Team Type A is a group of people with Type 1 diabetes whose goal is to inspire younger people with diabetes to participate in sports and to demonstrate that people with diabetes can do it all.
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Guilt is the major diabetes “complication” that isn't usually discussed enough (often not at all) at endocrinologist’s visits, or even within the shelter of the diabetes community.
When adrenaline made her blood sugar skyrocket, it was like she was pedaling through mud. She struggled to even go, as she pushed herself to move along a flat road. And you know what? She did it with a smile on her face and while cracking jokes, and while figuring out a dose to bring herself down.
Since like underwear, an insulin pump is constantly worn close to the body, Isherwood believes the way it looks, feels and is carried should reflect its intimate nature. "It's my belief that pump accessories should be more at home in an underwear drawer than a medicine cabinet," she says.
Feeling ashamed of all the things you should have done won't make your diabetes better. The best thing you can do is take action and get back on track. To make things easier for us, Dr. Zachary Bloomgarden, a New York City endocrinologist has made a list of the things he'd like all of his diabetes patients to do.
Thriving With Diabetes, by Dr. Paul Rosman, an osteopath who specializes in endocrinology, and David Edelman, CEO of Diabetes Daily, guides the reader through the basics of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and delves into all the modern and relevant education and advice a person person with diabetes needs to not only to live with diabetes, but to thrive.
Guidelines are mixed but generally have recommended systolic pressure be up to 130 in patients who also diabetes.
New research suggests that half of all U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes.
The study of government health surveys echoes previous research and shows numbers increased substantially between 1988 and 2012 although they mostly leveled off after 2008. Overall, 12 percent to 14 percent of adults had diagnosed diabetes in 2012, the latest data available. Most of that is Type 2 diabetes, the kind linked with obesity and inactivity.
Following my recent article about why I lied to my parents about my diabetes, many parents reached out to my mother and me to ask how I turned things around. I thought that I would take this opportunity to address some of the different things my parents, my medical team, and I did to help me recover from diabetes burnout and take responsibility for my diabetes.
I’d like to tell you that I’ve solved shopping-related low blood sugar (shopoglycemia?), but I haven’t. Each week marches on and the milk and coffee must be replenished.