Many years ago, I had read about the idea of pill-splitting to save money. For many medications that come as tablets or pills, it's possible to split them in half (either with a knife or a specialized pill-splitting device) and take a half-dose at a time. The cost saving is based on several assumptions:
* that the pill can readily be split in... Read more
I recently received an e-mail from an organization to which I belong, with the worrisome title "'Possible link' between taking insulin glargine and developing cancer." It went on to explain that the current issue of Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), features four studies that point to a... Read more
I was thinking about how long it's been since I started using my insulin pump, and looked it up: it's now over a year; I started pumping on June 16, 2008, and have been using the device continuously since then.
Thinking back over this year, several thoughts pop up:
1) Would I ever go back to syringes and vials? I really can't imagine... Read more
Diabetic nerve damage to the feet, sometimes called diabetic neuropathy, or more correctly, diabetic distal symmetric sensory polyneuropathy, frequently causes people with diabetes to lose sensation in their feet, which is usually describe as "numbness." Sadly, there's really not much available to help this loss of sensation.
However,... Read more
As I do every time I'm at a big diabetes meeting, I head for the exhibit hall to see what's new - and to get my A1C checked. This past weekend, I was at the American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans, and the exhibit hall had not one, not two, but three different vendors offering free A1C testing. The vendors were using lab devices... Read more
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