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Maryland Endocrine

Professionals in the field of Endocrine, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

Resources

Contents

  • Instructional Videos and/or links for Injectables
  • Uploading Pumps and Devices
  • Diabetes Devices
  • Educational Resources
  • Prescription Help Resources
  • Recommended Reading
  • Procedure and Hospital Instruction Templates

Instructional Videos and/or links for Injectables:

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.

For Tandem T:Slim or Mobi

For Minimed pumps

For Omnipod

For Twiist Pump

For Dexcom

For Freestyle Libre

How to Use Your Continuous Glucose Monitors

CGM Resource

CGM Guidelines

Diabetes Devices:

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.

Closed Loop Insulin Pumps, state of the art diabetes technology that uses a CGM to guide insulin dosing by an insulin pump:

iLet pump from Beta Bionics: https://www.betabionics.com/ilet-bionic-pancreas/ilet-adults/

MiniMed 780G: https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/products/minimed-780g-insulin-pump-system

OmniPod 5 from Insulet: https://www.omnipod.com/what-is-omnipod/omnipod-5

T Slim with Control IQ from Tandem: https://www.tandemdiabetes.com/products/t-slim-x2-insulin-pump/control-iq

Mobi with Control IQ from Tandem: https://www.tandemdiabetes.com/products/insulin-pumps/tandem-mobi

Twiist Insulin pump: https://www.twiist.com/

Educational Resources:

General Endocrine

  • https://www.endocrine.org– The Hormone Foundation. An excellent website for all endocrine diseases and diabetes. Information in other languages available as well.

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.
  • https://www.gdatf.org/-information you find here will help you better understand Graves’ disease and other thyroid illnesses

Diabetes

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
  • t1dexchange.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.
  • 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
  • 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

Prescription Help

Recommended Reading

“Bright 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 on 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.

Available on Amazon.com

Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin Paperback – May 12, 2020

From an award-winning diabetes care & education specialist, this all-in-one book is a comprehensive resource for the millions of people with diabetes who use insulin—now revised and updated.

Few diabetes books focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing people who use insulin. Gary Scheiner provides the tools to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to the body’s ever-changing needs. Comprehensive, free of medical jargon, and packed with useful information not readily available elsewhere, such as:     
 
·Day-to-day blood glucose monitoring and management    
·Designing an insulin program to best match your needs and lifestyle    
·How to get the best results from CGM and automated insulin delivery systems    
·New insulin formulations and combinations    
·Detailed strategies for meeting your personal goals    
·What drugs like Trulicity, Ozempic and Mounjaro mean for you and your health

by Gary Scheiner MS CDCES (Author)

Customizable instructions about procedures and hospital stays for patients, doctors and medical staff for both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes:

Type 1 Diabetes, Multiple Daily InjectionsDownload
Type 1 Diabetes, Insulin Pump FullDownload
Type 1 Diabetes, Insulin Pump ShortDownload
Type 2 Diabetes, Multiple Daily InjectionsDownload
Type 2 Diabetes, Insulin Pump FullDownload
Type 2 Diabetes, Insulin Pump ShortDownload