Elizabeth's Blog – February 2011 Archive (2)

Suddenly, CGM

A couple of weeks ago, I attended an ADA family get-together in Falmouth that was centered around kids, diabetes, and exercise. I learned a lot, but what pricked up my ears was hearing two or three of the teen athletes on the panel talk about their use of CGM. Now, I've sort of imagined that Eric isn't old enough to be eligible, but in talking with his endocrinologist after, I learned that's not necessarily the case. "It's more a matter of having enough real estate for two sensors," he… Continue

Added by Elizabeth on February 23, 2011 at 6:32pm — No Comments

That scary, ugly glucagon needle

Yesterday, the whole family went to the ADA's family skating event in Falmouth. Well, as far as the skating was concerned, Eric and I both weren't very good and so didn't last long, although my husband and the older kids had a ball. But after the skating came the Q&A, which was basically a panel of teenage athletes with Type 1 diabetes (plus the parents of the youngest child on the panel, a 9-year-old girl) fielding questions about how they handled their diabetes in the context of sports.… Continue

Added by Elizabeth on February 7, 2011 at 12:30am — No Comments

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