin Story, Smart Glucagon, Oxygen for Islet Transplants
Drug Clears Unhealthy Insulin-Producing Cells, Preventing Early Diabetes in Mice was reported by Nicholas Weiler on UCSF News, 21 February 2019. A UC San Francisco study of human and mouse pancreatic tissue suggests a new origin story for type 1 (T1) diabetes....
Savvy Living, 4/3/19: Stress, Microbes and Gut Biome, Weight Loss, Canadian Food Pyramid
Let’s take a look at what’s new in the realm of living well with T1D. Four physical signs of stress you shouldn’t ignore was reported by Lindsay Tigar on FastCompany.com, 29 March 2019. Often, your body will show signs of mental stress even if you...
