Dear Moms and Dads of a child with T1D, I, like you, have a child who has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In fact, 2 of our 3 children have T1D, 1 diagnosed at age 2 and another at age 13. No other words for it……it sucks. One thing I have noticed is, when […]
Author: tomkarlya

If you are a parent to a child recently diagnosed with T1D, pull up a chair. I know ‘recently’ is a relative term, but if you’re wondering/worried/concerned, what can the future hold for your child; let me share some hope. I have been where you are. In fact, with two children living with this disease […]

Hello Hearties (and welcome all others). In the online community, I’m known as Diabetes Dad (not ‘the’ but rather ‘a’) from my years of writing about living with, and staying positive living with, diabetes (diabetesdad.org). Two of our three children have type 1 diabetes. One was diagnosed at age 2 in 1992 and the other […]
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There is not a doubt in my mind that one of my favorite people walking this earth is Sarah Loebner. She is a very special woman who has a heavenly voice when she sings, a PA in this diabetes world and a person who has overcome so much to be where she is in life. […]

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