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Sugar Surfing Lesson #17: Shift happens
As I write in the book “Sugar Surfing™”, blood glucose levels in healthy people are never truly static (at least not for very long). The...
Diabetic Ketoacidosis: myths, tips, and lesser known facts
About one in four newly diagnosed persons with type 1 diabetes (and some type 2’s) will present in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) to a...
Why Sugar Surf?
Why Sugar Surf? Lost in the haze of college rock, winging it, and not logging, it turns out that I began developing my own version of a...
Unleash your own d-senses
A Diabetes Alert Dog provides an invaluable service to a person with diabetes and their loved ones. The keen senses animals possess are...
Let go of the "one and done" mindset in type 1 diabetes
Consider the following. Would your perception of golf change if the only way you could score at the game was by striking a hole in one?...
Hyperthyroidism and type 1 diabetes
I have previously explained the most common hormone deficiency in persons with type 1 diabetes: hypothyroidism (low thyroid) due to a...
Made any good diabetes excuses lately?
Have you made a good diabetes excuse today? One common excuse overheard in a diabetes clinic is that someone "forgot" to bring their...