I’m not exactly sure why this is such a problem; I mean I really am unsure. Do we need a celebrity’s child to be stricken to bring awareness? Is not the amount of death and illness that has happened not enough? I’m dumbfounded that the death of even one child, which was absolutely preventable, is not considered […]
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When it comes to research, there are so many occurrences simultaneously that it’s very difficult, at times, to keep one’s hand on the pulse of so much activity. When it comes to the notion of research in our diabetes world, there is something I have noticed that I want to address. It’s this notion of […]
“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?” One of my favorite plays to both read and to have performed is Thornton WiIder’s Our Town. Pictured above from over 35 years ago, this one line still resonates with me so many years after I played George, in a truly wonderful production. How […]
I AM SO ANGRY. She is gone. It happened in 2012. Now a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester, UK, is hearing the case to see what can be done about it. Claire Taylor was a talented dancer and baker who wanted a career as a dietitian as her older brother Andrew had Type 1 […]
I’m always touched by the strength of families who do so much to make “Hope” a reality. The biggest hope I will always have is for a cure for this disease. I know, I know, I KNOW so many say that they are tired of hearing about a cure. It has been promised so long. […]
The call comes in. Another child is diagnosed with type one diabetes. Another family is impacted and changed forever. The call comes in. I’m surely not an island when it comes to this type thing, many take the call when it happens. We have been there. We become the ‘one’ people call for whatever the […]