Upon diagnosis, kids feel all alone. Now that they have diabetes, and if no one else in the family has it, it becomes a stark reality that they will go it all alone….right? Eli Lilly as partnered with Disney to create Coco. Coco is a monkey character and she has T1 Diabetes and she is […]
It is a world of get ahead. Many times it is get ahead at any costs. Get one up on the ‘other guy’ so you can win. Not so for my Sunday dHero, a sibling to a brother with diabetes. As if it were not enough that he has agreed to take part in a […]
They are doing it for your kids, for mine, for theirs. They are doing it for a cure; they are doing it in memory. They are doing it with incredible fortitude. They are doing it with painful memories. They are doing it with incredible hope. They are pushing their bodies to the absolute physical limit. […]
He is a chef, author, and television personality. He is currently a host of AOL’s GMC “Trade Secrets” online show. He was diagnosed with diabetes at age 12. Where there are celebs with diabetes that do little or ‘the bare minimum’ he is a 180 degree opposite helping diabetes causes and speaking about his diabetes […]
Siblings. No matter how hard the attempt, diabetes has always prevented us from giving the full amount of time needed to those who are the brother and sister of someone with diabetes. Whatever the event, attention is drawn away. And we tried pretty hard to find a balance. But it seemed falling short indeed did […]
I saw this post recently. I was astounded reading through the many responses of the people who were trying to help this poor mother. I get it. We want to help. But the only acceptable answer is to get in touch with your medical team ASAP and you need to do it now. Answers as […]