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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 […]

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Only YOU as a Parent, Know these Sounds…….of Diabetes.

I have never tried to ‘fake it’ about what it is like to have diabetes.  I have always made it clear to my children that I DO NOT understand what they go through; but I have also spared them what we go through as parents.  Unless you are a parent of a child with T1 […]

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Door Slammed in your Child’s Face, Only Because There is Not Enough!

Twenty Six Hundred kids.  I’ll say it again—-twenty six hundred kids.  Do you know what that represents?  That represents the amount of kids who applied for a college scholarship last year from the Diabetes Scholars Foundation, according to Mary Podjasek, President and Executive Director. That means twenty-six hundred kids graduated high school last year who had […]