When we’re diagnosed with diabetes, we hear about something called a “patient-centered healthcare team,” where the patient is supposedly the captain and the endocrinologist, certified diabetes educator, dietician, eye doctor, primary care doctor and other specialists are all supporting team members.
Or so they say. Truth is, “healthcare teams” are rarely set up like this.
As we all know, the patient is rarely in charge of anything and medical professionals are rarely working in harmony.…
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Even though her eyes were clouded with cataracts, Mrs. Romero’s gaze was steady, leaving no room for ambiguity. No room for argument. “I won’t take insulin,” she said firmly, “I don’t care if I die.” Period. End of discussion. At 85-years-of-age, my patient was joining the ranks of a new movement: elderly patients who refuse to take medications ordered by their doctors.
Isolated incidents or the cusp of a new trend? Just how big is…
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Welcome to Day 2 of the third annual Diabetes Blog Week, hosted by Karen Graffeo over at Bitter-Sweet Diabetes.
The topic today: One Great Thing. Karen explains: “Living with diabetes (or caring for someone who lives with it) sure does take a lot of work, and it’s easy to be hard on ourselves if we aren’t ‘perfect.’ But today it’s time to give ourselves some much-deserved credit. Tell us about just one diabetes thing you…
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WilD on
April 14, 2012
There’s no end in sight when you have diabetes — but is there ever a time when it’s right to quit your meds? In this edition of our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, a couple of our readers are wondering if their meds are no longer so good…
As per usual, we’ve got some info-packed responses from host Wil Dubois, diabetes author and community educator and also a veteran type 1 himself.
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If we had a dollar for every time “What the heck??” was uttered in managing diabetes, we’d probably have enough funds to find the cure ourselves! Luckily, we thrive on the never-ending mysteries of diabetes here at our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil tackles high BGs in a type 2 PWD, and how insulin-on-board is calculated differently in various insulin…
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