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The quiet was very loud in the waiting room. The employee awaited the turn to ‘face the music’. 2019 was not as nervous as when he heard the yelling when 2018 left last year, the yelling was scary as the Boss rarely yelled, but yelling occurred as 2018 was ushered out….it was left to 2019, […]
With special apologies to Clement Moore. I present what has become an annual tradition……an updated, ‘Twas the Night Before D-Christmas for 2019 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The meters, CGMs, and supplies were put away with such care, In hopes that Santa […]
In this day and age, if you think your kids are not, somehow and some time or another, on the internet, you would probably be mistaken. One statistic states that only 15% of parents are ‘in the know’ of their child’s access and use of the internet (https://www.guardchild.com/statistics/). So let’s assume that stat is roughly correct, […]
Our eyes become cloudy after a while. While the road roars past us at 200 miles per hour, we see only a frozen puzzle piece held in the grips of time as, a memory, at best. Speak to most parents and they will tell you sentence, chapter and verse what happened the day their child […]
There has been much discussion of late regarding insulin which is available at places like Walmart for a very reasonable expense. Some are saying/reporting that people died by going on that particular insulin which they were forced to do because of the cost of the insulin usually used has skyrocketed out of control. I’m not […]
I have always found some of the terminology used in our diabetes world a bit…….odd. How many of us have been in the company of strangers when our child, who is a good distance away, checks their blood sugar and shouts to us; “I’m high again!” Funny to watch the strangers hearing this and shaking […]