Clinical Care
Disclosing a Diabetes Diagnosis: Building Trust and Understanding with Patients
Many people decide to go into a career related to diabetes once they have received a diagnosis for themselves or a loved one. When I was a teenager, I remember attending Friends for Life Orlando and meeting a diabetes educator with diabetes who taught us the reality of living as an adolescent with diabetes. This was the first time I implicitly trusted a healthcare professional who worked in diabetes. There were some others who I would listen to a bit, but hearing from this educator that she wasn’t perfect with her diabetes made all the difference. Insight into the realities […]
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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 model.1 This model promotes person-centered care and a team-based approach. Here’s a look at the various team members you may have on your diabetes team. The Endocrinologist You need a provider who can prescribe medications, order lab tests, make official diagnoses, and do all those […]
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From Prevention to Treatment: Kidney Health in T1D
Although some of us living with type 1 diabetes are fortunate to avoid some of the major complications that diabetes can cause, many people with diabetes experience complications in their lifetime. According to a 2023 article in The Lancet, 30-40% of people living with type 1 diabetes will end up with chronic kidney disease (CKD)1 . This should be cause for alarm because these rates have not decreased significantly since the 1980s despite all the advances in diabetes care. Here is a summary of the latest scientific research on kidney health related to type 1 diabetes. Kidney Basics There are […]
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