Yearly Archives: 2019

Hypoglycemia needs and opportunities

Hypoglycemia (aka “low blood glucose”) is dangerous, annoying, frustrating, time consuming. It causes us to lose productivity, forces us to stop exercising or working, can affect relationships, and even leads some people to run their blood glucose levels higher in … Continue reading

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EHR disappointment

Recently I read this article about electronic health records (EHR). In case you don’t have time to read it, the article discusses the problems and risks associated with EHRs. There have been other articles in the past that have said health care providers don’t … Continue reading

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Quality Improvement Project

Recently I wrote about diabetes as a daily experiment. Soon after I realized it’s also like a quality improvement project. In QI there are lots of words and abbreviations. In QI they use words like adopt, adapt, and abandon. Every day, … Continue reading

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Happy (Diabetes) Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who are also taking care of someone with diabetes. That could mean managing their own diabetes every day, while being a mom, or it could mean taking care of their child(ren) with diabetes. … Continue reading

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Less technology less likely

Did you see the LinkedIn article titled, Is the Smartphone Era Ending? Just reading that headline made me think of diabetes technology and chuckle. I’d heard not too long ago that people are worried about the negative effects of screen time … Continue reading

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Diabetes & Gig Economy Workers

Today’s blog post is by guest blogger, Jess Craig As a New Yorker who has her share of subway horror stories, (I’ve met NYC rats far less graceful than the legendary pizza rat), I’ve spent lots of time using ride sharing … Continue reading

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Social Stigma and Diabetes

There has been quite a bit of research on diabetes and stigma, and there is a lot of stigma attached to diabetes. People with diabetes are often thought of as lazy, poor, fat, weak, bad, not intelligent, and over eaters. … Continue reading

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Big Sibling is Watching

I was sitting in a hotel in Madison, Wisconsin, and I just glanced at Facebook. Right smack at the top of my feed there was a photo of a tee shirt that said, “I may live in Wisconsin, but my story … Continue reading

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Who can do it all?

I used to be incredibly efficient. I can still get a lot done, but I’m noticing that I’m not as efficient as I used to be. Not sure if I’m slowing down to focus on different things than I used … Continue reading

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Stop the Commentary

The following can be considered a public service announcement. People who work in health care: stop the commentary. Recently I’ve heard comments about co-pays “This is a really great co-pay!” (You don’t know if that was my last 25 dollars.) … Continue reading

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