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Challenging the Notion of Adherence in Diabetes Care

What does adherence even mean when it comes to diabetes? Even when I do everything “correctly” that I am supposed to do to manage my blood sugars, the results are inconsistent. The number of variables affecting glucose levels is immeasurable, and we learn about new ones daily. How could someone ever be labeled as “adherent” […]

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Sep 10, 2024

The Relationship Between Diabetes and Sleep

I’m sure most of us over 30 feel we always need more sleep and cannot catch up on the missing zzz’s. My friends with diabetes and I talk a lot about the “diabetes hangover” that can occur after a night of highs or lows due to missed sleep. The role that diabetes plays in sleep […]

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Jul 31, 2024

Inside the Diabetes Healthcare Team

Ideally, the healthcare team you see for your diabetes care would consist of many different providers.1 This is not always the case, but if you can find a center with a multidisciplinary team, studies show that people with diabetes have better health outcomes and fewer complications when they see a team utilizing the chronic care […]

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Aug 28, 2024

Stories from CWD Journey Award Recipients

Michelle Hefty

I spent my 12th birthday in the hospital when I was diagnosed. I was told I was very near being in a diabetic coma and extremely dehydrated. I was a walking skeleton that couldn’t make it through a day ay school. I slept all day, and peed 7 times one night. We learned how important […]

Patricia Marn

I was diagnosed at age four in 1969. We had to boil the reusable needles then. I heard the doctor tell my Mom that a life expectancy for Type 1 diabetics was approximately 35 years. I grew up with fear of turning 35. They did not know I understood what they were saying. I’ve now […]

Joseph Levy

Shortly after I became engaged to my (now) wife, I started to have increased thirst and sudden weight loss. In Feb of 1975 a visit to my doctor determined that I had diabetes. Back then blood sugar testing was only done in a doctor’s office. I determined how well I was doing by testing my […]

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