DiabetesDadEvery 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 […]
His efforts are tireless and his reputation well-known not only to his worldwide colleagues but many PWDs and to parents who wait for a cure. He works in the lab, lectures worldwide and yet, still finds the time to speak to those with a full heart investment interest in finding a cure for diabetes. Here he […]
5:30 am: I am on a shuttle on the way to Newark Airport. Other businesspeople are on the shuttle bus as well; six of them together, me by myself. They talked little of what their job was but I gathered they were regional managers of some sort of retail store. I could tell you […]
I received this letter today from Marie—she is a mom to a Max who has diabetes. Max is just one of the coolest kids I have ever met and I’m so proud to call him my friend. As mostly everyone knows, I work at the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, and it is people like Marie […]