Here we are on our final Friday in the month of January, and we find ourselves wrapping up our Life with Diabetes (LWD video series that’s been a regular find here for the past four months.
In this week’s final snippet, we visit with a teenager with diabetes struggling to keep her weight down and manage her blood sugar levels, all the while making it through college courses and working a job too, and, you…
Nearing the end of our regular Friday “life with diabetes” video series from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, we bring you a clip that dives into a very personal issue for those who’ve grown up with diabetes and lived with it throughout their childhood and teen years.
The topic: finding the ongoing motivation necessary to keep doing what we’re supposed to, whether it’s checking our blood sugars or counting carbs or even taking insulin. In this clip,…
Welcome back to our Friday “life with diabetes” video short series from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, who created the documentary film Sugar Babies. This week’s snippet shows a family with a little girl diagnosed with type 1 about a year ago.
It’s a realistic view of what it’s like having a preschooler who needs an insulin pump. From the D-Mom’s perspective on losing control and worrying about her daughter’s health for a few hours during the school day…
Happy Friday! Once again, it’s time for a “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, who created the educational D-documentary film Sugar Babies. In this week’s clip, we meet a family in which both a father and daughter are struggling with type 2 diabetes — so the whole family’s working on improving what they eat and getting more exercise.
Since making some lifestyle changes, the family is asking themselves a very basic question:…
Hey everyone! Today, we have a new “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, creator of the documentary film Sugar Babies.
This clip looks at one health care provider’s efforts to help a teenager commit to taking her insulin and checking her blood sugar at least four times a day. It’s not easy in those teen years, and this HCP is taking it one step at a time.
Episode 12: One BG Check…