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The sands in the hourglass are about to run out on this year of 2024. It has been a real mixed bag for me both professionally and personally and sometimes that bag incorporated both at the same time. There was much sadness this year as I/We lost many people dear to us as friends, family, […]
As this years’ Diabetes Awareness Month began, many calls came to me that Saturday Moring of the horrific car accident that claimed the lives of five people who were known throughout the diabetes community. People who cared. People who would come together and raise funds in bike rides and other ways to help the diabetes […]
One of my favorite films of all time is Field of Dreams. The mixing of reality and fantasy is overwhelmingly artistic as we root for ‘Ray and his ballfield built in a cornfield’. By far one of the greatest scenes in the movie is when Ray’s daughter falls off the stands on the field and […]
I guess the cautionary tale, these days, in the world of social media and online communications is artificial intelligence; beware. So many seemed to be obsessed with the idea that machine will mimic us in an uncontrollable way. A way that will almost begin thinking for itself and go in directions unwanted or unplanned. Think […]
On the 26th of September, it will be thirty-two years that we have been ‘at this’; this ‘diabetes thing’. It has been one most remarkable ride. Not only have we meet some incredible people on this journey, I have learned a few things over this stretch of time. Many good, but also some painful lessons […]
Any time someone visits their health care professional for a wellness check, rest assured that certain testing; both diagnostic and otherwise will be performed. It’s part of the process. “You know Doc, I have this calf muscle that has been bothering me for the past two weeks.” The health professional will examine the area, and […]