This is blog week. We, who are bloggers, have been challenged to write about the same subject matter on a given day with a different topic each day. Today’s topic is in response to the various petitions that have been circulating the DOC (diabetes online community) of late. Today’s subject: What/who would we write to petition […]
Tag: death by diabetes
After speaking to a mom who lost a child recently, who is dealing with the loss on her own even though I gave her many resources which she stated she may utilize, I was struck by the voices we have lost that must remain ‘loud’ with all that we do. I wrote the following after […]
I had just read about a 7-year-old child that was diagnosed with diabetes upon their death. I was livid. This just seems so unacceptable to me. My experiences from hearing prior stories go something like this: flu-like symptoms take place, it gets worse, trip after trip happens to medical offices/hospitals, no one can figure exact […]
Today my Thanking Great Individuals Forever (T.G.I.F.) is being given to the efforts of a group of people albeit began by one. I originally was going to give this to a woman who made a new meaning of the words ‘MILE 23’, but I know she would say, “…… give it in memory to my son.” More […]