Instructional Videos for Insulin and Other Injectable Medications
- Diabetes (Insulins)
- Diabetes (Non-insulin injectables)
- Osteoporosis:
Uploading Pumps and Devices
Upload Pump Data to share with your Doctor. Below are links to resources that will instruct you how to upload your data at home. This will help enable sharing your data with your doctor remotely. Please make an effort to do this prior to your scheduled visits.
How to Continuous Glucose Monitors
If you just got a continuous glucose monitoring system, this link will help you understand how to use it and to understand your glucose data.
General Endocrine
- http://www.hormone.org– The Hormone Foundation. An excellent website for all endocrine diseases and diabetes. Information in other languages available as well.
- https://www.empoweryourhealth.org– Offers resources on all endocrine disorders and diabetes
Thyroid
- https://www.thyroid.org/patient-thyroid-information/– Offers patient brochures about all different thyroid conditions as well as the latest news in the field of thyroid disease.
- thyca.org– Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. is a national non-profit organization of thyroid cancer survivors. This has useful information such as low iodine recipes, support groups and more.
- http://www.gdatf.org/-information you find here will help you better understand Graves’ disease and other thyroid illnesses
Diabetes
- http://www.diabetes.org– Information available here for diabetes education programs anywhere in the state of Maryland or DC
- Diatribe.org – site for technology and medication updates for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
- Life For a Child– a program that aims to raise awareness of the plight of children with diabetes in other countries
- tcoyd.org– A not-for-profit diabetes education organization which aims to inform, motivate and empower participants to take control of their diabetes
- Diabetes Emergency Plan
- Time in Range Tips
- If Your Pump Breaks
- Hypoglycemia Prevention and Treatment
Type 1 (insulin dependent or juvenile onset) Diabetes
- jdrf.org/– Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation website, Where you will find information for patients with Type 1 Diabetes
- myglu.org -user group for those with T1D or their supporters, sponsored by the T1D exchange
- childrenwithdiabetes.com– a website for patients with Type 1 Diabetes both adult and children, and parents of Type 1 Diabetes patients.
- shesugar.com– Your source for healthy living with Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease
- shericolberg.com– Dr Sheri Colberg, one of the leading experts on managing the changes in blood sugar that can occur with exercise in people with both types of diabetes. She has worked out many practical and useful strategies for exercising while on insulin
- Screening for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Learn more about Tzield and T1D Testing
- Compass Form Tzield
- TCOYD Bringing diabetes edutainment to people living with type 1, type 2, and their loved
ones from anywhere in the world! Led by two endocrinologists who are living with
diabetes themselves, you can access our expansive resource hub any place, any
time for free at tcoyd.org
Calcium/Osteoporosis/Bone
- https://www.hypopara.org/ -resources for those with hypoparathyroidism
- https://www.nof.org/patients/ – National Osteoporosis Foundation website, offers patient information and support groups for those with osteoporosis
Prescription Help
- Novo Nordisk patient assistance call 1-866-310-7549 or click the Novo Nordisk link
- Lilly insulin assistance program: Lilly solution center link or call 1-833-808-1234
Recommended Reading
“Diabetes Head to Toe” authored by Dr. Corriere
Available on Amazon or at Maryland Endocrine front desk.
Diabetes Head to Toe is an invaluable resource for anyone living with diabetes. It includes everything you should know about the disease―straight from the experts. The authors, all doctors who specialize in diabetes care, offer simple explanations and essential advice on all things diabetes. More than 50 illustrations illuminate key points, while a two-color format allows readers to quickly identify the information they are seeking. Aimed at people with diabetes, family members, teachers, physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, specialists, and anyone else who cares about the health of diabetes patients, this up-to-date book will help readers recognize the early warning signs before diabetes-related difficulties arise, ensuring a long, healthy life.
“Bight Spots and Landmines: The Diabetes guide I wish Someone Had Handed Me”
Written by Adam Brown, a senior editor at the website diatribe.org, a site which is a great resource on new developments affecting both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Adam was diagnosed with T1D in 2001, and with this book has written an acclaimed resource that is a practical guide on how to improve your diabetes control while maintaining a healthy mindset. Available from diatribe.org, or order via Amazon.com
Balancing Diabetes: Conversations About Finding Happiness and Living Well
Author: Kerri Sparling, 2014
When a person received a diagnosis of diabetes, he or she starts a process of adjusting and making sense of the new normal-living with a chronic disease. Diabetes Online Community Blogger, Kerri Sparling compiles strategies used by people with diabetes, and their caregivers to bring that elusive balance into their lives.
Pumping Insulin: Everything You Need To Succeed on an Insulin Pump
Author: John Walsh, Ruth Roberts, 6th Edition 2016
A comprehensive and practical guide to using insulin pumps to their full potential. John Walsh has extensive personal and professional experiences with all aspects of the insulin pumping. Highly recommended.