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  Do you keep track of where you rotate your CGM site?
  No need to track it’s pretty obvious. Switch sides each time and try to miss any visible puncture spots
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  It really depends on when I catch it and how low it is. If I see it early enough I treat it and just watch it to make sure it is recovering.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  I usually think "oh goody I can have some chocolate!"
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  Very anxious when it is really low, but not anxious at all when it is just mildly low.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  My anxiety kicks in a bit when low treatments seem to take forever to have an impact.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  It depends on how fast it is dropping and how quickly it responds to my attempts to raise it back to normal.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  It all depends on how low, where I am and what I'm doing and if I can easily eat/drink fast acting carbs to treat it. I only get anxious if it's taking a long time to bring bg level up to my target of 110 and I'm out in public.
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  It depends on how fast it is dropping and how quickly it responds to my attempts to raise it back to normal.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  Depends on how low and what I am doing. Like today I had one at work where Dexcom said low but because I could treat and had two people with them, aware of it, I was okay.
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  Depends on how low and for how long. Generally not anxious as much as sweating and foggy headed.
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  My anxiety kicks in a bit when low treatments seem to take forever to have an impact.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  I usually get more annoyed than anxious...It typically happens when I'm in the middle of working! I work as a private clarinet instructor so it's just me and the student and it's really difficult to string words together when I'm low.
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  Very anxious when it is really low, but not anxious at all when it is just mildly low.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  It varies. It depends on how low and how long.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  My anxiety kicks in a bit when low treatments seem to take forever to have an impact.
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  My anxiety kicks in a bit when low treatments seem to take forever to have an impact.
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  I usually think "oh goody I can have some chocolate!"
- 18 hours, 10 minutes ago
  
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  Two Reese's Peanut Butter cups for me 😊
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  When you have low blood glucose, how anxious do you generally feel?
  I don’t feel anxious when my blood sugar goes low but when it goes high, I get very worried.
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Winners of the Lilly Diabetes “Leonard Award” — Congratulations, Dr. Osagie Ebekozien!

Ginger Vieira, 2 years ago 0 2 min read

Congratulations to the 2022 winner of the Leonard Award — our very own Osagie Ebekozien MD, MPH, CPHQ, CMO! Ebekozien is the recipient of the Researcher category, selected from an impressive group of fellow researchers.

“I am deeply honored to receive the 2022 Leonard Award,” said Ebekozien. “I dedicate this award to my village of support including my family, team, co-investigators, and everybody impacted by diabetes.”

About the Leonard Award

This award from Lilly Diabetes was named after Leonard Thompson — the first person with type 1 diabetes to receive an injection of insulin in 1922. Leonard was 14 years old. He lived for another 13 years thanks to this breakthrough in medical history.

Through four recipients in different categories, Lilly Diabetes donates a total of $100,000 to Life for a Child — a critical program working to get insulin to children across the globe who struggle to access it but depend on it for survival.

Ebekozien’s Work in T1D Research

Ebekozien’s work in developing and leading the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative (T1DX-QI) has led to an outstanding amount of research. Ongoing research within the T1DX-QI is designed to improve the quality and efficacy of healthcare provided to people with T1D.

Under Ebekozien’s leadership, the T1DX-QI has grown to 54 participating endocrinology clinics across the country with a remarkable list of accomplishments in just a handful of years, including:

Publishing research in over 40 top medical journals since 2019
90+ active research projects today
Sharing 70+ presentations at international conferences
Launching the Health Equity Advancement Lab (HEAL) Program
Launching a pilot program to serve the type 2 diabetes population
Mapping data at 16 participating centers
Improving overall HbA1c trends across all participating clinics
18 manuscripts accepted and published so far in 2022
25 abstracts accepted/presented at 5 International conferences in 2022

Ebekozien added that he is both humbled and energized by the Leonard Award, inevitably fueling his drive to do more. T1D Exchange is immensely grateful for the passion and expertise he brings to every part of this work and for the immeasurable impact it has on the lives of people with diabetes.

Chatting about the T1D Exchange Registry: Q&A with the Team

Ginger Vieira

Ginger Vieira has lived with type 1 diabetes and celiac disease since 1999 and fibromyalgia since 2014. She is an author, journalist, and coach. Her books include: Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes, Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes, Dealing with Diabetes Burnout, Emotional Eating with Diabetes, When I Go Low (for kids) and Ain't Gonna Hide My T1D! (for kids). Ginger has created endless articles and videos on diabetes for many websites, including DiabetesMine, BeyondType1, Healthline, DiabetesStrong, T1D Exchange, and more. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science in professional writing, and certifications in coaching, personal training, and Ashtanga yoga.