I have always found some of the terminology used in our diabetes world a bit…….odd. How many of us have been in the company of strangers when our child, who is a good distance away, checks their blood sugar and shouts to us; “I’m high again!” Funny to watch the strangers hearing this and shaking […]
Author: tomkarlya
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If there is one thing I have noticed in life, it is that in death, we go it alone. Millionaire, pauper, movie star, criminal, politician, blue-collar worker, and everything in between. There will come a day we will all draw our last breath and everything we were in our lifetime will be left behind as […]
I’m not so sure if it is the social media being so readily available or if people just like to gripe more……..not exactly sure which it is. I read people who are so exhausted because they stayed up all night………….again with a child’s low blood sugar; I read people who are distraught because they hide […]
I have successfully landed in the land of physical therapy and am officially ‘post-op’. At an eventual time in the not too distant future, I will land on my feet again….hopefully better than new; or at least better than my pre-op status. I have learned that I’m not a good patient. I find it hard […]
I’m recovering from surgery and there will be no new DiabetesDad articles during the month of July—–see you in August. Much love always, Tom