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October 13, 2014
15+ Non-Candy Ideas for Trick-Or-Treating and Halloween Parties
When I was cleaning out the pantry a few weeks ago, I found a bag of candy from last Halloween and Valentine’s Day. I’m not even kidding! My kids put a piece in their lunch box each day for a few days and have a piece or two with snack and then forget about the stash.
I don’t deny my child with diabetes candy. All things in moderation. Let kids enjoy childhood rites of passage such as haunting the neighborhood on All Hollow’s Eve. The tree nut allergies are a bigger thing for us these days and...
October 7, 2014
{YouTube Tuesday} All About That Cure
Here’s a cute “All About That Bass” remake that some families have made to promote their JDRF fundraising.
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October 6, 2014
{Diabetes Management} I can finally upload our CGM to our Mac…and the angels sang!
Once again at our last endo appointment I voiced my frustration that they can’t easily download our insulin pump or CGM. You see, I was crunched for time that week and just didn’t have it in me to go through my daughter’s PDM day by day and write down all those numbers.
During our visit, our endo had the CDE download the CGM and come back with a ton of graphs for us to peruse. Based on those graphs, we made a few tweaks.
Having a meaningful way to look at our data is actually helpful, people.
Ou...
September 29, 2014
Lowest of Lows
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.
Q has high and low blood sugars all the time. It’s just part of life with diabetes for an active kid. Few lows or highs rattle my cage because this isn’t our first rodeo. But this particular night, I was surprised at how quickly Q’s BG could drop.
At bedtime snack Q’s CGM showed about 175 with two arrows down. By bedtime...
September 25, 2014
{D-LOL} New Diabetes Slogans #4
I think we could all use a little humor when thinking about and discussing type 1 diabetes. I’m proposing a few new slogans which I feel get to the heart of what it’s really like to manage type 1 diabetes. Come back next Thursday for another!
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September 18, 2014
{D-LOL} New Diabetes Slogans #3
I think we could all use a little humor when thinking about and discussing type 1 diabetes. I’m proposing a few new slogans which I feel get to the heart of what it’s really like to manage type 1 diabetes. Come back next Thursday for another!
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September 15, 2014
#ShowMeYourPump, Miss Idaho
Last night during the Miss America pageant, Sierra Sandison won the People’s Choice award. I have no doubt that people with diabetes and other medical conditions requiring them to wear accoutrements got behind her and voted in droves because of the visibility of the #showmeyourpump campaign. Even if she wasn’t crowned Miss America, we can all be proud of the visibility and awareness that she has brought to diabetes and insulin pumps this past month. And don’t forget that even though she wasn’...
September 11, 2014
{D-LOL} New Diabetes Slogans #2
I think we could all use a little humor when thinking about and discussing type 1 diabetes. I’m proposing a few new slogans which I feel get to the heart of what it’s really like to manage type 1 diabetes. Come back next Thursday for another!
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More Diabetes LOL posts
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All images are copyright D-Mom Blog and D-Mom Media and may not be copied or reproduced without express written permission.
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September 9, 2014
{Type 1 Tuesday} 09.09.14
Disney Spoonful
Two weeks into school and my kids have already been served birthday treats in the classroom. Head over to Disney’s Spoonful website where I have interviewed several parents of T1 kiddos on how they deal with treat in the classroom. Read “4 Brilliant Ways to Deal With Cupcakes and Other Classroom Treats.”
Diatribe
My book Kids First, Diabetes Second was featured in the latest issue of Diabtribe in their “What We’re Reading” column. Head on over to Diabtribe to read “Kids First, Di...
September 8, 2014
{Diabetes at School} Making School Lunch Run More Smoothly
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.
A recent news story (which I won’t link to because I feel this child needs her privacy) got me thinking about ways to make lunch at school run a bit more smoothly for our kids with diabetes. I think what’s important is making sure all staff are on the same page from the classroom teacher to the school nurse (or whoever...
