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Stop by here to find and buy some great books about life and diabetes, including how to:
live and cope, adjust your insulin settings, survive the medical community, help others and develop advocates, and find the humor in life with diabetes.
Savvy Update 2/19/24: DiaMyd FDA Fast Track for Immunotherapy, Eversense E3 CGM Gets Expanded Medicare Coverage, Few More FREE Give-a-Way Books, Casting Call for Alerting but Untrained Pets
Immunotherapy to treat people with type 1 diabetes genotype granted fast track designation by Jill Rollet for Healio.com/endocrinology, 16 February 2024. The FDA granted fast track designation for an immunotherapy to treat type 1 diabetes among people with the human...
Savvy Pets, 5/8/20: Cody and Type 1 Diabetes … Walking Dogs in NYC is a Piece of Paradise
You are in for a treat! Amanda King was diagnosed with T1 diabetes at the age of 14 (in 1993) ... she remembers the date and the feelings she had of being overwhelmed and scared. "I have made it my mission, with the help from Cody, to help every scared,...
Savvy Book Review and Eating, 5/6/20: Cody Gets an Insulin Pump and CGM … Nutrition Myths for T1D and Simplifying Vegetables
OH MY GOODNESS, another very precious book by Amanda King (author and photographer) who has Type 1 diabetes and remembers the overwhelming feeling she had as we was being admitted to the hospital, at age 14.She saw the need for a book that explained Diabetes on the...
Savvy Books: Bisous for Leo
Wow, this is a charming, beautiful and heartfelt story about a little duck named Leo who has an illness that no one can see. His mission is to fly around and gather kisses (bisous is French for kisses) from any animal to make himself and others with an illness...
Savvy Books: Twas My Type Of Christmas, Parenting Children with Diabetes
These 2 books found their way to me ... and both are excellent. 'Twas My Type of Christmas, A Type 1 Diabetes Christmas Story, written by Mike Suarez, illustrated by Olsi Tola ... "This book is dedicated to every T1D Warrior navigating the holidays. There...
Savvy Book Review: Year One with Type One
OH MY GOODNESS, this book is precious. Written in perfect rhyme and adorable color illustrations, this is about Andrew, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 4. This is his story of his first year living with diabetes. It touches on the fears of...
Savvy Reviews: Cody and His Type 1 Diabetes AND Thrive Glucose Revival
It's my total honor to bring you 2 great diabetes finds!!! Cody and His Type 1 Diabetes is the most charming little story about Cody (a shih-tzu maltese mixed doggie) who gets diabetes. It's short, filled with adorable photographs ... you'll just fall in love...
Good Reads: Tested, One Sniff, Greed on Trial
Happy New Year, oh Savvy Ones! Let's start the year off with some great book recommendations. Tested: How Top Achievers with Diabetes Have Succeeded by Tim Hoy ... an insightful book showing us how some very successful T1s have approached their own diabetes journey to...
Savvy Books: What To Do When Your Partner Has Diabetes: A Survival Guide
Well, the title tagline says it all: A Survival Guide. "Here is a given: 100% of people do not like having diabetes. Most partners don't wish to burden anyone with their disease 1, especially not their significant other. Often, the "burden" becomes a...
Savvy about What and How We Should Eat, Maybe?!
The blog post on the Gut Microbiome was your primer course. NOW, let talk about what you you should eat. You will not find the answers here. There are so many options and choices ... it can be very overwhelming. There have always been fad diets, as...
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