If I were the parent of a child with diabetes, my opinions about the new-to-the-market and highly praised Medtronic MySentry CGM monitoring device might be different.
But I’m not a CWD parent. No, I’m an adult living with type 1 diabetes.
And from that perspective, despite all the benefits of this device I see, it’s just not for me. I see more cons and downsides to it than benefits and that’s why I can’t say…
Losing the ability to sense low blood sugars is one of the scariest things for those of us living with diabetes.
For one college student at Purdue University, that hypoglycemia unawareness led to an average of three ER visits a week (!) Even with a CGM, this young man diagnosed with type 1 at age 5 wasn’t able to avoid the insulin reactions because they came on too quickly. It got to the point where…
{Editor’s Note: This post is not meant to make light of domestic violence, which we recognize is an issue that needs to be taken seriously. Rather, this post is just a guy relying on his sense of humor to help him to cope with some of the worst effects of diabetes.}
So, I beat my wife.
Seriously. I’ve resorted to spousal abuse twice in the past few years and I can’t guarantee it won’t…
Most of us come to expect certain things… like feeling your lows and fitting into your pants! So why do those things sometimes change? That’s what we’re covering in this week’s diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Kayla from Nebraska, type 1, writes: I recently noticed that I am not experiencing noticeable signs…