As the summer comes to a close we are hit with the inevitable beginning of the school year jitters. Starting a school year is difficult to say the least. New teachers. New classmates. New routine. The worry begins to permeate your thoughts as the sun begins to set a little earlier each day. First day jitters are [...]

Type 1 diabetes and amusement park rides are not so amusing when put together. Even less so when the person riding them is a child living with Type 1 Diabetes. They are not so fun for the person who is patiently waiting in the wings for the ride to be over either. As many of you know [...]

People that have Type 1 diabetes and that use an insulin pump to deliver their insulin have what’s called ‘basal rates’ in their pump. The basal rate for a particular time of day is our best educated guess as to what a working pancreas would be doing. Of course, I can not see inside my [...]