Me: How often does that happen? Teenager: 2-3 times a day. Now I will be the first one to admit that we did not have the luxury of a CGM sending our child’s glucose numbers to our phone nonstop when Kaitlyn was diagnosed year’s ago. What happened in the discussion I was presently engaged was […]
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When it Hurt Too Much to Write
Hi there. It has been a while since I wrote, but I’m still here. One of the happiest times in my life was discussing my articles with my mom. She was my sharpest critic but make no mistake, she was quite proud of the forum I now have. My mom loved to write….she always did. […]
As I walked through the Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association’s 78th meetings and exhibit hall I can only think that when we started this journey in 1992, never did I think we would be where we are today. Both ideal management tools and research science looking to cure this disease seems to be […]
For years, each June, I have given out my Lisa Awards. Lisa passed away in 2009 at the age of 36 and she taught me, and this world, about the Power of one person. Usually I acknowledge a few people who have taught this world the power of one in the diabetes world because that […]
A few weeks after the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, I spoke to the parents of the two young men who have played a huge role in entertaining the crowd at our walk. You see this family had to deal with their children being in the thick of it […]
Diabetes. On September 25th, 1992, if you said that word to me it would mean nothing more than a disease within a list of thousands of diseases. On September 26th of the same year, the same word impacted my life as none other before or since. Diabetes. It comes out of nowhere to wreak havoc in […]