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Covid-19 calls for running ‘fasted’ with T1D
April 15, 2020
Diabetes
With Covid-19 calling on me to do more fasted runs than I'm used to, I looked to the science for the T1D specific recommendations and then weighed those with reality.
The battlefield of Covid-19, stress, and T1D
April 7, 2020
Diabetes
I've been struggling lately in a hamster wheel of stress. The Covid-19 pandemic has my stress and anxiety levels skyrocketing, which has my BG skyrocketing, which has me stressing more,…
The quarantine of Covid-19
March 31, 2020
Diabetes
We survived 14 days of Covid-19 quarantine, with HUGE thanks to our community.
UPDATE: Limits on Libre mystery solved
March 27, 2020
Diabetes
UPDATE: There is no issue with supply chain of Freestyle Libre, but there is an issue with distribution at the pharmacy level.
Covid-19: limits on Libre
March 24, 2020
Diabetes
It appears Covid-19 has caused a limitation on the number of Libre sensors we can order through our pharmacies. I'm trying to find out why.
Flying with Type-1 Diabetes
March 17, 2020
Diabetes
Traveling with type-1 diabetes: sometimes it goes swimmingly; sometimes it’s the pits. My recent trip to Arizona was a bit of a rotter T1D wise.
Race Report: Hot Chocolate Run
March 10, 2020
Diabetes
First race back in a long time. My blood sugars tried getting in my way, but the force within me was too strong for Dear Diabetes this time.
Gone running
March 3, 2020
Personal
Hi folks, My body, brain and heart need a bit of a breather this week, so I’ve gone running! See you back here next week. Same time. Same place. Same…
T1D in sport: trial and error
February 25, 2020
Diabetes
Type-1 diabetes is not textbook, so there's no way textbook guidelines are suitable for all. This is me majorly veering from those guidelines!
A day for family… and sport nutrition
February 18, 2020
Diabetes
I was in the right place at the right time, wearing the most perfect hoody, to take on sport nutrition awareness and advocacy.
Finding purchase in the world of acute dietetics
February 11, 2020
Personal
That time in internship when you go from following dietitians to leading nutrition ... kind of surprising the rotation it happened to me on!
The first serious low blood sugar
February 4, 2020
Diabetes
Dear readers, today I bring you a post from the memory vault, a post that invites you into the early days of my type-1 diabetes, a post that is very…











