People who have diabetes are encouraged to become the captain of their own ship. This means that you need to steer your diabetes management towards the goals you have set for yourself and work with all members of your crew, i.e. your diabetes healthcare team.
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EXPERTS ANSWER COVID-19 QUESTIONS: Medication Management
In this third of a four-part series, nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator, Gail MacNeill, discusses medication management during COVID-19 with nurses and Certified Diabetes Educators, Violeta Nikolova and Barbara Cleave, as well as pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator, Susie Jin.
What is diabetes mellitus?
Insulin is a hormone that controls the amount of glucose in the blood. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that can happen for two reasons: 1) your body can’t produce insulin; or 2) your body can’t use the insulin that it produces.
Kaleb Dahlgren: A positive attitude will fuel your dreams
Tell Kaleb Dahlgren he can’t do something and it’ll inspire him to find a way to do it even better.
Hussain: only you can really control it
People with type 2 diabetes write back to their younger selves, to share personal insights and reflect on their experience of living with diabetes and starting on insulin therapy. In this post, Hussain reflects on living with diabetes.
Dolores: dedicated to getting better
People with type 2 diabetes write back to their younger selves, to share personal insights and reflect on their experience of living with diabetes and starting on insulin therapy. Single and hard-working, Dolores at 55 years old defined herself primarily through her job.
