My Thoughts Over the Last Few Weeks

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2015/05/my-thoughts-over-last-few-weeks.html

The last few weeks have been worrisome for me and most of the members of our diabetes support group. We have had meetings almost every day ...

Help in Diabetes Management Education – Part 6

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2015/02/help-in-diabetes-management-education_2.html

Part 6 of 12 Learning to interpret your blood glucose readings and how they should guide your food intake is part of self-monitoring of bloo...

We Need Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Taught

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2014/10/we-need-self-monitoring-of-blood.html

Many government agencies don't want this to happen. Chief among them is the US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of...

Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose, Lessons - P1

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2014/10/self-monitoring-of-blood-glucose_7.html

This is a continuation of previous blogs on self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG). In rereading several, I realized that they were okay, ...

SMBG Can Be Valuable for Non-insulin Type 2's?

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2014/04/smbg-can-be-valuable-for-non-insulin.html

On Monday, March 31, A.J. called and asked if he could come over as he had several things he wanted to discuss. I told him to come on and I...

Should Type 2's Not On Insulin Use Glucose Meters?

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2013/06/should-type-2-not-on-insulin-use.html

Experts versus those that live with diabetes, how I dislike saying this, but it is down to this and this is the shame. Our so-called “exper...

ADA Relies On Faulty Studies, Not Good Advice

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2013/06/ada-relies-on-faulty-studies-not-good.html

I wish I could copy all of the reasoning in this one file, but that would make for a long file. Dr. William H. Polonsky and Dr. Lawrence Fi...

BG Testing – Use First or Second Drop?

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2013/05/bg-testing-use-first-or-second-drop.html

Have you heard about this before? I admit I had not and I wondered what the significance could be. There is more significance than thought...

AAFP and Their Professional Website – Part 1

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2013/04/aafp-and-their-professional-website_28.html

Part 1 of 3 parts When I started reading this, I had some very mixed thoughts. Normally I would not even refer you to this, but I feel some...

Diabetes Tips and Applications

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2013/04/diabetes-tips-and-applications.html

The previous month, I received an email asking questions that are quite common and important for people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabe...

Joslin Advocates for SMBG

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2012/12/joslin-advocates-for-smbg.html

This is an interesting turn of events. Normally I am the one complaining about the lack of self-monitoring of blood glucose, but now Joslin ...

The Many Forms of Advocacy

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-many-forms-of-advocacy.html

Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines advocacy as the act or process of advocating or supporting a cause or proposal. This is just a gen...

Back to Diabetes Basics – Part 4

https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2012/07/back-to-diabetes-basics-part-4.html

Proper Hand Care for Blood Glucose Testing Hand washing is an important part of preparation for blood glucose testing. Laugh if you will, b...

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