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 the term makeover a...

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

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

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 scenery was amazing, as w...

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 stride. Until a few mon...

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

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. I consider myself...

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 to stay updated on ...

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 Instagram posts. But s...

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 an older cousin, who ...

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 for this type of vaca...

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 diabetes, tradition...

insights into participating in a clinical trial from the patient perspective

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