Are you ready for the Readi Pak? No, not the Ready Pac salads. And not Redi-Pak defibrillator electrodes, either. The diabetes Readi Pak is a new “Go-Bag” that features a large main compartment with a removable diabetes accessory case that lives in its own hidden pocket.
This isn’t the latest thing from any of the dozens of existing diabetes case and bag makers. No, this new bag is the brain child of Sanofi, the giant…
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Leticia from Uruguay, type 1, writes: I’m 27 and I’ve…
So much diabetes news, so little attention to the individuals “in the trenches”…
It seems we’re bombarded with headlines, often about developments from the major pharmaceutical and device companies that do play a key role in how we live and manage our diabetes. But what about the folks that don’t have a billion-dollar budget? The passionate people out there working to make an impact on life with diabetes from the “bottom up”?
In this new…
Have you also long been in search of a pack you can strap on during exercise that will actually hold the essentials you need for your diabetes? Hold your stuff in place, I mean, without bouncing? It seems someone finally invented one, and I kid you not, there’s practically nothing to it — just a slip of expandable fabric in the middle.
The Spibelt (Small Personal Items belt) was invented by a woman named Kim…
I’ll admit, for the first year after my diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes, I was almost afraid to leave the house. It was scary not knowing what might happen while I was away from home, and wondering whether I’d have the right supplies at hand in a moment of need.
Obviously, my life is a lot different now. We do take family trips regularly, including an annual sojourn to Germany every summer. I also fly…