When I was a staff person at what was then called the JDF (didn’t know that did you?) I was at a meeting and the woman at the microphone said with that incredible smile; “Lock the doors because no one is getting out until they commit to this.” That woman was Dame Carol Lurie. Last […]
Author: tomkarlya
I started crying in the car thinking about my birthday. I know it’s still two weeks away, but I never thought I’d live to see 40. I was sure I’d be dead by now, and I don’t know how I’m not, but here I am. Lee Ann Thill wrote this on her FB page this […]
She didn’t have to write this. She did not have to be so honest and truthful. What she went through, is none of our business. What she goes through she shares. To feel sorry for her? Not in her make-up. AT ALL. To feel her pain? Nope. To display her hardship? Haven’t seen that yet. She […]
I have been reading lately that there is an idea floating around about attempting to change the names of the various disease states that fall under the parameters of diabetes. When it comes to a movement of this type, I would never be the one to tell anyone to stop something if it’s important enough. I would […]
It’s deleted. For so many the thought of not having diabetes is about as surreal a feeling as one could ever imagine. As I spoke to many people who had diabetes, I was surprised at the responses. Don’t get me wrong, every one of them stated that they long for a cure but the thought […]
Happy Valentine’s Day. Those who know, know they have my heart. But the islet cell picture in the shape of the heart, that I posted today, was discovered by one of the Researchers at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) and given to the world to use. That simple gesture of sharing with the world is indicative […]