Cystic Fibrosis-related Diabetes Resources

https://collegediabetesnetwork.org

CDN was founded in 2009 by a college student with T1D who felt isolated and struggled to manage her diabetes. "As a student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, I struggled with managing my T1D on my own. In my junior year, I formed a group to connect students with T1D. We supported each other, exchanged strategies, and even supplies. The group changed my life at college and was the impetus for starting CDN."

Explore resources available to students with diabetes who are preparing for life at college and the responsibilities that come with it.

Find diabetes apps for you phone to help you with carb counting, keeping track of your blood sugar, calories intake and more.

These Durable Medical Equipment (DME) companies that offer diabetes supplies. Call and find if they have a contract with your insurance company.

Find creative diabetes accessories for kids and adults, anything from pump cases to insulin cooling cases.

These retailers offer medical ID bracelets, medical alert jewelry, and more products that will keep your child with diabetes safe.

If you are traveling or going on vacation this summer, make sure you plan ahead to keep your diabetes in check. Dealing with high blood sugars – or worse, a trip to the hospital – can put a damper on your plans.

Diabetes can take an emotional toll on your child (and you!). Here are a few ideas on how to you can support your child/teen.

This presentation will teach you about counting carbohydrates, reading food labels, and managing snacks and meal plans for children with diabetes.

http://media.chop.edu/data/files/diabetes-elearning/count-carbs/index.html

This module will help you count the carbs for small, medium and large portions of foods you eat often, and equate carb count to varying units of insulin.

https://www.sugarstat.org/

SugarStats gives you a simple and easy-to-use interface to input and access your data from home, school, work, when you're on the road or just about anywhere at all.

Our Healthy Eyes, Healthy Vision e-learning module will answer common questions teens with diabetes have about vision screening.

Experiencing low blood sugar can be scary and embarrassing. But don’t try to avoid lows by letting your sugars run high all the time.

It takes just 15 minutes a day to test blood sugar, count carbs, calculate and give the insulin dose that will take care of your diabetes.

Watch this e-learning module to learn more about diabulimia, including its risks and complications, and the dangers of DKA caused by diabulimia.

This course discusses three important things you need to explain to your roommate when you go to college: your diabetes, your lows and how they can help.