There are many people who write about their lives with diabetes. Many moms write, dads write, people with diabetes write, and health professionals all venture into the pool of literary wisdom, humor, and teachable moments sharing their thoughts and experiences. I enjoy the writings of many of my colleagues in this space but every now and again […]
Author: tomkarlya
Mary Podjasek, President of the Diabetes Scholars Foundation informs me that over 1000 college scholarship applications were received from kids living with type 1 diabetes. Think about that……..over 1000 applicants. Imagine all of them in one graduating class; out to change the world. If you apply for a scholarship, you are not awarded based only […]
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Jessica Collins writes a blog called “Me and D” and it is always a great read. She calls it like she, not only sees it but, lives it. She lives by a mantra that should be cut out and posted above everyone’s bedpost–having diabetes or not. She writes: The biggest accomplishment for all of us living […]
Look–this is starting to get on my nerves. In fact I am starting to really get pissed off. A lawsuit was just filed, by a single mom, in Cape Corla Florida that a child was discriminated against as “…..alleging the city discriminated against her daughter by not allowing employees at its after-school and summer programs to administer […]
There has been much, much discussion about the T1/T2 diabetes name confusion/change/clarification and what to do about it. Below I have a link to a story that appears in Forbes Magazine by Alice Walton, a contributor that covers health, medicine, psychology and neuroscience. Ms. Walton states in her article that we should be rid of […]
Many times I have stated that any one person can make a difference if they choose to make a difference. If you have not been following what has been happening in California, you should find out. Yesterday, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the American Nurses Association (ANA) v. Tom Torlakson as Superintendent of […]