Make plans now to attend CWD's Focus on Best Practices: Marco Island 2009 conference, to be held at the Marco Island Marriott Resort in Marco Island, Florida from January 1-4, 2009.
The Family Support Network now includes over 3,800 families from 50 states and 76 countries. If you're new to diabetes, the Family Support Network will help you connect with families near you or find a babysitter. If you haven't joined, please become part of the Family Support Network.
Last week's poll asked readers about the reuse of diabetes supplies. This week's poll asks readers how diabetes has affected their children who don't have diabetes.
This week's Humorous Tidbit is:
My 5 year old (diabetic) daughter was mad at me the other day. She came walking into the kitchen with her backpack full with all her stuff. She really knows what buttons to push, telling me: "I'm running away, I'm taking a lot of candy, and I'm not taking any insulin!"
You know you're the parent of a child with diabetes when you watch your teen push his peas and carrots onto his fork with his insulin pump instead of with another utensil. See more parent humor.
Featured Diabetes Team Question of the Week
The Featured Ask the Diabetes Team Question of the Week is:
My daughter has celiac. Drinking a lot and wetting her bed, her fasting blood sugar was 106 mg/dl [5.9 mmol/L], pre-diabetes. Is there anything I should do at this point? See the answer.
The CGMS Denial Campaign is an online rally to raise awareness about how Insurance Companies are repeatedly denying claims for continuous glucose monitors.
Bayer Around U from Bayer Health Care - Diabetes Care in the UK offers excellent online educational resources for kids with diabetes. The material is broken down into age groups -- ages 3-9, ages 10-14, and ages 15 and up.
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