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Lesson #22: "The Human Gap"
Stephen W. Ponder MD, FAAP, CDCES In the era of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), staying “in range” competes with the hemoglobin A1c...


Lesson #21: Microdosing. It's just a "day in the life" of the Sugar Surfer.
Stephen W. Ponder MD, FAAP, CDCES 2018 ADCES Diabetes Educator of the Year Over treating a low blood sugar can be frustrating. It starts...

Sugar Surfing Lesson #17: Shift happens
As I write in the book “Sugar Surfing™”, blood glucose levels in healthy people are never truly static (at least not for very long). The...


Managing in the moment
Here is a quote from a d-parent I know: "Our daughter has had type 1 diabetes for 6 years, her A1C runs as high as 8%. We've recently...


The path to the dark side
My day job is as a pediatric endocrinologist ("peds endo" in the diabetes on line community vernacular). In our current health care...


The subtle touch
Accomplished Sugar Surfers master the art of 'subtle touch'. They know the circumstances behind a low range BG level and can apply just...


Does diabetes technology absolve us from personal responsibility?
As a person with type 1 diabetes for over half a century, I've lived through many technological breakthroughs in how my condition has...