by Jen M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
Our new diabetes device works great. No complaints here. Except for maybe one. Maybe it works almost too well. Let me explain.
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
With her current career aspirations in the realm of RN/diabetes educator, our resident expert on living with type 1 diabetes shares her thoughts for newly diagnosed families.
My son’s diagnosis in 2006 simultaneously feels like yesterday and a century ago. There have been so many exciting innovations since those days; these are the 10 that have had the biggest impact on our life with type 1 diabetes.
Please, from the bottom of my heart, and as a type 1 mom, can we stop the diabetes jokes?
Things change, as this year proved; school accommodation plans need to be able to change with them.
When Kaitlyn was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, we didn’t even consider that we wouldn’t hike anymore. We take precautions and come prepared, but we’ve never started a hike that we couldn’t finish. Until now.
Jen M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
My son sees type 1 differently than I do, and it reminds me how important it is to keep talking with him about it, rather than relying on my own feelings.
Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
Receiving constructive criticism at your child’s endocrinologist appointment can feel like failing a parenting test. But I’m starting to see it for what it really is.
An integrated pump/CGM hasn’t made life with diabetes perfect. But it has made some of the scariest aspects of diabetes significantly less so.
A T1D diagnosis is enough to make Halloween pretty scary for parents. But it doesn’t have to be.
