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Is There a Great DIABETES Divide with Us and the World Around Us???

Do you ever feel like there is a ‘great divide’ between those of us in the diabetes community and the rest of the world?   It’s not just a matter that there is much misunderstanding, there is this kind of ‘hill’, or maybe ‘mountain’, that we cannot seem to get over for the world to understand […]

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In the Mirror; What your Child Sees……..Is Up to YOU!!!!!!!

There is a video that just started making the rounds online.  It was created by the people of Dove.  In a few places around the world, they built two doorways.  They both are clearly marked; one-beautiful, two-average.  The exercise was done to show what people think of themselves.  The majority of the people went through […]

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Diabetes Shark Tank—–An Idea Whose Time has Come…..Yes?

To say I am a huge fan of the TV show Shark Tank would be an understatement.  At this point, in my watching, I usually can tell who is going to be ‘eaten alive’ and who has a shot at getting funding. In case you do not know, Shark Tank consists of 5 people from […]

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Are You Asking…or Do You Want to be Told What You Want to Hear…CAREFUL!!!!

This was a hard article to write but I have never shied away from a discussion that should be had.  I’m also shocked when, undoubtedly, someone writes me privately and says, “……are you referring to ‘such-and-such?”  Interesting thing is that I will get numerous such emails and I will not be referring to any specific […]

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Diabetes Language….Blah Blah to Others; Is Understood by Us!!!!

A while back, Rob and Kaitlyn were discussing something about their diabetes.  The conversation was theirs, and I will not reveal it, but I will say that what Kaitlyn said I could never say.  I have often wondered if people who have diabetes have a language all their own.  Or, at least, a ‘pass’ to […]

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The Impossible Dream……If Not for our Kids…….for Whom??????

  To fight for the right, without question or pause … To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause … —–Man of La Mancha Sometimes, it feels like Don Quixote trying to fight windmills all day with very little results (you can read the story sometime to understand that reference).  I was […]