by Stephanie Rodenberg-Lewis | Jul 16, 2024 | Blog
Being a caregiver is a lot of hard work. Being the caregiver of a T1D child is a twenty four hour a day job with no breaks. Whether your child is right next to you, at school, at a friend’s house or playing in a sporting event, their diabetes management is...
by Stephanie Rodenberg-Lewis | Apr 5, 2024 | Blog
It goes without saying that a type 1 diabetes diagnosis affects the entire family. Whether you are the person living with T1D or the caregiver of a T1D, a chronic illness changes the dynamic in a family. First and foremost, we must understand the function of a family...
by Stephanie Rodenberg-Lewis | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog
As a type 1 diabetic, you hear a lot of information about blood sugar data. You are probably familiar with terms such as: in range, out of range, optimal, good, bad, high, low, and a few others I probably forgot to mention. You may notice that some of these terms have...
by Stephanie Rodenberg-Lewis | Mar 21, 2024 | Blog
This is not an article about eating three balanced meals a day. We’re not going to talk about carb counting. In fact, nothing about this article is going to be about nutrition. What we are going to talk about is how kids and teens with type 1 diabetes are at higher...
by Stephanie Rodenberg-Lewis | Mar 16, 2024 | Blog
Medical trauma is a significant yet often overlooked aspect of living with a chronic illness. It can be caused by a series of things including a traumatic T1D diagnosis story, ongoing invasive medical procedures or an unpleasant hospital stay. Regardless of the...
by Stephanie Rodenberg-Lewis | Mar 14, 2024 | Blog
Living with type 1 diabetes means we are constantly making decisions based on data. So, is there such a thing as too much data? I find the answer is, it depends. Type 1 Diabetes Management and Anxiety Often times, you don’t know what you don’t know. If you’ve been...
