When it comes to using diabetes technology like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, we need all the help we can get — because figuring out the nitty-gritty of fine-tuning our basal rates, using advanced features like dual wave boluses, and troublshooting sick days and time zones ain’t easy.
We’ve previously brought you reviews of such fine works as Pumping Insulin and Beyond Fingersticks (by the ‘Mine’s own Wil Dubois!), and today we’re introducing a new…
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It is always exciting to see one of “our own” — a diabetes blogger and advocate — find success offline. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce the publication of a new book, Kids First, Diabetes Second by Leighann Calentine, the author of D-Mom Blog and mom to Quinn, a 7-year-old PWD who was diagnosed with type 1 four years ago. Like many of us, Leighann started blogging to share support and information, and now she’s expanding…
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If you have a question about insulin pumping, all you need to do is pick up a copy of the fifth edition of Pumping Insulin, the encyclopedia of all things pumps by the legendary husband-and-wife team John Walsh and Ruth Roberts. Their first edition was published in 1989, and Pumping Insulin is considered by many to be “the Bible” on insulin pumps. What makes John and Ruth such experts?
John is a Physician’s Assistant and…
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Nancy Finn’s motto is that “healthcare is not a spectator sport, it is a participatory sport.” In her book, e-Patients Live Longer, The Complete Guide to Managing Health Care Using Technology, released late last year, she goes on to state:
“(Patients) should participate in decision making with their physicians, ask questions, and be willing to invest time and effort in understanding their conditions. Physicians, for their part, must be willing to share information, with their…
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When I heard that Lilly Diabetes was holding its first-ever Diabetes Blogger Summit, my initial thought was: “It’s about flippin’ time.”
I’m an active patient advocate and blogger who’s lived in Indianapolis for close to a decade and worked for about six years in downtown Indy, where Lilly is based, but haven’t once been able to get a clear read on what the company is doing to engage the diabetes patient community, either online or…
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