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Lesson #22: "The Human Gap"
Stephen W. Ponder MD, FAAP, CDCES In the era of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), staying “in range” competes with the hemoglobin A1c...


Lesson #21: Microdosing. It's just a "day in the life" of the Sugar Surfer.
Stephen W. Ponder MD, FAAP, CDCES 2018 ADCES Diabetes Educator of the Year Over treating a low blood sugar can be frustrating. It starts...


Sugar Surfing Lesson: Awareness drives action
“There isn’t any good or bad, everything is either a product of pure awareness or sheer ignorance” Ramana Pemmaraju The first step of...


Sugar Surfing™ Visual Quiz
Sugar Surfing™ is based on rapid visual pattern recognition as one glances at a CGM trendline pattern. The interpretation of the trend...


Sugar Surfing™ Lesson #20 Covering the bases
Imagine you are an experienced and confident baseball shortstop. Your position on the field allows for lots of “in the moment” choices to...

5 things everyone should hear after receiving a type 1 diabetes diagnosis (at any age)
Type 1 diabetes often arrives totally unexpected. Shock, denial, fear, and sadness are usual first reactions. For most, the maelstrom of...


Sugar Surfing™ in the post Covid-19 era
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...