By
AmyT on
January 11, 2013
Welcome back to our Friday “life with diabetes” video short series from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, who created the documentary film Sugar Babies. This week’s snippet shows a family with a little girl diagnosed with type 1 about a year ago.
It’s a realistic view of what it’s like having a preschooler who needs an insulin pump. From the D-Mom’s perspective on losing control and worrying about her daughter’s health for a few hours during the school day…
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By
MikeH on
January 11, 2013
By January 2015, we could be offered a choice of wearing a dual-chambered infusion pump that distributes both insulin and another medication like fast-acting glucagon or a meal-time infusion of Symlin.
Could be… that’s the tentative timeline for a new device being developed as part of a partnership between the JDRF and Tandem Diabetes, maker of the Apple-esque t:slim insulin pump that debuted in 2012. On Tuesday, the two entities announced they’ve teamed up to…
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By
MikeH on
January 10, 2013
Back when I worked as a reporter in an office building in downtown Indianapolis, there’d be many days when I came in before the sun rose and left after it set. Getting outside to just walk around was a very low priority, and the only exercise I might get would be the few steps to the break room for some coffee.
Now that I’m working from home, the same kind of busy workday keeps me…
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When I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 19 years ago, the very first person I met was Stacey McGill of Stoneybrook, CT. If you are a woman diagnosed with diabetes between the late-80s and mid-90s, she was probably one of the first diabetics you met, too.
The thing is, she’s not a real person. Despite her being the first person “like me” who made me feel less alone with my diabetes, Stacey is actually…
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By
AmyT on
January 9, 2013
{Editor’s Note: This is not a formal product review, like the one we published in November; this is a post about a personal relationship with a piece of essential technology.}
Just about exactly one year ago, I reported discovering that I was happier when not wearing a CGM. Now the Dexcom G4 has come along and changed my mind, again.
As noted in our 2012 Revelations post, when continuous glucose monitoring is accurate and user-friendly,…
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