CWD News
CGM Data Standardization
People with diabetes are often turning to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to help improve their diabetes management. The technology has improved dramatically since the first CGM was on the market in the early 2000’s and has been proven in studies repeatedly to help improve glycemic control for people with diabetes.1,2 When the first commonly used […]
Who Decides Your Healthcare?
Since diabetes is such an individualized experience, it’s important for the people living with diabetes to be involved in making the choices for their diabetes self-management. One of the benefits of having the healthcare system that we have in the United States is having options to choose from with regards to healthcare. But who actually […]
Assessing Heart Health Risk for People with Type 1 Diabetes
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES According to the World Health Organization, heart disease is the number one cause of death worldwide.1 It’s also the number one cause of death in the United States.2 Fortunately, there are many options for reducing risk for heart disease. Similarly to treating diabetes, heart disease prevention […]
Getting to the Bottom of FMTs
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES Everyone poops, but talking about it is usually taboo. (Tab-poo?) But what if we can use poop to alter the microbiome in the intestines and help alleviate symptoms of a variety of illnesses? Could you wipe away the thoughts about the gross factor in order to […]
Around the Bend
It was just after sunrise. As I do most mornings, I headed out the door for a run to start the day. It was a chilly Michigan morning, and the sky was cloudless and intensely blue. I went back for a hat, decided against gloves, and closed the back door. I jogged to the end […]
Delaying Diabetes
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.1 There are many different areas of research related to diabetes, and one of them is preventing type 1 diabetes. There is a large group of healthcare […]
Are Extended Wear Infusion Sets the Next Big Thing?
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES There are many studies showing that insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors help improve blood glucose levels.1,2,3 But one of the things that continues to be a challenge with Automated Insulin Delivery, also called closed loop systems, is the infusion set. If the infusion set does […]
Balancing Blood Sugar Anxieties: Do you fear high or low?
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES The mythical land of living life with diabetes in the “normal” range of 70-120 is just that: mythical. No matter what type of diabetes you have, it is nearly impossible, with the tools we have today, to maintain blood sugars in the target range 100% of […]
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Diabetes Systems
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES DIY systems include a range of components, with each patient-designed part integrated into what becomes the system-of-choice for a person with diabetes. It takes research, patience, and resources to assemble a DIY artificial pancreas or CGM data stream, and your mileage may vary in terms of […]
Being a Mother
I am the mother of a diabetic child. I don’t know what it’s like to go to sleep at night and know for certain my child will wake up in the morning. I don’t know what it’s like to sleep the whole night through without waking up to do blood tests on my sleeping child. […]
