Disasters Averted

I recently met with a patient and his wife to confirm their understanding of a correction schedule based on his pre-meal blood glucose.

I just encountered the second patient in the past six months new to using pens who was “taking” the insulin with the inner needle shield left on.

Recently, I saw a patient who was a seasoned insulin user.

Last summer, we were traveling in the Southwest and stopped for a meal in a local diner. As a diabetes educator my ears always perk up when I hear someone talk about insulin so when I overheard the waitress talking to a customer about her insulin….

One of my clients had an A1C of 7.5% but her blood sugars were all over the chart.

Recently a patient came to our diabetes center for education and to improve her control.

Several years ago, I had a 70-year-old patient who was starting on an insulin pump.

Complications go beyond co-morbidities for blind diabetes patient…

At a recent support group meeting, a patient raised his hand and told me that he had been prescribed both Lantus and Levemir, and was taking them both at night.

Recently, a patient with an inexplicably high A1c was referred to me.