Dr. E’s 22-year-old patient who lives with type 1 recently landed his dream job as a scuba instructor at Club Med in the Caribbean. His only problem is a big one – he gets low every time he dives. Dr. E offered a variety of preventative measures so his patient could keep wearing a scuba suit to work.
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Erika Forsyth kept her type 1 struggles very private as a teen, but now she dedicates her career to helping others talk about and live with the condition. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or have been living with diabetes for years, Erika offers advice on living with the diagnosis.
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How often do you celebrate your wins with diabetes? Have you ever? Take a moment and pat yourself on the back for all the things you manage on a daily basis. Woke up with a decent blood sugar? Nailed a bolus? Took a walk around the block instead of watching Seinfeld? Drs. E+P remind us how important it is to celebrate our victories, big and small.
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Recently released data from Tzield’s PROTECT study showed that Tzield significantly slowed the decline of C-peptide levels in children and adolescents with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Further data showed that study participants on Tzield required numerically fewer insulin units and had numerically higher time in range compared to those on placebo.
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Screening for type 1 diabetes is important for people with a family history of the condition, but anyone at any age (and with no family history) can develop type 1 at any time. Screening can detect risk factors long before symptoms develop, offering people valuable time to become educated about the condition and treatment therapies.
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