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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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How to Remove Shame When Checking Your Blood Sugar with Diabetes

How to Remove Shame When Checking Your Blood Sugar with Diabetes

A main component of managing diabetes is monitoring blood sugar levels, but it can also be one of...

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Losing Weight with Type 1 Diabetes

Losing Weight with Type 1 Diabetes: What You Need to Know

There is a lot of conflicting advice about the best way to lose weight whether or not you have ty...

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Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Continuous Glucose Monitoring: How to Use the Data in Your Self-Management

Do you dread going to your endocrinologist appointments when it’s time for them to view your bloo...

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Diabetes

What is Diabetes Anyway?

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Traveling with Type 1 Diabetes: How to Enjoy Your Vacation Without Sacrificing Your Blood Sugars

Traveling with Type 1 Diabetes: How to Enjoy Your Vacation Without Sacrificing Your Blood Sugars

Traveling can be overwhelming, especially if you are living with type 1 diabetes. It can be quite...

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Guide to Insulin

A Beginner’s Guide to Insulin

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3 Ways to Support Someone You Love When They Have Diabetes

3 Ways to Support Someone You Love When They Have Diabetes

When someone you love is diagnosed with diabetes, it can feel like you are a helpless bystander i...

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Bolus Anchor

4 Easy Steps to Make Bolusing an Everyday Habit with Type 1 Diabetes

People with diabetes are faced with making over 180 treatment decisions every single day. The con...

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Diabetes Distress

How Does Diabetes Affect Mental Health?

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3 Ways to Prioritize Blood Sugars During the Holiday Season with Type 1 Diabetes

3 Ways to Prioritize Blood Sugars During the Holiday Season with Type 1 Diabetes

When you are navigating the holiday season with type 1 diabetes, it can often feel like you are c...

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6 Myths About Lowering Your A1C You Shouldn’t Believe & What to Do Instead

6 Myths About Lowering Your A1C You Shouldn’t Believe & What to Do Instead

When you receive a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, you are sent home with worksheets, folders, bro...

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The Diabetes Glossary: For the Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetic

The Diabetes Glossary: For the Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetic

When you receive a diagnosis of diabetes, it really is like learning a whole new language. Not o...

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