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DOC Babies……Have You Had Enough???……I Haven’t :)

Is it just me, or do you also find one of the best things about being part of the diabetes online community is watching all of these babies being born and growing up right in front of our eyes? Remembering when our friends were pregnant, the anticipation, and finally the blessed day has now left […]

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Diabetes…….Imagine if We All Started with One Note…..A Video to Teach Us All. Enjoy.

In a world when we constantly ask……why are we all going in different directions and not traveling on the same page?  Sometimes it only takes one note for people to follow; instead of thinking ‘a better note is necessary’.  The more people who join in with the right note, instead of opposing the note, can branch off […]

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Swimming in a Circle is NOT ALWAYS Swimming Forward.

I was reading an article by a well-known entertainment agent (I can’t always read diabetes stuff, you know) and he stated that sharks will die if they do not keep swimming.  So the goal in life (in his, the entertainment industry) is to keep moving forward. I liked the analogy enough not to check its […]

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Sometimes Do We Do the Very Thing……..We DO NOT Want Done to Us?????

I had heard it before; this time I wanted to know why? When I was in a discussion recently and was discussing the life of having two kids with T1 diabetes; it was said to me again. “My aunt has diabetes and had her leg amputated.  She died, relatively, very young.” Normally I say to myself, […]

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When One is Lost…….a Story of Reunion!!!!

This morning I went to use my asthma spray and it was dangerously low.  So I called my local Walgreens and had them re-fill my prescription.  As I headed to the store, I saw a man walking with a leash in his hands.  If any of you are a dog lover, which I am but […]

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Are Diabetes Educators Really Important?

Are they really important???????……..I’ll go as far as saying that at one point or another, their expertise has saved my children’s lives. One of the most heartbreaking situation stories is when I hear from parents that there is no diabetes educator available to them because either their practice is too small, or the area they live […]