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Diabetes Vacations

Vacations are awesome. Since I was young, I’ve loved visiting new places and spending time with family. My favorite type of vacation,...

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Diabetes and Celiac disease

How are they related? Celiac Disease is defined as inflammation, atrophy, and hyperplasia of the small bowel in response to gluten....

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The dreaded DKA

Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA). What is it and why is it so scary? DKA is a very serious complication of diabetes that occurs when there is...

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GLP-1 agonists (type 2)

GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide 1) receptor agonists DM is a progressive disease caused by insulin resistance and a partial or complete lack...

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Handling halloween

Halloween my fellow DM warriors! Halloween can be scary, especially for us diabetics… I’ll start out by saying, if you can resist all...

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CGM therapy: a game changer

What is the first step in controlling our blood sugar? Knowing our blood sugar! Most of us who take insulin test at least 4x a day...

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Rapid-acting insulin

Now that we have gone over how to keep glucose levels steady with basal insulin, let’s talk about the use of rapid acting insulin for...

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Basal insulin

Lets talk about Insulin! There are many types of insulin available for multiple daily injection (MDI) use. The most commonly used and...

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Diabetes and bullying. How diabetes made me the "cool kid".

I grew up on the small island of Kauai, Hawai’i. I loved it there and I still do, but it is not a good place to be sick. Or at least it...

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What is type 1 diabetes, anyway?

Diabetes is classified as elevated blood glucose levels stemming from the body’s resistance to insulin action, insufficient insulin...