DiabetesDadIt was a day just like this day in New York; absolute blue skies. It also was a Tuesday. I’m not going to rehash every little detail, they’ve all been reported; most everyone knows them all too well. I can still smell the smell in my nostrils; it’s like none other I have had before. I […]
Just no way. No way. The second child diagnosed with diabetes (not even to mention those who have 3 or more)? That subject was news in the DOC (diabetes online community) last week as a few people seemed to have received this horrible news. I remember the day our second was diagnosed like it was […]
Our Kids. Wow the things they do. The things they put up with every day. Whether they have diabetes or they do not have diabetes; the fact that diabetes is in our households makes them live each and every day in a way that no one will understand but us; their parents. The new norm […]
Hurricane Isaac slammed into the United States leaving behind a land of ruin and devastation. A while ago I reached out to the LIONs Club International Foundation(a service organization that helps those in need and also has diabetes as a priority)(LCIF). The LIONs have boots-on-the-ground around the world and the idea was that if there was […]
Do you know this woman? Probably not, but you should. Her son, Larry, was diagnosed with T1 diabetes in 1966 at age 9. Long before pumps, meters, and CGMs were in use, this mom had to manage a disease called T1 diabetes with tools that by today’s standards are archaic at best. She is a […]
We are the diabetes community. We are. We are not short for words. When we have an opinion, we speak. Today, I am asking you to have an opinion. In fact today I am asking you to scream. I am asking you to rally around one family. Why this family? We all have problems; we […]