Podder Talk™ Blog
From wellness tips and science news, to stories and support, Podder Talk™ is where Omnipod® users share inspiration and information about how to simplify life with diabetes. Explore a variety of topics from a community unlike any other.
By Ann Marie Schoenherr RN, BSN, CDCES, Matthew Schoenherr MS, ACSMEP, CDCES and Emily Byrne RN, BSN, CDCES
The writers of this blog, Ann Marie Schoenherr, Matthew Schoenherr and Emily Byrne are employees of Insulet Corporation. The authors’ opinion is
Work, family, school, finances, relationships, and traffic are just a few common sources of stress for many of us. Add diabetes management and you may feel totally overwhelmed.
Luckily, learning and practicing wellness coping techniques can help you stay on a healthy track.
Here are
<p><span><span><span>Summertime is here, and with it come more days spent at the pool, beach or enjoying other outdoor activities.
<p>As Insulet’s External Communications Manager, I'm not just an employee, I'm also the mom of a pre-teen Podder™! Between work and real-life, I have made a lot of great connections in the diabetes community over the past six years.
<p>Every November, many of us in the diabetes community post our stories and wear blue to support National Diabetes Awareness month.
<p>In the (almost) 20 years I’ve lived with type 1 diabetes, I have always maintained that this struggle has given me more than it has taken from me.
<p><span><span><span>Here at Insulet, we are proud of our many employees who are also Podders</span></span></span>™<span><span><span>.
<p>In mid-2015 at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)’s annual conference, Insulet held the first <em>Sex, Insulin, and Rock ‘N’ Roll</em> live forum. No joke!</p>
<p>In a series of 12 episodes, Podder™ Talk is featuring interviews between professional snowboarder <a href="http://suited.myomnipod.com/author/sean/">Sean Busby</a> and in
<p>As a parent or caregiver of a child with diabetes, your back-to-school checklist includes more than a backpack, notebooks and writing tools.
<p>November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, a time when patients, clinicians, and others whose lives are touched by diabetes bring attention to the challenges of this disease.
<p>Anyone who uses an insulin pump knows there are many benefits in terms of lifestyle and glucose control. However, there's also a lot that can go wrong. Just the other day, I got one of those annoying “occlusion” alarms for no apparent reason.
<p>I have been on a pump for more than 15 years now and a CGM for more than 10. A lot has changed with the technology, size and options in pump therapy. started out on a tubed pump and made the transition to Omnipod soon after it came to market mostly for athletic benefit at the time.