living with diabetes

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Diabetes, Dialysis, and the Gift of Life: My Struggle and Triumph

After 40 years with type 1 diabetes, the body gradually shows signs of change. Most people are aware that damage occurs to both small and large blood vessels. Over...
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Expert explains: Why do people hide diabetes?

In living with diabetes, careful and consistent self-management is crucial for successful disease control. But what happens when behaviors that are essential for preserving health conflict with a person’s...
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Blood Sugar Control in Sunshine or Under Clouds

What is diabetes? How do you get it? And what does it actually mean? Am I the only one in this new world? Will my life change, or can...
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Diabetes on Social Media

One of the common topics in the psychosocial adjustment to diabetes is empowerment and reducing the feeling of being “different from others” among people with diabetes, especially children and...
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Flavors of Autumn and Stable Blood Sugar

My diabetology check-up is coming up. It’s not that I’m scared, but I think most of us “sweet ones” would gladly skip that part of the week. Still, the...
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Marija (76) has been using a glucose sensor and app for a year – and feels free again.

For more than two decades, Marija has been living with type 2 diabetes in the small village in Croatia. She’s overjoyed that, for the past year, she’s been receiving...
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Testing the New iCan Sensor – My Honest Thoughts

After living with diabetes for several decades, it’s exciting to try out new technology that helps us better understand what’s happening with our blood sugar at any given moment....
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