1. Introduction 2. Caffeine 3. The Diet 4. Progress This is the first post in a series about what I’ve been up to.  Things here have been quiet for a little bit and here are some details explaining why. My goal for a long time has been to get my A1c and diabetes in general [...]

One of the hardest things to get information on when it comes to diabetes has been how to properly dispose of used diabetes supplies like lancets, test strips and syringes.  Well that and the impact caffeine has on blood sugars, but let’s stick to the disposal issue. While doing some research, I came across this [...]

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 [...]

For the last few years I have been consumed by work, my first and second daughter being born and relocating from Virginia to Maryland.  I have always been healthy, give or take 10 pounds or so.  I’ve been working out since my mid-teens and at times heavier/more frequent.  For a long time now, it’s been [...]

It’s been over 40 years since we put a person on the moon.  We have nano technology that is way beyond me.  I can fit about 5,000 songs on my iPod nano which is almost paper thin.  Apple has a laptop that fits into an envelope.   There are cars that can run without gas.  We [...]

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 [...]

This is a guest post by Rachel who writes a great blog about parenting a young child with type 1 diabetes.  I enjoy these guest posts because they typically bring a different perspective and insights that I may not experience or know about.  I want to thank Rachel for sharing her story and contributing to [...]

A special thank you goes to Gary Schmidt for writing today’s post.  Gary has graciously provided his insights and planning in regards to running with type 1 diabetes.  For me, this post was very helpful.  It would be my hope that others are inspired or at least learn a few tricks for running with diabetes.  [...]

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 [...]