James Hirsch on the fear of all diabetes patients and their loved ones – nighttime hypoglycemia.
Personal Stories
Every person with diabetes has a unique story and their own path of managing and responding to the challenges of diabetes. Even though each story is individual, we learn from hearing about one another’s experiences, from the highs to the lows. We bring you personal stories to show some of the many ways that individuals, families, and communities live well with diabetes and manage the condition.
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Can Victoza help people with type 1 diabetes? See what Novo Nordisk has to say inside.
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Imagine dreaming about waking up alive inside a body bag. Vietnam veteran Urban Miyares did, but it wasn’t exactly a dream...
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Kerri Morrone Sparling reflects on the power of electronic health journaling to improve your own management of diabetes.
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Will CGM be for the masses or just the highly motivated? See Jim Hirsch's thoughts on the matter.
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Kerri Morrone Sparling gives her take on the pros and cons of CGM.
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A thorough review and “how-to” on the drug Symlin (Amylin’s pramlintide).
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Jim Hirsch on why educational exhibits will never fully capture the complexities, difficulties, and emotions of the diabetic experience.
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Kerri Morrone Sparling takes the next step: her path to CGM.
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Kelly highlights several stories of survival and determination.
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Kerri Morrone Sparling discusses what an active patient she was while under the captivity of bed rest.
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Teaching a child with type 1 diabetes the "facts of life"... Jim Hirsch reflects.
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James Hirsch details the life of insulin’s original poster child, Elizabeth Evans Hughes – and what we can glean from her story today.
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Kelly puts the spotlight on Senior Editor Jim Hirsch: his career as an author, his prolific history at diaTribe , and his reflections on World Diabetes Day.
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Type 1s and GLP-1s? diaTribe Editor-In-Chief Kelly Close tries Victoza and shares her remarkable results.
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Kelly reflects on 25 years with diabetes, and her hopes for future breakthroughs…
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How can kids with diabetes most enjoy Halloween? Jim Hirsch shares his thoughts.
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Diabetes on stage: Jim Hirsch tells us about Robbie McCauley’s powerful one-woman production, “Sugar."
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Nine year-old Boaz Alkalay offers a rare glimpse of diabetes through the eyes of a child.
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Kelly breaks down “individualized therapy” and offers five big questions to help patients and providers make it a reality…