Sage Diabetes Blog

Diabetes Isn't Linear Type 1 Diabetes management is often mathematical, calculated, and linear. We are asked to do the same, day in and day out. We are taught our bodies are a machine that will respond to a "simple" formula of insulin to carb ratios. Those of us that...

T1D Perfect Storms If anyone who loved me read this article, it would probably make them worry about me going anywhere by myself, ever again. This story isn't the most dangerous example, but it's a good illustration of compound risk in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) that we...

The Myth of Perfection in Diabetes Diabetes care can be performance-based, perfectionist, & punitive. We hear phrases like “compliant diabetic” and “in control” which further a myth of perfection in diabetes as we try, steeped in guilt, to “correct” our blood...

Sage Diabetes was born because it was the space I wish I'd had 10 years ago after my adult Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis. A soft place to rest in a messy healthcare system. The healthcare system can feel extremely lonely and disconnected. If you feel that way too -- it's...