DiabetesDadA really good friend wished me a happy New Year and stated that the hope was that all my wishes would come true in 2016. Interesting concept. I found myself asking if I had ‘all my desires’ as a bucketful of wishes or is my wish the same as it was on September 26th, 1992, […]
As this year ends, I am still driven by how far this year has taken us in the battle against missing the diagnosis of T1D and the diagnosis while in DKA. It’s a battle that can be won. And THAT battle is a series of wars in every state. What can you do? I believe this battle […]
Having two kids living with diabetes means I’m…..well the father of two children living with diabetes. As such, all sorts of things come to our house, mostly via the US Mail. We received a notice the other day that stated; Bayer AG (“Bayer”) is pleased to announce that it intends to sell its diabetes care […]
There is this commercial presently running on television in the United States. It’s a commercial warning that your child could be at a very high risk of a fatal disease by merely casual contact of their peers. At first I thought it was a fairly decent commercial warning of a potential hazard. Of course it was more. […]
With special apologies to Clement Moore. I present a tradition……an updated, ‘Twas the Night Before D-Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with prayer, In hopes that Santa would bring the cure with him this year. […]
“My child cannot do anything for Christmas. No cookies, no gingerbread houses, no egg nog….I get so depressed during the holidays.” I would truly like to know where people get these notions that their kids, because of their diabetes, cannot eat different things for the holidays. I would really like this article today to be where people […]