There are some gloomy days in life of a person with diabetes, when we are absolutely exhausted and want to go back to our life, before diabetes happened to us. It is usually known as ‘Diabetes Burnout’. I’m writing this blog on behalf of all my fellow T1Ds, knowing the fact that each one of…
Category: Diabetes
LASIK and Type 1 Diabetes!
As we all T1Ds know, that going for any of the small or major medical procedures, first thing that comes to our mind is – ‘Is that really necessary?’ Or ‘Is it advisable for us?’, as we people are really afraid of the consequences, whether its a small extraction of tooth or any other major…
How your eyes behave in summers?
I don’t know about my fellow T1D’s experience, but there is a small change that I always observe during summers every year and that is a slight ‘Blurred vision’. At first, when we hear or experience blurry vision, the first thing that comes to our mind is, that something is very wrong with our eyes…
Freestyle Libre Pro/FGM : A turning point in my Blood Sugar Management
This is yet another advancement in Diabetes Management which has turned out to be a boon for me. Although Freestyle Libre Pro is a Flash Glucose Monitoring (FGM) system, which needs scanning the sensor each time and it shows only glucose trends in its graphs and uses a third party app named Glimp in case…
How I correct my High blood sugars?
High blood sugars and their management has always been the first and foremost problem in type 1 diabetes management. Finding out the correction dose for managing high blood sugars is still a challenge for many type 1 patients. So, I’ll be sharing my way of calculating the correction dose. There are two important things to…
My hypo regimen
When it comes to treating hypos most common mistake people make is its over correction or sometimes, correction with long acting carbs. The best way to treat hypo is consumption of fast acting carbs instead of slow acting carbs or other food items. Following are the steps one should follow- 1. Eat or drink 15-20…