Living Well with Diabetes

Product GuideWhere to Buy Insulin Syringes: How to Choose and Order Sensifine Insulin Syringes

Where to Buy Insulin Syringes: How to Choose and Order Sensifine Insulin Syringes

If you're wondering where to buy insulin syringes, there are 2 main routes: the pharmacy counter and online suppliers. In most areas of the United States, insulin syringes may be legally purchased ...

Product GuidePen Needle Sizes Explained: 33G 4mm, 32G 4mm, 31G 5mm, and 30G 8mm

Pen Needle Sizes Explained: 33G 4mm, 32G 4mm, 31G 5mm, and 30G 8mm

Every pen needle is described by two numbers: gauge, which is thickness, and length. Gauge works backwards: the higher the number, the thinner the needle. Sensifine carries 4 sizes, from the very f...

LifestyleBored of "Diabetes Food"? Try These Flavor Traditions

Bored of "Diabetes Food"? Try These Flavor Traditions

If your type 2 diabetes meal plan is plain chicken and steamed broccoli on repeat, no wonder you're bored. That's not a meal plan, and it's definitely not a personality. Diabetes UK notes that the ...

LifestyleHow to Actually Save on Diabetes Supplies at Costco (You May Not Need a Membership)

How to Actually Save on Diabetes Supplies at Costco (You May Not Need a Membership)

If you've ever assumed you need to swipe a $65-a-year membership card just to save at Costco's pharmacy, it's worth knowing that in most cases, you don't. Between what actually requires a membershi...

Product GuideGot Your Mounjaro KwikPen but No Needles? Here's What to Know

Got Your Mounjaro KwikPen but No Needles? Here's What to Know

If you opened your Mounjaro® KwikPen box expecting a needle already attached and found none, you didn't get shorted — that's exactly how it's supposed to arrive. The KwikPen is a different device f...

LifestyleWhat to Eat With Prediabetes When You Have No Idea Where to Start

What to Eat With Prediabetes When You Have No Idea Where to Start

Somewhere between "cut out sugar" and a hundred contradictory articles about keto, low-fat, and intermittent fasting, it's easy to end up more confused after researching prediabetes than before you...

Lifestyle6 Ways to Make Insulin Shots Less Scary for Your Kid

6 Ways to Make Insulin Shots Less Scary for Your Kid

If injection time at your house has turned into a full production — screaming, flailing, a dramatic collapse onto the kitchen floor, you somehow more out of breath than your three-year-old — you ha...

Product GuideSensifine Plus vs. Embecta Nano 2nd Gen: The 32G × 4mm Pen Needles, Compared

Sensifine Plus vs. Embecta Nano 2nd Gen: The 32G × 4mm Pen Needles, Compared

If you've been using Embecta's (formerly BD) Nano™ 2nd Gen pen needles for a while and you're eyeing Sensifine® Plus, the spec sheets look almost identical: 32G, 4mm, printed on both boxes. We put ...

LifestyleTraveling with Diabetes: The Week After Matters as Much as the Trip Itself

Traveling with Diabetes: The Week After Matters as Much as the Trip Itself

Traveling with Diabetes doesn't end when you land. Here's how to ease back into your routine the week after your trip, without the guilt or overcorrecting.