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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

Mar 23

All Dressed Up

On Thursday, March 12, 2020, I had a pretty amazing adventure in New York City: I got to have a makeover with Clinton Kelly. I don't love...

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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

Jan 26

The invisible part of living with T1D & I want a medal.

In general diabetes is an invisible disease. I wear an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) that people can see and someti...

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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

Nov 10, 2019

Request for Diabetes Awareness Month - let's cut people some slack

November is national diabetes awareness month (#NDAM) a time when many people share more than usual about life with diabetes, statistics,...

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Phyllis Kaplan

Oct 13, 2019

Scary low on a plane.

No, not snakes on a plane, but scary low blood sugar on a plane. This past week I had the good fortune to travel to Ireland, and the scen...

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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

Sep 7, 2019

T1D Adventures with Metformin

I've lived with T1D for most of my life, for over 40 years. I generally have taken the ups and downs with diabetes "management" in stri...

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Phyllis Kaplan

Jul 18, 2019

Traveling Internationally with Diabetes: When security tries to confiscate your insulin pump supplie

June 2017 I had the opportunity to travel to South Africa to tour Johannesburg, go on safari in Kruger National Park, and tour Cape ...

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Phyllis Kaplan

Jul 6, 2019

Diabetes Camp: Not just for kids anymore!

I can't talk about why diabetes camp for adults is a great thing without first talking about what it meant to me when I attended as a kid...

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Phyllis Kaplan

Jan 15, 2019

Over the Counter Insulin

As a person who has lived with type 1 diabetes for all but the first two years of their life, I've experienced a lot, and have read a lot...

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Phyllis Kaplan

Jan 2, 2019

When T1D Does Stop Us

There is a popular social media campaign around the words "diabetes doesn't stop me." I've used it, I've tweeted it, I've used it in Ins...

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Phyllis Kaplan

Aug 26, 2018

The Importance of Diabetes Camp

You may already know this, but I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2. Growing up I didn't ever meet anyone else besides a...

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Phyllis Kaplan

Jul 30, 2018

Confusing Messaging Around Living with T1D

Over lunch a few days ago, a good friend and I were talking about the difficulties of fundraising. She asked me how bad it really is liv...

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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

Nov 14, 2017

Diabetes Camp

I was 10 years old the first time I went to camp. It was a day camp and I did not have a good experience. The activities were great but...

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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

Aug 3, 2017

4 Tips for a Fun Summer Adventure (Guest post on Medtronic Diabetes Loop Blog)

Recently back from an amazing trip to South Africa which included a 5-day safari in Kruger National Park, I shared my top 4 travel tips f...

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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

May 3, 2016

Tips For Finding The Right Diabetes Camp For Your Child (Guest Post on Medtronic Loop Blog)

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of two. The first camp I attended was a traditional day camp. As an 11-year-old kid with...

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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

Mar 4, 2016

Diabetes Retinopathy

(Written in 2016 when my blog was on blogspot) I don't talk much about complications. Not because I don't have any or because I'm in den...

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Phyllis Kaplan

Jan 21, 2016

Participating in a Clinical Trial

insights into participating in a clinical trial from the patient perspective

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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic

Jul 16, 2015

MasterLab 2105 - How it all Started

July 16, 2015 Shortly after becoming a MiniMed Ambassador in 2015 I applied for opportunity to attend Diabetes Advocates MasterLab as a g...

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