Personal Experience
The doctor who once asked me to call him first
Why I've Been Sharing Diabetes Technology for 27 Years
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Carb Counting
A Thoughtful Question About Diet and Control
A reader asks how much of tight glucose control really comes down to diet.
twiist
A Story of Hashgacha Pratis
A year of frustration with an implanted sensor, and the perfectly timed moment that changed everything.
twiist
Am I Staying With twiist?
I'm staying with twiist — but a few weeks ago, I wasn't so sure.
Time in Range
Are My Numbers Still 99% in Range?
The real message was never 99% — it's that everyone can do better.
twiist
How twiist Thinks Differently
Why twiist tracks not just active insulin, but active carbohydrates too.
twiist
10 Days on twiist — Results I Never Thought Possible
After forty-seven years with type 1 diabetes, the numbers I'm now seeing are hard to believe.
Yom Kippur
Treating Lows on a Fast — and Other Yom Kippur Notes
Practical guidance for the fast — why liquids may beat candies for treating a low, a reader's note on sipping, and how schnapps cups measure against a shiur.
Tandem
The New Tandem Update: Better Basal Control While Fasting
The latest Tandem update (version 7.9) lets you set a Temp Basal while Control-IQ is running — restoring real control over your basal rates for a fast day.
Insulin Pumps
Yom Kippur Fasting Feedback: Auto Modes, Night Lows, and More
A round-up of reader and CDE feedback on fasting with a pump: whether to leave Auto Mode on, what causes the first-night lows, and how to review your pump data afterward.
Insulin Pumps
Lows on the First Night of Yom Kippur: Three Reasons and How to Prepare
Why so many people with Type 1 go low on the first night of Yom Kippur — three likely reasons, and how to prepare for the fast more safely.
Yom Kippur
Ketone Testing During the Yom Kippur Fast
When blood ketone testing matters during a fast, the meter to have on hand, and how the other testing methods compare.