It’s not my disease. Surely diabetes takes a toll on an entire family but I remember the story that friend shared years ago when our journey was just starting about whose disease it really belonged, and it was an important lesson I never forgot. Let’s call her Kathy. A woman around 38, a beautiful woman […]
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She has had type 1 diabetes since 1978. She is a registered board-certified art therapist and Pennsylvania licensed professional counselor where she helps people with diabetes issues like depression, burnout, food and other issues in her private practice in suburban Philadelphia. She personifies taking what you do, what you love, and making a difference […]
Two friends are having lunch. A third person joins them and says, “Hey, did you see the clown out front?” One friend responds, “Was it a real clown or one dressed as one?” My point; people hear (or in this case, read) something but do not catch the full meaning. I posted something two days […]
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Diaversary……#20…….Really?
It’s today. Twenty years ago. Today. Sigh. It’s not ‘Happy’ Diaversary….it’s just there; a milestone. Twenty years today. As I think back to that September 26th 1992, when at the age of 2 Kaitlyn was whisked to Stony Brook Hospital; medical staff ran around tending to her; tubes were attached; pain was administered; tears were […]
I had the opportunity to hear Jeff Hitchcock present this weekend and he addressed night-time testing and the ‘thought’ that our kids wake up when they feel low. It is thought by many (us…..definitely) that should our kids start to feel low while they sleep they wake up. I know for me it was a […]
Are you living on life support? I’m amazed when I read or hear some of the stories people relay living life with their children and the ‘new’ normal of diabetes in the household. Some good, some not so good. But let’s focus on the good and see if it can help those who live with […]