I know I’m a little behind the news flash on this one, but I want to make sure that all my readers know about this recall.  Medtronic announced a voluntary product recall for all of the Paradigm Quick Set (mostly in U.S.) infusion sets that have a reference number of MMT-396 to MMT-399 along with [...]

In my last post, I discussed the need to code a blood glucose meter to the vial of test strips to ensure accuracy.  My question was, why did this need to be done?  Below is my e-mail to LifeScan asking this question with their response below my request. “… My last post was in regards [...]

This is a guest post submitted by Lorraine who is doing an excellent job managing her son’s (Caleb) type 1 diabetes.  I met Lorraine through twitter, which is an excellent medium to talk real-life diabetes.  From our first few conversations, I knew that she was doing a lot of things right for Caleb and keeping [...]

“Winner, winner, chicken dinner”.  I hope you all had a nice long and relaxing holiday weekend!  As promised, here is my vlog that answers the question, “What did I do for the first time after 4 years on an insulin pump”?   Thank you all for contributing and to the winner of the Amazon gift [...]

As we approach a nice long weekend here in the States, I wanted to pose a question to the Blogging Diabetes readers.  I’ve been on an insulin pump for almost 4 years now.  Just the other day, I had something happen for the first time ever on the pump.  What happened? Who knows, I might [...]

About 10 years ago I started my diabetic journey taking pills to control my blood sugar.  Taking those pills only lasted a few months before my doctor determined that I was not producing enough insulin in my pancreas. I then switched to injections and went on insulin.  My doctor, who was simply a primary care [...]

Recently, I wrote a blog post on the disadvantages of being on an insulin pump.  I felt like the advantages were obvious and widely known.  After reviewing some of the comments and hearing other feedback, I decided to write about the advantages of insulin pump therapy.  Here are a few reasons to switch from injections [...]

Please take a minute to submit your answer to the Blogging Diabetes poll located on the right side of the main blog page. From time to time I will get a series of highs that will drive me crazy.  I review what I ate, how much insulin I took, if my basal rate stopped working [...]

Location, location, location.  If you’ve been on an insulin pump for a long time, you have probably tried a bunch of different sites for the infusion sets.  I guess the same applies to the CGMs (Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems).  I’ve been on the pump for about three years and typically rotate between four site locations [...]

This is the second post where I am attempting to be honest and give some real-life insight where a doctor probably wouldn’t.  The first post, discussed the sporadic jump in my blood sugars for no apparent reason.  This video will tell you about something that happens every so often when changing an infusion set.  I [...]