This holiday season I'm sharing the gift of tips -- real tips from real people living with diabetes.
Recently I was approached by a publisher to write a book of diabetes tips from medical professionals. Since those already exist, and most medical professionals don't live with diabetes, I thought how much better to gather tips from people who actually do.
Alas, the publisher disagreed, so there won't be a patient tips book, but here's my patient tips list. Some of these tips, and plenty more, are in my books. Each of these come from diabetes friends, colleagues, peers and me.
These tips are in no particular order, and they won't all apply to you. However, if you find one or two you can put into practice, your life and your health may vastly improve.
25 Tips for Living With Diabetes
- Keep your glucose meter always in the same place so you don't have to go looking for it. Mine is on my kitchen counter resting beside two small stuffed bunnies always smiling up at me.
Riva's latest book, Diabetes Dos & How-Tos, is available in print and Kindle, along with her other books, 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life and the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It and The ABCs Of Loving Yourself With Diabetes. Riva speaks to patients and health care providers about flourishing with diabetes. Visit her websites DiabetesStories.com and DiabetesbyDesign.com.