Daily life
Travel, and the bag your medication belongs in
The hold of an aircraft gets cold enough to ruin insulin, and suitcases go missing. That is the easy part of travelling with something to manage.
Practical reading, written by the care team.
Monitoring
Why Monday's numbers look like that
The Monday reading is higher than the rest of the week, most weeks. It is not a verdict on your weekend, and there is usually something specific behind it.
More from the care team
Eye care
The eye exam you feel completely fine for
Retinopathy does its early work in the part of your eye you do not see with. That is the whole reason the appointment is on your list while your vision is still good.
Lab results
The two kidney numbers on your bloodwork
eGFR and albumin turn up on your results with no explanation attached. Here is what each one is measuring, and why your team keeps checking them.
Women's health
Menopause, and why your numbers stopped behaving
Same food, same walking, different readings. Menopause changes blood sugar, weight and blood pressure, and almost nobody is told that in advance.
Daily life
Your first month with a new diagnosis
The appointment was twenty minutes and the list felt endless. Most of it does not have to happen this week.
Nutrition
Portions, using the hands and dishes you already own
Nobody keeps weighing food. The methods that survive a year use your hand, your plate and the bowl already in your cupboard, and they are accurate enough to be useful.
Blood pressure
Three places, three blood pressures, one you
The pharmacy machine says one thing, the clinic says another, and your own cuff says something else again. None of them is lying, and one of them counts for more than the others.
Daily life
What to tell your family doctor about 360Care
Your family doctor holds the whole picture and writes the prescriptions. Here is how to hand them the part your care team is holding, in the time an appointment actually gives you.
Dental care
Your gums and your blood sugar
Bleeding when you brush is not normal, and with diabetes it is not only a dental problem. The traffic runs both ways.