Podder Talk™ Blog
From wellness tips and science news, to stories and support, Podder Talk™ is where Omnipod® users share inspiration and information about how to simplify life with diabetes. Explore a variety of topics from a community unlike any other.
By Ann Marie Schoenherr RN, BSN, CDCES, Matthew Schoenherr MS, ACSMEP, CDCES and Emily Byrne RN, BSN, CDCES
The writers of this blog, Ann Marie Schoenherr, Matthew Schoenherr and Emily Byrne are employees of Insulet Corporation. The authors’ opinion is
Work, family, school, finances, relationships, and traffic are just a few common sources of stress for many of us. Add diabetes management and you may feel totally overwhelmed.
Luckily, learning and practicing wellness coping techniques can help you stay on a healthy track.
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<p>June 17, 2017 was easily the most heart wrenching and difficult day of my entire life. It was the day I lost my mother to cancer.
<p>As a parent or caregiver of a child with diabetes, your back-to-school checklist includes more than a backpack, notebooks and writing tools.
<p>It's no joke when people say that every pregnancy is different! I had one wonderful pregnancy with my son, Nikita, but this one... this one is different. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not married to the porcelain god or anything, but the nausea!
<p>Anyone who uses an insulin pump knows there are many benefits in terms of lifestyle and glucose control. However, there's also a lot that can go wrong. Just the other day, I got one of those annoying “occlusion” alarms for no apparent reason.
<p>I have been on a pump for more than 15 years now and a CGM for more than 10. A lot has changed with the technology, size and options in pump therapy. started out on a tubed pump and made the transition to Omnipod soon after it came to market mostly for athletic benefit at the time.
<p>School’s back in session and in many parts of the country, the leaves are changing. That means one thing – it’s football season! One of the best things about football is the food that goes with it. </p>
<p>In a series of 12 episodes, PodderTalk™ is featuring interviews between professional snowboarder Sean Busby and inspirational people in the diabetes community.
<p>November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, a time when patients, clinicians, and others whose lives are touched by diabetes bring attention to the challenges of this disease.
<p>If you’ve been reading my blogs, you know I’ve been on a quest to be the first diabetic to complete a marathon in all 50 states. This is a journey that began in November 2000 when I hobbled to a finish in the New York City Marathon, exhausted and exhilarated.
<p>The third and last leg of pregnancy can sometimes be described as rough, and it can be, but you know what else it is? Amazing!
<p>It’s not every day you meet someone who can dead lift a car, bend a steel frying pan with his bare hands, or carry 200 pounds across a parking lot. But meeting someone who can do all of that with type 1 diabetes is downright impressive!</p>
<p>Late last summer, parts of the United States and Puerto Rico were devastated by extreme weather with Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and the California Wildfires.