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November 8, 2019
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 8
“If a person with diabetes is experiencing severe hypoglycemia (unconscious or having a seizure), a glucagon injection must be given and 911 called.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 7, 2019
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 7
“When blood sugar is low, a person with type 1 diabetes needs fast-acting carbs such as juice, glucose tablets, or candy such as Smarties or Skittles. They don’t need more insulin.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 6, 2019
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 6
“Kids with diabetes can do everything that other kids can do; they just need to adapt activities to keep their blood sugars from going too low or too high.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 5, 2019
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 5
“Drinking juice and eating candy does not cause type 1 diabetes. The parent and child did nothing to cause it.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 4, 2019
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 4
“Minimally, a person with type 1 diabetes checks his/her blood sugar 4 times a day. That’s more than 1,460 painful finger sticks a year.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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How Can We Raise Type 1 Diabetes Awareness?
Here are several ways that you can help raise awareness about type 1 diabetes during Diabetes Awareness Month (November) and on World Diabetes Day (November 14th).
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month in the USA, and annually the International Diabetes Federation proclaims November 14th as World Diabetes Day. This date is chosen because it is the birthday of Fredrick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, discovered insulin in 1922.
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14November 3, 2019
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 3
“In one year, a person with type 1 diabetes will give him/herself a minimum of 1,460 injections.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 2, 2019
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 2
“Type 1 diabetes was formerly called ‘juvenile diabetes,’ a misnomer because children don’t outgrow it when they become adults.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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Daylight Saving Time
Spring Forward.
Fall Back.
Just a friendly reminder: Don’t forget to change the time on all of your diabetes devices this weekend including your insulin pump, continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and blood glucose meters.
Long-acting insulin should be taken within 30 minutes of the regular time each day. When we were on MDI, we took about a week to transition to the new time, changing it by 15 minutes every couple of days. Ask your medical team how you should handle the time change with regards to in...
November 1, 2019
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 1
“Type 1 diabetes has no known cause and no cure. It is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the beta cells in the pancreas.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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