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New to Diabetes: What’s Next? (Part 4)
New to Diabetes: What’s Next? (Part 3)
Last week I focused on blood glucose monitoring and logging as essential tools to help people new to diabetes get a handle on how different factors affect blood glucose. This week, I have a few more tips for getting control of your condition…
New to Diabetes: What’s Next? (Part 2)
There’s a lot to juggle when you have diabetes, and at times, you may feel as if you’re in a circus. Between balancing eating, physical activity, medication, and appointments (not to mention all of the other things that you need to do every day), it’s not surprising that many people tune out and throw up their hands. “It’s too hard to have diabetes,” they say…
New to Diabetes: What’s Next? (Part 1)
Back in October, I posted a piece called “Getting Started With Type 2 Diabetes.” I thought it might be helpful to expand upon that piece a bit…
Please Don’t Give the “Special Punch” to the Keyboard Player
“Oh, look at that. Looks like you’ve got diabetes. Have a pamphlet.” That’s how this journey started for me…
Getting Started With Type 2 Diabetes
It seems that, no matter what topic I write about or what questions I answer, the same type of question frequently comes up: “I just found out that I have Type 2 diabetes. What do I do?” This makes me realize that, despite the wealth of diabetes information that’s out there, we’re not reaching everyone.
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