Darn it, it’s tough returning from vacation. Somehow you feel like your life is all loose ends, and man, are you behind on tying things up! Diabetes sort of makes you feel that way all the time though, doesn’t it? As I attempt to “un-bury” and get back into my “more responsible” routine, it occurred to me that a list might help (or not…)
Ten Things I Should Definitely Do More Often
1. Count…
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Did any of you catch this excellent article in the New York Times last week: Diabetes Case Shows Pitfalls of Treatment Guidelines? I was surprised to see very little blog chatter on it. It’s a fascinating summary of the recent controversy over national blood sugar guidelines, sparked primarily by the ACCORD study that scared everybody off tight glucose control last summer.
The article explains how the benchmark for aggressive control of blood sugar was abruptly…
Kelly Close is the brillant mind behind Close Concerns, a consultancy dedicated to “the business of diabetes.” In addition to having type 1 diabetes for more than 20 years, she is also one of the thought leaders in the diabetes community. One of Close Concern’s main objectives is to go every ― and I mean every ― diabetes conference and report back on the latest findings. Today, Kelly shares some new nuggets she discovered at this…
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Being diagnosed with diabetes at any age is a shock, but being diagnosed at 18 years old when you’re studying to be prima ballerina in New York City has to be a HUGE shock. That’s what happened to Zippora Karz, who now teaches dance from her home in Los Angeles. This November, at age 44, she’ll be publishing The Sugarless Plum: A Ballerina’s Triumph over Diabetes, her memoirs of diagnosis and time in the New…
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I don’t know why this feels like front page news. It’s just a small thing. But one that many people with diabetes prone to hypoglycemia can really appreciate, I imagine — especially the kids who must positively choke on those standard-variety horse-pill-sized glucose tablets…
What I’m talking about is: new Glucose Bits from Dex4, the company that makes pretty much just about all the other glucose products you’ll find in your neighborhood drugstore. They’re little “individual…