Yom Kippur
Fasting on Yom Kippur – Part 6: When the Low Has Already Happened
It is the hardest moment of the fast. What to do the second it happens, how much to take, and why there is nothing left to weigh.
Low Blood Sugars
AID Systems
What Alerts Does Your System Actually Give You?
Pumps have many different features, each with their own bells and whistles. For some families the alert system is the deciding factor. Here is what every system offers, and — just as important — where the alert fires.
AID Systems
Where Should You Set Your Low Alert?
The alert goes off at 90 for the sixth time before lunch, and by then you are not really looking at it. On an automated system both a too-high and a too-low threshold carry a cost — and not the cost most people expect.
Tips & Tricks
A Simple $6 Fix for Carrying Glucose on the Go
After years of pocket residue, the $6 container that finally solved it.
Personal Experience
A Pesach Pattern Many People Notice — Why It Happens
Low Blood Sugars
FOH — Fear of Highs
Low Blood Sugars
FOB — Do You Have It?
twiist
Treating a Low — Without Confusing the Pump
A Small but Very Thoughtful Feature in the twiist System
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.
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.
Insulin Pumps
Fasting Safely With Type 1 Diabetes: Updated Pump Guidance for Yom Kippur
A fully updated guide to fasting safely with an insulin pump: why higher glucose targets are dangerous, the safest settings for each pump, and how to recognize oncoming DKA.