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#showmeyourG
The lovely Miss Idaho 2014, America’s Choice for Miss America, “owns” her diabetes by proudly wearing her insulin pump visibly on the outside of her clothes, even her itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikini. Building on the success of her show me your pump campaign, Hypoglycemia Awareness, “Ha!” created the next step after the pump with
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September, 2014 is the 1st Hypoglycemia Awareness Month
September is Hypoglycemia Awareness Month Because one day is not enough to raise awareness of hypoglycemia in all corners of the world. This will be an ongoing effort as diabetes continues to be diagnosed at break-neck speed. This special month of the year is a perfect time for children to have prescriptions for glucagon,
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A magenta “G” indicates where you will find glucagon, glucose tabs, gels or maybe some gummy bears
As seen on the Upper East Side on Saturday on the outer pocket of Le Sport Sac shoulder bag. The magenta “G” indicates the pocket or place where people with diabetes carry their treatment for low blood sugar, know as “hypoglycemia. Assisting a person with hypoglycemia is easier when
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G stickers are trending in Manhattan
Our 1st G appeared at Sitaras Fitness, worn by Joe Meagher, a Trainer at Sitaras Fitness. Joe wears my SPI belt during our work out sessions, so that we always have glucagon and glucose tablets at the ready, just in case. Joe has been fully briefed on what to do if
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Latest research findings on glucagon link to obesity from UT Southwest
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a crucial link between high levels of insulin and pathways that lead to obesity, a finding that may have important implications when treating diabetes. Researchers with the UT Southwestern’s Touchstone Center for Diabetes found that giving mice high levels of insulin, which is typically done to counter the
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Have you ever been alone when you had an insulin reaction/hypo/gone too low?
If you have, I invite you to share the circumstances with me, so that i can learn from your experience. I had a low recently when I was alone at a Starbucks in the busy fashion district of New York. I had gone in there simply to use the rest room, feeling
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Pledge to Share with a G
Wouldn’t it be nice for you and the people you spend time with to have a set place where we keep our Glucolift, Glucotabs, Glucose, Glucagon, Gatorade or other form of glucose. If you are willing to stick a sticker on the outside of a drawer, pocket in a car console, or other place
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Rice + Stress + ??? = 379
Why? Exactly. Why? Life is lived forward and understood in reverse. Living with diabetes is a numbers game first and foremost. The ideal number, or level of your blood glucose, should be in the normal range 80-120 mg/dl. That’s the goal, and we do the best that we can do to predict the patterns that
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