The expression, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” encourages optimism and positivity in the face of life’s challenges. For sure, the diagnosis of diabetes can be a life challenge. For our Tandem Blog series, Making Lemonade from Lemons, we’re profiling people with diabetes (PWD) who’ve squeezed lemon from the diagnosis of diabetes and made lemonade - they exemplify this expression. These PWD make living with diabetes just a bit easier for everyone and show the world just how well PWD can live. This profile features Christina Roth, a person who has lived with diabetes for 16 years. Christina is the CEO and Founder of the College Diabetes Network (CDN).

The expression, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” encourages optimism and positivity in the face of life’s challenges. For sure, the diagnosis of diabetes can be a life challenge. For our Tandem Blog series, Making Lemonade from Lemons, we’ll profile people with diabetes (PWD) who’ve squeezed lemons and made lemonade from the diagnosis of diabetes - they exemplify this expression. These PWD make living with diabetes just a bit easier for everyone and show the world just how well PWD can live. This profile features Jane K. Dickinson, RN, PhD, CDE.

The year is winding down. If you have funds sitting in your flexible spending account (FSA) or a maxed-out insurance deductible, there could be a new t:slim X2 insulin pump out there with your name on it. You can wait for the next big approval by the FDA to order your pump, or you can boost your chances of getting your t:slim X2 pump for less out-of-pocket by taking a strategic, time-sensitive approach. With Tandem Diabetes Care, there’s no need to wait. Since today’s t:slim X2 insulin pump is built for tomorrow’s technologies, you can purchase your t:slim X2 insulin pump now...

A lot of people with type 1 diabetes are ready to buy their first (or next) insulin pump, but when it comes to making that purchase, they’re debating whether or not they should wait for the next, big FDA-approved product before taking the plunge. Sound familiar? With Tandem Diabetes Care, there’s no need to wait...

Don Muchow started running in 2004 after a laser treatment for diabetes-related retinopathy. Running was a cheap way to start being active. Once he got going, he needed a community of other people with type 1 diabetes to learn from and exchange ideas about exercise. He started the Diabetes & Exercise Alliance. In March 2019, with support from that community and his wife, Leslie, Don ran across Texas -- 850 miles in 27 days. He set a FKT by 2.5 days.

Author Ben Tzeel shares how the session “Everyday Management of T1D Through the Lens of Adventure,” presented by Peter Nerothin at the Children with Diabetes Friends for Life Conference in Orlando, FL, opened his mind to a whole new world of possibilities and reasons for why challenging ourselves can help us live our best life.

The expression, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” encourages optimism and positivity in the face of life’s challenges. For our blog series, Making Lemonade from Lemons, we’ll profile people with diabetes (PWD) who’ve squeezed lemons from the diagnosis of diabetes and made lemonade - they exemplify this expression. These PWD make living with diabetes just a bit easier for everyone and show the world just how well PWD can live. This profile by Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE features Mark Heyman, PhD, CDE.

Entrusting your child’s care with someone else (whether it be for school or daycare) can be hard for any parent. When your child has a chronic health condition, like type 1 diabetes, it is even harder to hand the reins over. One major resource that continually helps the Wheeler family, even though they are 10+ years into their diabetes journey, is the free t:simulator™ Demo App.

The expression, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” encourages optimism and positivity in the face of life’s challenges. This profile by Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, features Stephen Shaul, a person who has lived with diabetes for 27 years. Over the last decade Stephen has found a variety of ways to engage with and support others with diabetes both locally and internationally.

Karen recently joined the Tandem family after using an Animas insulin pump. She's been doing Jazzercise for 27 years and she became certified to teach last November. For many years she’d been thinking about getting certified and it was once she got her t:slim X2 pump with Basal-IQ technology that she felt secure enough with her diabetes management to get it done.

We invite you to join us at the Children with Diabetes Friends for Life Conference in Orlando for these presentations of note and booth activities, July 16-19, 2019.

Children with Diabetes' Friend For Life is a conference where thousands of children with diabetes and their families congregate for a week of learning, advocacy, fun, and most importantly: meeting other families affected by type 1 diabetes.

Clayton McCook shares the impact of his wife's cancer treatment on his family's daily life, their daughter Lily's diabetes routine, what they were looking for in an insulin pump, and their perspective on what matters most.

Kim Daniel's daughter Lily was diagnosed with diabetes a month prior to her third birthday. Lily started using an OneTouch Ping insulin pump from Animas about six months after her diagnosis. Years later, they found themselves switching pumps, and were nervous about finding another pump that was as simple to use as the OneTouch Ping, which they had become accustomed to for four years.

Tandem announced its sponsorship of Project 50-in-50, a mountaineering challenge by two climbers with type 1 diabetes—Michael Shelver and Patrick Mertes. To achieve their goal, Shelver and Mertes will need to summit the highest peaks in each of the 50 United States in 50 days or less. Only two individuals have accomplished this before, none with type 1 diabetes.

Today we announced announced our sponsorship of Connected in Motion’s 2019 program calendar, featuring social and educational programing that builds community among people with type 1 diabetes. The funding will go to support Slipstream Retreats, adventure programs, and special projects in Ontario, British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alberta, Canada, including additional support for the Ontario Slipstream Retreat, hosted in partnership with Beyond Type 1.

Every day, Tandem pump users are doing their part to reduce, reuse, and recycle. As the only rechargeable insulin pumps on the market, Tandem insulin pumps have kept an estimated 4 million disposable batteries out of landfills since becoming available in 2012. We’re proud to do our small part to help reduce the number of disposable batteries going into our landfills.

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNDM), a leading insulin delivery and diabetes technology company, today announced its sponsorship of Beyond Type 1’s “Beyond Type Run,” an official charity partner of the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon. All Beyond Type Run team members have option to use t:slim X2 insulin pump for training and event.

Today we announced our sponsorship of BlueLoop, a care coordination resource for children with type 1 diabetes. BlueLoop, powered by the non-profit MyCareConnect Foundation, is a tool to help improve a family's ability to manage a child’s diabetes when the child is at school or away from home.

In 2003, Pam and John Henry’s 6-year-old daughter, Sarah, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Once the initial shock wore off, Pam’s maternal instincts took over. She needed a better way to stay on top of Sarah’s care. Since then, she founded BlueLoop, a place for logging medical information, getting reminders, or keeping caregivers in the loop.