Many questions get sent to me regarding living and managing type 1 diabetes in the Covid-19 'new reality'. I will preface this by saying I am no Dr. Fauci, but I’ve appreciated reading about how he lives and the safety principles he follows. I'm a pediatric endocrinologist and not an expert in infectious diseases. But like Fauci (due to his age), I’m considered 'high risk' for Covid-19 consequences. I’m over 60, have had type 1 diabetes 55 years, have hypertension and coronary artery disease (the latter two well treated). I am not overweight (150 pounds, 70 inches tall). My patients and families often ask me "what do you do, given your long history of type 1 diabetes"? I wanted to summarize
From the beginning, I've taught that Sugar Surfing™ is NOT a diet. It's a decision making system based on rapid visual analysis of common patterns in a CGM trendline. Recently during a search we came across the blatant misuse of Sugar Surfing™ for an online promotion of a "personalized meal plan" service on a website claiming it was "recommended" by me (see below). This is FALSE. Beware of any other online promotions for diabetes related products or services which state they are endorsed or recommended by me, Stephen Ponder MD, or are somehow related to Sugar Surfing™. Our non profit diabetes education organization does not endorse any products or services outside of the specific diabetes ad
