This past summer my daughter, Bisi, who has Type 1 diabetes, and I were hanging out on the beach on Block Island when she spotted a man walking by with…
Category: Sports and Fitness
In an age when people using insulin were discouraged from doing strenuous exercise, Bill was one of a thousand World Championship competitors to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run a full marathon. He did it in thirteen hours, twenty minutes--45 minutes of that time was spent on medical checks.
Christel Oerum is a co-founder of a diabetes and fitness website, TheFitBlog.com. Today, at age 38, Christel is a competitive bikini athlete,…
“I was seeing this doctor who would just do my blood-work, give me my A1C and send me on my way. I thought, ‘Why am I coming here every 3 months? I’m getting nothing out of this.’”
Team Joslin is a group of generous and dedicated individuals from all over the world who participate in athletic events to raise funds for Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, MA. The funds raised through these events contribute to Joslin’s mission to prevent, treat and cure diabetes.
I got my first CGM three and a half weeks before I ran the Vienna marathon. I used it on my final long training run (23 miles), and on my short runs leading…
Type Zero Technologies' chief mathematician, Dr. Boris Kovatchev, reached out to Riding on Insulin to gauge interest in being part of a groundbreaking artificial pancreas trial.
Now eight years after my diagnosis, I view Type 1 diabetes not as a punishment for wrongdoing, but as an opportunity. As a yoga teacher and long time yoga practitioner I’ve always been able to find the gifts within the challenges.
Carry glucose that does not freeze. Even soft granola bars can become hard to chew in the cold of your outer jacket pocket. Opt for glucose tabs when out in the winter.
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.