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5 Summer Alarm Bells For D-Parents

As acting pancreases, we do a lot more thinking than we give ourselves credit for. When it comes to diabetes we make thousands of decisions a day. Many of which come so naturally it's hard to process the true amount of brain capacity it takes to keep the numbers in check. Summer tends to

My Go-To Insulin Pump Feature: Temp Basal

One of my favorite things about my insulin pump (other than being pink, of course) is that I can use as few or as many of the advanced features during different phases of my life as I want. After over a decade on my pump, I've pretty much used it all, but I have

Tackling The Unexpected

In my last post I talked about using my pump's Dual Wave Bolus feature to tackle foods that are rough on my blood sugar. But the Dual Wave isn't the only feature on my pump that helps with my blood sugar management. I also make use of the Temp Basal function to try to