Do you sometimes feel you are doing it all? You spend your life running from one challenge to another, supporting a family member with diabetes in the midst of keeping your own life on track.

Glucose monitoring helps people with diabetes manage their condition by providing information about the level of glucose in the blood. Traditionally such monitoring has involved the use of a blood glucose meter to measure the level in a blood drop on a test strip.

While it may be too late for our family members and friends with diabetes, many of us as caregivers are in a position to take advantage of the growing knowledge about diabetes prevention.

Some individuals have lived for a while with known risk factors for type 2 diabetes. In these cases, shock may not be the over-riding emotion at the time of diagnosis.

As described in our article about the New activity and non-activity guidelines for kids, the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines (CPAG) recommend that children over five should get at least 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise each day. But many parents are unsure whether these guidelines can be safely applied for youth with type 1 diabetes.

The diagnosis of diabetes in a child usually brings a rollercoaster of emotions for parents. Know that this is normal, and that you will adjust over time.

When a family member or friend is diagnosed with diabetes, one of the first questions that often comes up is “Can I still drive?”