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{Diabetes Management} Opsite Flexifix
We’ve been using the DexCom CGM for a few months. The adhesive seems to stick well, but as we push each sensor to its limit the issue sometimes becomes the adhesive, not the sensor itself. I have heard...
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{Diabetes Awareness Month} Our Big Blue Test
Yesterday I told you about the Big Blue Test. The premise is that exercise, even 15 minutes of exercise, can help lower blood sugar levels. With each test that is entered on the Big Blue Test website,...
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{Diabetes Management} Cheap Ways To Treat Lows
A while ago I did a cost analysis of several ways to treat low blood sugars. And I gave the tip at Halloween to pull out the pure sugar candies from the treat bag to set aside for lows. I popped into...
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Smaller Pods Are Finally FDA Approved!
I know many of you have been saying, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” But Insulet announced FDA approval of the new smaller pods today. Existing customers may have them in their hands as early as late...
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{Diabetes Management} The Artificial Pancreas…or why a hot fudge sundae made...
I know some of you are of the mindset: cure or nothing. I’m not that way. I’m not an all or nothing type of person. Do I want a cure for my daughter’s diabetes? Of course I do. But there isn’t even a...
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{Diabetes Management} ADA’s Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2013
Last week Wil Dubois, contributor to DiabetesMine discussed several highlights from the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2013. I found much of it to be very...
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{Diabetes Management} iDoctor: Isn’t this what we’ve been asking for?!
On January 25, 2013, NBC’s Rock Center aired a segment called “iDoctor: Could a smartphone be the future of medicine?” Of course your mind will go toward diabetes management as you begin watching this...
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{Our Story} The Student Becomes the Teacher
Sometimes when it’s time to perform (the seemingly hundred) diabetes tasks each day, I just drag my feet…and I’m not even the one with diabetes! When her pump beeps at us (beep beep, beep beep) telling...
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{Diabetes Management} Eat Your Skittles!
(Narrated in a Marlin Perkins, Wild Kingdom voice…) CGM alarms low. Blood sugar is 59. Q grabs the Skittle which I purchased on the cheap after Halloween. She opens the package and starts sorting them...
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{Diabetes Management} Treating Lows While Sledding
I know some of you gave gotten a lot of snow this winter. We have not. I’m not so bummed about that, but the kids crave outdoor winter activities. With snow in the forecast, Q and I snagged two sleds...
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{Beginning the Insulin Pump} Final Thoughts
As I was looking at old posts I realized that it might be helpful to share our thought process and experience as we decided to go from multiple daily injections (MDI) to an insulin pump. My daughter...
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{CGM} DexCom G4 Platinum Has LONG Range…most of the time.
In the spring of 2012 we had a trial of the Medtronic CGM* and subsequently began using the DexCom 7+ CGM in the summer. In late 2012 we ordered the DexCom G4 Platinum. One of the reasons why we wanted...
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Don’t Believe the Hype
Gratuitous Public Enemy song that started going through my mind immediately after reading the first post that set this all into motion: (E-mail and feed subscribers click over for embedded video.) I...
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{Diabetes at School} Following Protocols at School
Please remember that I never give medical advice. Ask your endocrinologist or pediatrician for advice about your own child. Make your own informed decisions for your own child. I hear parent after...
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Giant…No…MEGA Smarties
There is an urban legend that Smarties*, which we use to treat low blood sugars sometimes, come in a giant size. I had never come across them. Not that I’ve been actively looking for them, but I have...
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{Diabetes Management} Bedroom Supplies Organization
My daughter’s nightstand was becoming overrun with new and used diabetes supplies. I usually check her blood sugar around 10:00 pm or so, before I go to bed, and of course any time that the DexCom...
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{Our Story} HIGH Blood Sugar!
Please remember that I never give medical advice. Ask your endocrinologist or pediatrician for advice about your own child. Make your own informed decisions for your own child. One day the assistant...
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{Diabetes Management} The A1c…It’s All Relative
What do you see when you look at this photo? Some d-parents look at it and see a victory, some defeat. For some families an 8.0 is hard-won. For some it brings up more questions than answers. Some...
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{Wordless Wednesday} Matchy Matchy
It’s always encouraging when the blood glucose meter and continuous glucose monitor are spot on. Twice in the SAME day, no less! All images are copyright D-Mom Blog and D-Mom Media and may not be...
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{Wordless Wednesday} Toeing the Line
Note the time span…the wee hours! All images are copyright D-Mom Blog and D-Mom Media and may not be copied or reproduced without express written permission. {Wordless Wednesday} Toeing the Line is a...
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