Glucagon Emergency Kit

Ask D’Mine: Please Be My Diabetes Lifeguard

By WilD on February 23, 2013

Ever wonder if you should tell people at your workplace about your diabetes? Especially when it comes to low blood sugars and what could happen if you aren’t able to treat a low yourself? Well, that’s the issue we tackle today in our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine!
As per usual, veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois has some tips.
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}

Hannah, type 1 from New…

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Ask D’Mine: Type 1 Kids and Birthday Parties, How Glucagon Works

By WilD on August 27, 2011

Ever wish there was someone to ask all those pressing, confounding, and disconcerting questions about life with diabetes? Someone who really “gets it”? Well, now there is!
If you haven’t discovered our diabetes advice column Ask D’Mine yet, now is your chance to jump in!  This Saturday series is hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}

Laura from Arizona, type…

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Enject’s GlucaPen: Diabetes’ Answer to the EpiPen

By AmyT on July 9, 2010

Haven’t you always wondered why Glucagon Emergency Kits are so effing complicated?  I mean, in the event of an actual emergency, if some PWD is lying unconscious on the floor, tasking a friend or family member to fumble with a delicate vial, gi-normous syringe, and what-looks-easy-but-in-reality is about a 12-step process to get the whole thing going only extends the nightmare for everyone involved!
Enter Enject, the smart folks who are developing a simple-to-use glucagon…

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