Medical I.D. alert bracelets. What to do with them on kids and do you wear one as an adult? First of all, not to bash any sort of industry but a medical I.D. alert bracelet is not jewelry. It has a purpose. It has a huge purpose. It is, as it states in the name, […]
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Is A1C Really a Pass/Fail Test
IS an A1C really pass fail……click here to read my monthly article on dLife.com. Stop beating yourself up.
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Diabetes T1 or T2—Need a New Name?
There has been much talk that we need to change the name of diabetes…..which one; Type 1 or Type 2?….well THAT is the question. Some comments heard here and there: “They are completely different, they need different names.” “The complications are identical, well close enough.” “Well Type 2 can be avoided, they should not be […]
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Do You Dance?
Every summer thousands of young ladies attempt to be part of the Rockettes Super Intensive (RSI) program. “Super”–beyond the norm. More intense than intense. Those who are accepted are challenged to push beyond their limits of dance endurance. Dare I say even ‘breathing endurance’. And when they are finished…..they are challenged to push themselves even harder. They […]
No one knows how hard it is to be a sibling of a child with diabetes. No matter how hard we, as parents, try to balance the playing field our child(ren) with diabetes demand so much more attention. But we certainly try, don’t we parents. My Sunday Hero is Jonathan. Jonathan is a Senior at his […]
A friend of mine asked me recently if I still get up in the middle of the night to check our children’s BG numbers? My answer was only if we feel there might me circumstances that happened during the day that might add to the possibilities of them running low. SInce she asked […]