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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic
Dec 29, 2023
Medical Hero Spotlight on Clinical Trial Participation
During my time at the Center for Information and Study on Clinical Trial Participation, CISCRO, I served as both Senior Project Manager...
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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic
Aug 1, 2022
Diabetes is more than insulin and glucose numbers
Did you ever have one of those weeks where nothing seemed to go right? Yeah, Me too. And last week was one of those weeks. My struggles...
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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic
Apr 24, 2021
Celebrating 47 Years with Type 1 Diabetes
On this day, 47 years ago at Columbia Presbyterian hospital in New York City I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I was 2 years old. I...
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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic
Dec 9, 2020
To 770G or not, that IS the question these days...
I've been a long time Medtronic Diabetes customer dating back to 2000 with my MiniMed 508. Over the years, the technology has worked well...
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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic
Jul 6, 2020
My advocacy....
....might not be your advocacy, and that should be ok ...might not be your advocacy, but maybe we can we work on things together ...might...
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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic
Mar 23, 2020
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, 2020
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Phyllis Kaplan/Dinobetic
May 16, 2017
When Life Hands you New Health Insurance - Micromanage!
Expect the unexpected:
This advice often drives me nuts, but it's true. The things I thought would be an issue like CGM coverage weren't. T
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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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