MY MY MY……one of my joys of being part of many aspects within our diabetes community, is that I receive and see notices from everyone. Recently, different organizations touting the 2 much needed-to-be-funded-government programs, the Special Statutory Funding Program for Type 1 Diabetes Research at NIH and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians at the Indian Health […]
Author: tomkarlya
Do you ever get overwhelmed? Diabetes. Sometimes it just kicks us straight in the butt….doesn’t it? Just when we think we have everything under control ( a term in itself that never rings true), something undoubtedly happens that pulls us back to reality. This happen to me recently and when the episode was over I […]
The choice is yours. Everyone likes a fresh start, a new beginning. Each 365 days that come and go allows us to wake up on the morning of a new year, look in the mirror and decide. What will you decide. Will you handle your life in a defeatist, nothing will make a difference, the […]
I have often stated that people can do anything they set their minds to; and a person having diabetes does not exclude that thought. One only needs to dream. I stole the post below, ‘word for word’ from the young lady’s post. Her name is Monica. She is a typical college freshman who has diabetes. What she […]
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The Loss of a Child.
When you saw the headline….did you rush here? Did you rush to see who is it this time that has passed away? Well this is only to remind us all that there are people in our DOC (Diabetes Online Community)–people we love—-who have a child or a loved one who has lost this battle. Believe […]
I received a message yesterday about a newly diagnosed child and the dad stated that his son felt he would not be able to do many things. I disagreed. I was just wondering today——what is the single biggest accomplishment that you have succeeded at with diabetes? ….or in what has your child done successful with diabetes? Do […]