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What Does this Picture Represent to You??????

Do you know what this picture represents?  If you answered ‘just’ Christmas candy, you probably do not have a child in your home with diabetes.  The knee-jerk reaction of any parent, who has a child with diabetes, on seeing this picture would be to find their child right away because they are probably dealing with […]

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Food + Holidays (do not necessarily) EQUAL STRESS….Are You Stressed?

Speaking of the holidays; if you start to feel beads of sweat on your neck when you think of the many places you will visit over the next eight days or so, I’m here to let you know that it DOS NOT have to be that way. If you all of your thoughts are only […]

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Holiday Gatherings……..Get Ready for those WONDERFUL Comments!!!

As sure as Santa will buckle himself into the sled for the big ride this week, it is time for those of us who have a child with diabetes to buckle up as well.  Time to get ready as we go on our holiday ride which is accompanied by seeing all of those relatives and friends […]

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It’s Just Impossible…..How can I Celebrate the Holidays???..Diabetes!!!!

Well……actually many of us do.  If you find that the holidays are just a reminder of how ‘bad the cards’ are that were dealt with you upon your child’s diagnosis, I want you to know that the ship you captain is the one you build to sail. Everyone, at the beginning, feels that this is the absolute […]

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I Shudder to Think that I Wrote Shutter Instead of Shudder

So I am in Washington DC yesterday, I have meetings and a very important luncheon. I stay up extra late to get my diabetes dad article done after flying, traveling, and checking-in.  I don’t care about the day, I MUST GET IT DONE.  I was tired and exhausted.  Maybe I can wake up early and […]

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If Seeing this Makes YOU Shudder………You NEED to Read This.

Please, please, please (and let’s just say I wrote it a hundred more times) do whatever you can to add syringes to your diabetes management program.  There was a time that there were no other options and as I see more and more the absolute horror that the ‘pump broke’ “………and I really can’t stand […]