To this day, the BEST idea about how to handle Halloween still rests with our friends in Charles Schulz’s character-land of Peanuts. Agreed. Your kids can still eat some of the candy even with their diabetes. Agreed. There probably is not a time that Halloween did not come and go that our kids did not go […]
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It was originally called the Walk for the Cure until a cancer fundraising organization sent a letter to change the name. To the Foundation’s credit they thought changing the name was a better move than using donation money to fight the request resulting in what is now called the Walk to Cure Diabetes (a blessing in disguise). In the early […]
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The Worst Kind of Diabetes is………
You Have a Job to do. Diabetes Awareness month is November. We’re not going to wait. Too many are getting it wrong now, today. Do something today that could have an impact on Diabetes Awareness Month for 2012. Ready? The worst form of diabetes…….is getting it wrong. Find a newspaper in your area and either […]
Here is a scoring aid to use while watching the debates tonight…..feel free to add your own and post them. If a statistic is given and a source cited +2 points If a sound bite is mentioned -1 point Each time the phrase ‘that’s not true’ is uttered -1 point If you refute a stat […]
I’m just a tad tired of seeing ‘that’ horror on the faces of those people who have no clue what bearing candy has in the life of those who have diabetes; honestly, the answer is that it has none. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING? You cannot have candy out on the table; you have two kids […]
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Will it Ever Get Better?????
I read a lot. I read many comments from parents. I read many comments from people with diabetes. Many times my heart breaks because they fret over a high or a low and it becomes a hurdle 50 feet high. You know in baseball, every player makes an out more than they get a hit. […]