Hi, my name is Joe Solowiejczyk. I’m a diabetes  nurse educator and family therapist. I'm the author of the book, "A Type 1 Diabetes Guide to the Universe" upon which this online course is based.

 

I’ve had type 1 diabetes for 55 years and working with children and families with diabetes for over 35  years. This entails educating and counseling them on how to manage diabetes in such a way so that they get the most out of their  lives. In a nutshell,

 

I teach people how to do most of their managing by  themselves.

 

It’s what I do and it’s what most of my friends  with diabetes do – they manage most of it by themselves. We  adjust our insulin doses based on blood sugar results. We manage travel, extreme sports, sick days and special  occasions using the knowledge that we develop from  managing it everyday.