MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'diabetes products'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:17 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3881034&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F08%2Fdebating_symlin.html I've been reading a lot about people's experiences with Symlin.  I know Super G and Kelly have given it a ago, along with a lot of other fellow d-bloggers.  I gave some thought to trying it a while back, but Chris and I were, at that time, close to trying for a baby, and then I was pregnant, and now I'm breastfeeding - activities that are all a big "NO!" to the question "Can I use Symlin?"But the kidlet is four months old, and I've begun the weaning process from breast to bottle.  I'm still feeding her in the morning and once or twice throughout the day, but my days of full-time breastfeeding are in the past.  Within the next two or three months or so, she'll be fully weaned and my body will be mine to mess around with again.  (Thinking about ad... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3881034 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:16:22 +0100 3881034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499272&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fa-techie-type-1-reviews-the-new-medtronic-revel-insulin-pump-cgm-system.html Technology blogger and Type 1 diabetic Scott Hanselman works for Microsoft, and is quite famous in software developer circles.  As it happens, he’s been wearing the brand new “Revel” combo Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) system from Medtronic for six days now, and has just posted his thoughts on his tech blog, Computer [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499272 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:50:08 +0100 3499272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359175&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F03%2Fmyabetic_personalizing_diabete.html I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just before I started second grade, back in 1986.  I played with Barbie dolls, colored countless coloring books with my box of Crayola 96 (sharpener in the back), and sported a messy ponytail as often as my mom would allow.  But my life also included dozens of plastic bags filled with orange-capped syringes.  And black meter cases that zipped up the side and held my glucose meter.  And small vials of bandaid-scented insulin.  My childhood was colorful and fun and just like every other kids', but there were some dreary bits of diabetes management as a running thread.I wish there had been things like this to hold my meter in when I was growing up with type 1 - because these meter cases are awesome:This meter case was created by Ky... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359175 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:01:27 +0100 3359175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318604&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fannouncing-the-2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge-open-for-entries-now.html After months of preparation, today I am indescribably excited and proud to kick off the 2010 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge, an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes! You know the drill: Do you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? This is your chance to win [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318604 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:24 +0100 3318604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205064&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhats_sexier_than_compression.html Thanks to the happy combination of Factor V Leiden and being pregnant, I'm rocking a higher chance than average for a blood clot while traveling.  Back in October, when I was just a few months along, a lot of my travel was on the Acela, cruising back and forth between Boston and Philly, in addition to some flights.  So I needed to take these clotting risks into account."You're telling me I should pick up some compression stockings, then?"  I asked my obstetrician, after we had discussed my upcoming travel plans."Yes ma'am.  And wear them.  Not just for traveling, but as often as you can.""Will do.  So I'll be potbellied and wearing compression stockings.  Hot!"My feeble attempts at joking aside, these stockings are important.... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205064 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:23:17 +0100 3205064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075715&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F12%2Fa_tour_of_the_contour_usb_mete.html Every meter I have used over the last five years or so has been relatively similar - small, compact design, color options for the casing, and good lancing devices.  (Don't go too far back in my memory bank, or you will find The Harpoon!)  But what I have been struggling with, as an adult with diabetes, is the whole logging thing.  With BSparl on board, my mission is more focused, but before this pregnancy, logging was something I only did the night before I went to the endocrinologists office.  It wasn't a streamlined part of my day, so it was tough to keep up with.Today, I tried out a new meter called the Bayer Contour USB meter (pretty self-explanatory name there, no?) and in the interests of full disclosure, Bayer's PR company sent me this meter, and the accompanying... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075715 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:15:42 +0100 3075715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2772677&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Ffeeling-fine-on-labor-day-and-some-d-links.html It’s been a good weekend so far. Sun. Friends. Time off from this box I sit in front of far too much. With that in mind, I wish you all:     Honestly, I can’t think of any group of people who need or deserve a day off more than us chronically ill types. Speaking of working hard, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2772677 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:00:27 +0100 2772677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584356&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F07%2Fdiabetes_is_a_game09.html The idea of creating a game about diabetes both intrigues me and creeps me out a little bit.  Diabetes is a game? I guess after an evening of "WHY 200?  WHY?!!" I'm not feeling so light and fluffy about diabetes.  But I see the potential for kids to learn about diabetes and its management through the use of games, so I'm all so for whatever gets good information out there.  And over the last few days, I've come across two particularly interesting games, thanks to reader alerts, aimed at kids who either have diabetes or have friends with diabetes.The first game is on the Nobel Prize educational games site and it's cleverly called The Diabetic Dog game.  (Wee bit short on imagination once they got to the naming part, I suppose.)  I will admit - I playe... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584356 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:55:24 +0100 2584356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580434&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F07%2Fdiatribe_giveaway_dexcom.html I wanted to let you guys know about this Dexcom opportunity, courtesy of the team at diaTribe.  Here are the details, in editor Kelly Close's own words:"For this month, DexCom has given diaTribe a $500 credit for any DexCom merchandise, which we will give to one lucky reader! Visit www.diatribe.us/dexcomgiveaway to enter the drawing. Like all of our giveaways, this is open to non-readers as well--help us spread the word about CGM."I'm all for anything that helps get more CGMs in the hands of people with diabetes, and I'm also a fan of the mission of diaTribe.  So now you know.  And knowing is ... you know.  Half the battle.  (I was also unaware that there was a G.I. Joe character called "Barbecue.")Disclosures aplenty on this one:  I'm a co... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580434 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:41:08 +0100 2580434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405946&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F05%2Fim_sorry_glucose_spray.html Tuesday night's meeting did more than introduce me to some fantastic fellow type 1s ... I was also ushered into the wonderful world of glucose spray.I know.  My face made that "Excuse me?" look, too.One of the women at the meeting, Christina, was talking about her low blood sugar treatment methods and then she whipped out this little bottle of what looked like my dad's binaca spray. My world was once just glucose tabs.  And then they juiced 'em up and developed liquid glucose shots.  And gels.  (I love the gels, to be honest.)  But spray?  A glucose spray?  That was new to me.So I took a picture of it, for posterity.   (Hand model is Karen, because if I took a picture of my rotten hands, you'd force me back into my gingerbrea... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405946 Thu, 14 May 2009 14:03:47 +0100 2405946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2297350&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F03%2Ftrue2go_meter_its_that_small.html It's kind of like Review Week here at SUM, because I have a lot of diabetes-related products and goodies that I've received over the past few weeks and wanted to talk about here.One of the items I received was this teeny True2Go meter.  Pictured heeyah:I am usually very good about making sure I have my on me at all times, successful mainly because I always carry a purse (even in the woods) and I am usually the group "pack mule" for any event.  Very rarely do I forget my meter, but it has happened.  (I realize I've just tempted fate to have me leave my meter behind sometime in the near future.  Fate, please forget I said that.) This little True2Go meter is super small, and with the meter attached to the actual bottle of strips, it's very easy to stash anywhere.... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2297350 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:02:26 +0100 2297350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2297352&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2009%2F03%2Fallinclusive_diabetes_software.html Do you know of any?  (See title.)I've received a few requestions from readers about software to take all the information from our respective diabetes devices (multiple meters, continuous glucose monitors, electronic food diaries, etc, etc, etc.), and I don't have a clue where to refer people.I know some d-folk use SugarStats and other data tracking software, but are there others?  I have a few readers who are looking for info, but quite frankly, I'd like to know, too.  :)  My logbook is being updated regularly (and blue stars are being steadily applied to my calendar), but to have an all-in-one system that can integrate all of my various diabetes info moments would be awesome.    if you have any ideas, please share them! Update:  Someone emailed me a... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2297352 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:37:09 +0100 2297352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1984690&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2008%2F11%2Fold_school_storage.html Diabetes supplies used to be pretty damn tough.  And insulin storage was downright badass. When I was in college, I was on injection therapy, taking Regular insulin and UltraLente.  Instead of my current insulin pump, I used orange capped syringes and old school insulin pens.  The insulin pens were awesome and made out of metal, making them almost bulletproof.  One afternoon, I was heading out with one of my roommates to go to class and I back up the car along the gravel driveway.  To feel a little bit of a buckle and a crunch."Oh for crying out loud," I muttered, wondering what I just ran over.  I opened the door, popped my head out, and rolled the car forward to reveal my insulin pen, crushed underneath the back wheel."Shit!  I killed the... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1984690 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:11:44 +0100 1984690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1331300&cid=t_115224_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2008%2F03%2Fprecision_carb_counting.html Diagnosed in 1986 with type 1 diabetes (Kerri, you're diabetic?  I had no idea...), my first diabetes meal plan involved that dreaded exchange system.  Two starches, a protein, a fat, a fruit ... a headache with each meal.  Since my insulin at the time was Regular and NPH, I was matching food to insulin and constantly chasing that bell curve.  Meal times were a constant hassle, with my poor mother whipping out measuring cups and teeny food scales at restaurants, referring to the Big Red Joslin Handbook for exchange values, and swearing under her breath with savvy and discretion.As a result of this willy-nilly (ooh, fun phrase) mash-up of insulin and food, it was tough to hold my numbers steady.  We could only predict somewhat how my numbers would react to my mealpl... Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1331300 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:17:52 +0100 1331300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510389&cid=t_115224_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F11%2Fshould-you-seek-a-dietician-over-a-doctor%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Diet, Research, Opinion, Services, Allie Beatty, Support, Care, PersonalitiesThomas Smith began reviewing scientific literature after conventional medicine failed him in controlling diabetes. Smith found research that shows dietary toxins impair cell membrane function. These toxins include trans fatty acids and refined sugars. Cells begin to have trouble absorbing nutrients, and the blood sugar rises. Over time, this results in chronic elevated blood and urine sugar levels. Sounds like a growing epidemic, doesn't it? This damage to cell membranes, caused by a poor diet, can be repaired. The diabetic syndrome can be cured by eliminating all processed fats and oils. The protocol calls for supplementing high-dose Omega-3 fatty acids. This protocol normalizes... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510389 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:00:00 +0100 2510389