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Placement of an #InsulinPump infusion set makes all the difference in how insulin is absorbed, and therefore how much time is spent in-range. But what makes a good site??? Is the abdomen better than the arm? Is it better to alternate sides, or move across in rows? Explore practical tips on Choosing the Best Infusion Site: #WaltzingWednesday Want to read more articles like this one, plus receive practical tips for living well with #T1D? Sign up for our monthly newsletter: https://www.waltzingthedragon.ca/subscribe

Celebrating Valentine's Day with some sweet treats? If you don't know their carb content, here's some handy Rules of Thumb... https://www.waltzingthedragon.ca//holiday-treat-carb-coun/

The newest (Feb 2021) edition of Dragon News is out! If we love our kids, should we let them off the hook with diabetes tasks? | What makes a food low GI? | Want to break up with your insulin pump? | Carb-Counted, easy Valentine treat, plus more DRAGON NEWS - https://mailchi.mp//feb2021-joe-solowiejczyk-video-pump-va Sign up to get next month's edition right in your inbox! https://www.waltzingthedragon.ca/subscribe

This is fascinating. I hadn't heard about the correlation between covid-19 and diabetes before this. It's encouraging to think that some good could come after all the challenges of this pandemic, if we gained some new and critical knowledge about diabetes...

For all the challenges that our family faces in Canada as we live with #T1D, at least we have always had the basics to keep our son alive and well. That's not true everywhere... Life for a Child helps!

New D-tech abounds! Tandem's Control IQ features will be available in Canada early in 2021 - that's a hybrid closed-loop insulin pump = not just turning off basal when BG is headed toward a low, but also AUTO ADJUSTING basal INSULIN for highs and lows to keep you in range more. Can't wait!

More new tech... I love it! You can view your data on your phone, you can get software updates without having to get a new pump...

Is Glycemic Load a Thing? Candy Cane Carb-Factoring How Many Carbs in a famous Canadian Nanaimo Bar? (and other Rules of Thumb for Counting Carbs in Holiday Treats) Step-by-Step Strategies for Checking, Changing I:C ratios (MDI) Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Yum! (DRAGON NEWS) - https://mailchi.mp//dec2020-candy-cane-carbs-glycemic-load

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The next model of Libre (Flash Glucose Monitoring) has been approved! How is it different from the current model? "enhanced accuracy, optional alarms and [is] now available for children" You can find out more about the difference between Continuous and Flash Glucose Monitoring on Waltzing the Dragon: https://www.waltzingthedragon.ca//mana/choosing-cgm-flash/... Here's more on Libre 2 (below).

Soup! (carb-counted and nutritious) | Is Your Basal Insulin Working for You? (MDI) | Safety in Sickness: What you need to know | Extended Bolus and How To Stack Em (pump) | 2 days to #WDD... + other DRAGON NEWS - https://mailchi.mp//nov2020-safety-in-sickness-adjust-basa See more