World Diabetes Day is coming up and if you are going to feature it, please, please, please read this post first! The language you use to write about diabetes affects people living with diabetes hugely and it has the power to harm or help. Let’s try for the later.
Not Your Average Person with Diabetes, Boo Boo
You Don't Look Diabetic
Insights, Inspiration and Setting Direction - Diabetes Organisation Summit
The Novo Nordisk European Diabetes Patient Advocacy Summit was created for patient organizations from all over Europe to gain Insight, Inspiration, Inspiration-and Direction Setting. We heard best practices from other diabetes organisations and the two day conference identifying challenges and barriers in our own countries and what to set as a priority in our countries.
Freestyle Libre4All 6 months Later
Over six months ago, the Irish health service, the HSE, launched the reimbursement of the flash glucose monitor, the Freestyle Libre, to people with type 1 diabetes aged between 5 and 21 years.
It has been almost 9 months since the HSE announced that the reimbursement scheme would only be open to people with type 1 diabetes aged between 5 and 21 years which led to over 19,000 people signing an online petition to remove this age restriction.
When Taking Insulin Make Sure Brain is Awake
When taking insulin in the morning MAKE SURE BRAIN IS AWAKE AND ENGAGED. Aaarrrg!
I gasped as I completed my insulin dose! Crap! I just realized I used my non exercise day insulin to carb ratio for my breakfast. I wasn’t even distracted by questions from young people, I just wasn’t fully awake.
Thankfully, I noticed it right away and instead of the paramedics giving me a lift home after my walk by way of the hospital, I decided to reduce my background insulin for 2 hours to counteract having more insulin than I needed. Then I adopted the wait and see approach. What other approach is there when you live with diabetes?!?
I did avert a nasty hypo, in fact, my glucose levels were a tad on the high side. So, I corrected and moved on.
From this point forward, I will most definitely MAKE SURE MY BRAIN IS AWAKE AND ENGAGED when taking insulin in the morning.
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