low blood sugar treatment

D-Blog Week 2013: Petitioning in the Name of Mistreated Carbs

By MikeH on May 14, 2013

This is the fourth year of Diabetes Blog Week dreamed up by D-Peep Karen Graffeo, who blogs over at Bitter-Sweet, and today’s prompt asks us to take a stand on all the hubbub we’ve seen in our Diabetes Online Community lately relating to petitions that call for change.
Here’s what Karen asks of us today:
Recently, various petitions have been circulating the DOC, so today let’s pretend to write our own. Tell us who you…

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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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Going Low and Losing Time

By MikeH on December 7, 2012

Out of nowhere, time can slip away from us when a high or low blood sugar comes at us unexpectedly.
This happened to me the other day, hitting me like a sucker punch in the gut and stealing a couple hours of my afternoon.
Thanks to that Low, those hours are time I’ll never get back. Still, I’m so very grateful that I was able to eventually catch this hypo and treat it myself, and…

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Glucose Tabs Go Organic (Yet Flavorful)

By AllisonN on October 10, 2011

A common trend in the food industry these days is the push for more organic, natural foods to replace or join their artificially-sweetened, artificially-colored counterparts. No one wants extra chemicals and preservatives in their food and beverages, right? So why would PWDs be any different with their glucose tablets? Which are, you know, supposed to be pure sugar? Glucose tabs are joining the organic movement with the launch of two new lines of glucose tablets,…

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