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The importance of relationship building in T1D care

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Registered Dietitian

Relationship building in T1D care is so important. Relationships build trust. They create a foundation of respect. And they help healthcare treat people like people, not like their conditions.  This post is all about an endocrinologist who practiced the fundamentals of relationship building long before it was ever considered a thing. The man. The myth. The legend. The other night I was at a T1D research event in Vancouver, learning all about current T1D research happening right here in my neck of the woods. So much research filled my brain. Super cool stuff that my brain is still trying to process. As I was reading through one of the poster boards, I heard a voice. A very, very distinctive voice. A voice I hadn’t heard in close to 30 years. Meet Dr. Dan.  Dan Metzger is an endocrinologist at BC Children’s Hospital.  I was one of his first patients. And […]

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Group of people with T1D hike the trails of Evans Lake

T1D adult camp: exploring mental health

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Registered Dietitian

Back to camp I go! Last month, I had the privilege to host an interactive workshop on mental health and T1D at Connected in Motion’s Western Slipstream 2024.

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Certified Diabetes Educator – approved!

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Registered Dietitian

You can just call me CDE: Certified Diabetes Educator! Hi friends! This post has taken me awhile to get to, but better late than never, am I right 😉 Last May, I took a gruelling 4-hour exam, after months and months of studying to become a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), and late last month I got the results. I am officially a T1D, RD, CDE. So. Many. Letters. And you better believe I’ll be using all of them on my official signing off documents 🙂 What does it mean – part 1 Officially, a Certified Diabetes Educator is a health professional (like me!) that is “committed to excellence in diabetes education“, and who has a “sound knowledge base in diabetes care, management, and education processes.” Good communication skills and passing the CDE exam are also must haves to be a Certified Diabetes Educator. Unofficially, honestly, it’s an extra set of

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Rob Barry and Laura Gee hold their Tandem insulin pumps

Podcast: Relationships with T1D

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian, Diabetes Podcast, Exercise and diabetes, Registered Dietitian

Relationships with type-1 diabetes can be challenging for many couples. But for Rob Barry and Laura Gee it’s actually considered a benefit. That’s because they both have type-1 diabetes. In this month’s episode of Diabetic to Dietetics Rob Barry and Laura Gee discuss what it’s like to have two people with T1D in a relationship. They also share their committed involvement with diabetes research and diabetes advocacy. For additional information, read the article below the podcast link. Benefits of two-person T1D relationship Many other relationships with type-1 diabetes usually feature one partner with the condition, not both. And that can be a challenge. It can be a challenge navigating the moods of blood sugar swings, or understanding the importance of nutrition, or even just having diabetes there all the time. The partner without type-1 diabetes cannot fully grasp this disease no matter how exposed they’ve been to it.   But a

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