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Welcome to Diabetes Management by Skin Grip, your go-to hub for tips, tricks, and real talk on living boldly with diabetes. Whether you’re new to the journey or leveling up your routine, we’ve got fun, helpful advice to keep you feeling strong, confident, and fully in charge.

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Camping and Hiking with Diabetes: What to Expect & What to Pack

Camping and Hiking with Diabetes: What to Expect & What to Pack

June 26, 2025

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Intentional Goal Setting to Improve Your Diabetes Management: Tips from A Diabetes Health Coach

Intentional Goal Setting to Improve Your Diabetes Management: Tips from A Diabetes Health Coach

January 03, 2025

When it comes to managing diabetes, you might be advised to make lifestyle or management changes. Your doctor might want to set an A1C goal for you...

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A Beginner's Guide to Wearing a CGM: Tips for Application, Adhesion, and Removal

A Beginner's Guide to Wearing a CGM: Tips for Application, Adhesion, and Removal

October 03, 2024

Getting started with wearing a CGM can be seriously overwhelming and, if we’re being honest, even a bit intimidating. From the full body sweats whi...

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Choosing the Right Adhesive Tape for Your Insulin Pump and CGM: A Comprehensive Guide

Choosing the Right Adhesive Tape for Your Insulin Pump and CGM: A Comprehensive Guide

September 03, 2024

Life’s too short for your insulin pump or CGM to be slipping and sliding all over the place. Whether you are sweating it out at the gym, taking a d...

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Keeping Type 1 Kids Active

Keeping Type 1 Kids Active

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4 Morning Habits to Lower Your A1C with Type 1 Diabetes

4 Morning Habits to Lower Your A1C with Type 1 Diabetes

For many people with type 1 diabetes, the mornings often set the tone for how blood sugars may be...

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Type 1 Diabetes & Pregnancy: 3 Myths You Need to Know About

Type 1 Diabetes & Pregnancy: 3 Myths You Need to Know About

Thinking of starting a family and living with T1D? Or are you already expecting? You probably hav...

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College with T1D: Navigating Stress of Diabetes During College

College with T1D: Navigating Stress of Diabetes During College

Going off to college can be filled with new adventures and challenges. When living with diabetes,...

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Cycling and T1D

Cycling and T1D

Briana Kuta has been living with type 1 diabetes for 16 years and has never let her diagnosis sto...

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Traveling Abroad with T1D: What You Need to Know

Traveling Abroad with T1D: What You Need to Know

You can go to weddings in Guatemala. You can go scuba diving in Thailand– You can do hard things!...

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How to Support a Newly Diagnosed Adult with Type 1 Diabetes

How to Support a Newly Diagnosed Adult with Type 1 Diabetes

For many years, type 1 diabetes was known as juvenile diabetes because it occurred most commonly ...

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Holiday Hacks for Better Blood Sugars: Type 1 Diabetes Edition

Holiday Hacks for Better Blood Sugars: Type 1 Diabetes Edition

The holiday season is an exciting time of year to celebrate with friends, family and festive food...

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Starbucks with T1D: How to Keep Your Blood Sugars in Range

Starbucks with T1D: How to Keep Your Blood Sugars in Range

Coffee is a morning ritual for most people, but making frequent visits to coffee chains like Star...

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Best Pre Workout Meals and Snacks for Type 1 Diabetes

Best Pre Workout Meals and Snacks for Type 1 Diabetes

Learning what and when to eat before (and after) exercise can be overwhelming. The variables and ...

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Diabetes Defined: Dawn Phenomenon, Somogyi Effect, and Feet to Floor Syndrome

Diabetes Defined: Dawn Phenomenon, Somogyi Effect, and Feet to Floor Syndrome

If you are living with diabetes, you likely have experienced one (or more) of these scenarios. In...

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Conquering the Pizza Bolus with Type 1 Diabetes

Conquering the Pizza Bolus with Type 1 Diabetes

Pizza is one of the biggest food culprits inside the diabetes community. It is widely known for b...

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