It’s not easy having a pancreas that just can’t get the job done by itself. Studies have consistently shown that a distr…
HbA1c
10 Facts You May Not Know About Hemoglobin A1C
I’d never heard of hemoglobin A1C until my husband, Mike, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2002. At the time …
#DBlogWeek Day 2 – Keep it to Yourself
A few days ago, after we put up our Short and Sweet interview with Karen Graffeo, I looked over the D blog Week topics t…
#DBlogWeek Day 2 – Keep it to Yourself
Over time, I’ve grown more comfortable with the concept of sharing as much of my diabetes story as possible. I’m open to…
Amazingly Easy Ways to Lower your A1c
Focusing on eeking down that ever shifting number can be one of the most frustrating things a person living with diabete…
The HbA1c Teaching Model: Making Diabetes Education Tangible
That’s why when I heard about Casey Steffen’s HbA1c teaching model, I was instantly intrigued. It is a scientific model …
What Do Your A1C Test Results Really Mean?
The hemoglobin A1c test, as we all know, is supposed to give a sense of your average blood glucose levels over the past …
Should Parents of Children with Type 1 Diabetes Celebrate Their HbA1c Scores?
Yesterday my six year old son with Type 1 diabetes, Sacha, was at the Children’s Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, …
First A1c Test To Be Approved By FDA For Diagnosing Diabetes
The U.S. FDA has announced that it is allowing marketing of the COBAS INTEGRA 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay (Tina-quant H…
Worst A1c Since Diagnosis, But It’s Coming Down
After putting it off for as long as possible, I got my quarterly blood work done last Wednesday. I expected disappointin…
