CWD News
Diabetes Identity
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES My friends with diabetes and I often joke which came first, the type A personality tendencies or the type 1 diabetes? When you’re diagnosed with diabetes at a young age, it’s hard to say what pieces of your personality are attributed to growing up with a […]
From Laura: Let’s Figure It Out
We went for a hike. It was a chilly day in early April, with just a hint of the coming spring, and we needed to get outdoors. To breathe fresh air. To walk a few miles on Nature Conservancy land. To be somewhere other than hiding in the house, like we have been for the […]
Ultra Rapid Insulins Used in Insulin Pumps
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES One of the barriers to achieving “optimal glycemic control” is having insulin that works fast enough to match the absorption of foods. The rapid acting insulins that we currently have available take 20-30 minutes to be absorbed into the blood stream. In order to try and […]
March Minute Madness
Hello Team CWD! We are excited to bring another challenge to the calendar: March Minute Madness. This March Minute Madness is designed to focus on the amount of time we are active. There will be no goal other than the one you set for yourself. There will be no “required activity” other than what you require […]
Why We Need Friends with Diabetes (FWD)
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES When you live with diabetes, which is something that doesn’t ever go away, requires constant monitoring and decision-making, and it doesn’t always play by the rules … having friends who really “get it” can truly be life changing. It helps to have someone you can text […]
In Pursuit of Answers
In four weeks, the Friends for Life leadership team will be in Orlando. Yep, we’ll have feet on the ground at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort. We will be meeting with the Coronado management team, trying to route the way forward to an in-person Friends for Life Orlando this July. Over the past few months, I’ve […]
Diabetes Technology Initiation
Written and clinically reviewed by Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES Diabetes technology has completely transformed in the last ten years. Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs), Flash Glucose Monitors (FGMs), Hybrid Closed Loop Systems (HCLs), all help people with diabetes manage blood sugars more easily. But when is the “right” time for someone to start a new diabetes […]
From Laura: The Road Ahead
2020 was the year that threw us all for a loop. It forced us to stop in our tracks pretty much overnight to evaluate what we do – and whether we could still do it – in a time of pandemic. The short answer was, “No we cannot hold in person events.” None. For the […]
Time-in-Range vs. HbA1C
Advances in technology have helped ease some of the burden in diabetes self-management, and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been one of the biggest game-changers. Having access to data in real-time, with directional arrows that help identify trends, allows people to make more informed decisions. Getting alerts that are customizable to help catch lows and […]
Diabetes and Health Disparities
Diabetes is a disease that affects people of all types, and while there are many factors that affect how well diabetes is managed, some of them are not modifiable, such as race. Although the pandemic has brought the racial health disparities in the United States to the headlines, there is still so much work to […]
