AID Systems
How Do I Tell My Pump I'm Going to Be Inactive?
Every system has a setting for being more active than usual. Almost none of them have one for the opposite — and sitting still for a few hours changes how your insulin works.
Tips & Tricks
AID Systems
One Rise, Three Causes: Dawn Phenomenon, Foot-on-the-Floor, and Coffee
You wake up at 95, eat nothing, and twenty minutes later you are 125 and still climbing. Three separate things sit behind that rise — your internal clock, the moment your feet hit the floor, and the coffee — and each one is met differently.
Tips & Tricks
A Trick to Get Your Diabetes Under Control
It costs nothing, needs no prescription, and you can start today. A handful of small habits — reading a little each day, a diabetes buddy, a nightly cheshbon hanefesh, putting your numbers where the family can see them — that keep diabetes at the front of your mind.
Apple Watch
Parental Control on Your Child's Apple Watch
In our community, a child wears an Apple Watch for one reason — to monitor their CGM. Here is how to keep that watch a clean, single-purpose medical tool that can't quietly be "opened up."
twiist
Before Updating Your Apple Watch Software — Read This First
If you use diabetes apps on your Apple Watch, a phone filter may completely block the watch update and app installation process without warning.
Insulin Pumps
More Insulin Up Front. Same Total Insulin. Different Result.
Why Premeal Range Became More Than a Meal Feature for Me
News & Announcements
Our new website — and other options to access the FWD Daily & Weekly Loop
Our newly redesigned website is live — plus how to read the FWD Daily & Weekly Loop on our blog, and how to listen to it over the phone.
News & Announcements
קומט אריין צו די FWD Daily & Weekly Loop: אונזער פרישע וועבזייטל און נאך אפציעס
אונזער ניי-איבערגעמאכטע וועבזייטל איז שוין בשעה טובה אפן פארן פובליק! זעט וויאזוי איר קענט ליינען די FWD Daily & Weekly Loop אויף אונזער בלאג, און וויאזוי מען קען עס אויסהערן אויפן טעלעפאן.
Carb Counting
The Kitchen Trick That Does Your Carb Counting for You
One ladle, one scoop — and suddenly the math was done
Personal Experience
A Small Eye-Opening Lesson (Unrelated to Diabetes)
Not for distance, not for reading — but exactly what I needed
Tips & Tricks
A Few Practical Notes - Each One Worth Sharing
CGM