Why I celebrate my diaversary
Do you celebrate your diabetes anniversary?
There are countless stories from people that remember their diagnosis. They can tell you about how they felt prior to their diagnosis, and events that happened during and shortly after. Some can remember every detail about their diagnosis, and others, like me, were too young to recall much about it so many years later.
For many people, it is a time of year marked by memories of how their lives drastically changed. A life now full of n...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - May 26, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Good news about hypoglycemia awareness
Welcome to episode 3 of BDI Briefs! Our aim with BDI Briefs is to take a brief look at important issues about the emotional side of diabetes.In this short discussion, Scott, Bill, and Susan discuss some good news recently published about the fear of hypoglycemia. I also encourage you to look at more research from the Behavioral Diabetes Institute. Enjoy! And please let us know what you think and what you’d like to hear more about from BDI.And remember to subscribe to BDI’s YouTube channel!
Detailed show notes and transcript
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Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - March 30, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Fighting with perfection
Note: I originally wrote this many years ago for another site. It is not available anymore, so I am republishing it.
Diabetes is a thing surrounded by numbers. Everything is a number or is used in a calculation. We have blood sugars, units of insulin, and grams of carbohydrates. Then we take those numbers and stick them into more numbers. There is the insulin-to-carb ratio, the duration of insulin action, our correction factor, and more.
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Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - March 3, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Bested by a can of soup
Note: I originally wrote this piece many years ago for another site. It is not available anymore, so I am republishing it.
I had some tomato soup with crackers for dinner recently. While cooking, I grew increasingly frustrated with counting the carbs until I finally fell apart. It went something like this.
Okay, there are two and a half servings per can–mixed with milk instead of water...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - February 5, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Transforming diabetes education with “ AH-HA! ” moments
"AH-HA!" moments in diabetes education
Welcome to episode 2 of BDI Briefs! Our aim with BDI Briefs is to take a brief look at important issues about the emotional side of diabetes.In this short discussion, Scott, Bill, and Susan discuss innovative ways to transform diabetes education by creating “AH-HA!” moments in group education sessions. I also encourage you to look at more research from the Behavioral Diabetes Institute. Enjoy! And please let us know what you think and what you’d like to hear more about from BDI.And remember to s...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - January 30, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
It ’ s not normal
Let me be clear from the start. I am thankful for every piece of medical equipment, technology, milligram, microgram, and unit of medicine I use. I am fortunate to have reasonable access to almost everything I need. I am blessed even to be alive. I mean, it wasn’t all that long ago that we didn’t live very long with diabetes. So I am grateful for all of it.
But almost anyone with diabetes has also experienced those pokes that hurt more than usual ...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - January 6, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Empathy and longevity in diabetes with BDI Briefs
Introducing BDI Briefs
I’m very excited to share the first episode of BDI Briefs! Together with Dr. Bill Polonsky and Dr. Susan Guzman from the Behavioral Diabetes Institute, our aim with BDI Briefs is to take a brief look at important issues about the emotional side of diabetes.In this short discussion, Scott, Bill, and Susan talk about an interesting study from 2019 that found an association between primary care practitioner empathy and longevity in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. There is a lot to unpack, and we only scratch the s...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - December 29, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Evive blenderless smoothies
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Evive blender-free smoothies are the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time. A great smoothie without the hassle of a blender. Check it out! They come in a unique frozen wheel. You pop the cubes into a bottle and cover them with a liquid. Let it melt for about 20 minutes then shake it up and enjoy!
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Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - November 24, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
