Find a Cure with Words

I got excited when I saw the new Accu-Check MultiClix Lancet Device at the vendor table at the Children With Diabetes Focus on Technology conference but not because it was a one-click gizmo. I got excited because it was black and our lancet devices are blue. I didn’t know they came in different colors! Or do . . . → Continue reading: A New Lancet Device

The Focus On Technology Children With Diabetes Conference was held on February 25-26th, 2012, in West Conshohocken, PA and was the 53rd Children With Diabetes Conference.

The Saturday morning keynote address, CGMS and New Technology, was given by Dr. Henry Anhalt, Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director of the Artificial Pancreas Program for Animas.

Other lectures included Advanced . . . → Continue reading: The Focus On Technology Children With Diabetes Conference

When your child is in a show, concert, or parade, diabetes won’t take an intermission.

Your child will be on stage perhaps separated from an adult who can help them if he or she is having a low blood sugar. Will the excitement, stress or extra activity required for the performance cause the blood sugar to go up or down? Beats me. And you . . . → Continue reading: Concerts, Shows, and Parades- Oh My!

My toddler daughter was thrilled one year when Santa brought her a tiny pump and pump belt for her doll. Santa gets it!

Here then is my holiday list of diagifts for kids:

The stuffed pancreas by iheartguts. My daughters adore these soft pancreatic pillows. iheartguts also sells a pancreas lapel pin and a pancreas T-shirt.

The ultimate girl’s bag for . . . → Continue reading: Diagifts: A Holiday Gift Giving Guide

Three new books added to the diabetes bookshelf this year are Not Dead Yet, My Race Against Disease from Diagnosis to Dominance, by Phil Southerland and John Hanc, The Sweet Life: Diabetes Without Boundaries, by Chef Sam Talbot, and Coco and Goofy’s Goofy Day, by Susan Amerikaner. All three books could appeal to those without diabetes as . . . → Continue reading: Diabooks: Updates to the Diabetes Bookshelf