SEPTEMBER 2022, ISSUE 167
News You Can Use
All About Insulin Part 3
In the final section of our three-part series on insulin sponsored by Viatris, Amy Hess Fischl, MS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDCES, covers the importance of site selection and rotation when injecting or infusing insulin.

Speak for Your Feet Contest
Help individuals with diabetic nerve pain! The Speak For Your Feet contest aims to put those difficult to describe symptoms and solutions into words.

From the Experts
Diabetes and Emergency Prep
Are you ready for an emergency or natural disaster? Is your diabetes plan in place? Toby Smithson, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES, FAND, reviews the fundamentals of preparing to manage diabetes during an emergency.

Five Steps Toward Empowerment
Nicole Bereolos, Ph.D., MPH, MSCP, CDCES. FADCES, shares five steps we can take to improve our feelings of empowerment when it comes to diabetes management.

Making Open Enrollment Decisions
Insurance Open Enrollment season can be confusing, but Dr. Staci-Marie Norman, PharmD, DCES, takes us through things to look for and compare when reviewing plan options. She also shares tips to help lower costs at the pharmacy.

Real Stories
Alejandra
During more than 30 years of living with diabetes, Alejandra has learned lessons that help her work through upsetting and stigmatizing comments from others. She also shares why finding the online community and peer support is "magic".

Abigail
Although Abigail has never let diabetes affect her life experiences, she shares the ways that diabetes management will always impact major transitions in her life.

Featured Resources
Hipoglucemia
Aprenda sobre los síntomas y tratamientos de la hipoglucemia y cómo estar preparado para una caída de azúcar en la sangre en nuestro recurso Hipoglucemia, desarrollado con el apoyo de Lilly. Puede descargarlo, en inglés y español, de nuestra Biblioteca.

Hypoglycemia
Learn about hypoglycemia symptoms and treatments and how to be prepared for a drop in blood sugar in our Hypoglycemia resource, developed with support from Lilly. You can download it, in English and Spanish, from our Library.

Partner Spotlight
Dexcom
Leaders in diabetes technology, like Dexcom, have seen how important it is for their users to receive glucose information in a language that's native to them. It's a small yet crucial step toward improving health equity for Spanish-speakers with diabetes.


* Dexcom is a 2022 National Strategic Partner.
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