Years ago, I organized this survey. It was not scientific but certainly the results were very note-worthy. Hundreds of people answered the questions and I learned a lot. I have written about this before but it is always worthy to bring up again to begin a healthy discussion. Two questions of the survey had to do […]
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Continuing in our series of, He Said, She Said; I am again proud and honored to team up with Author, Lecturer, AADE’s Educator of the Year, Susan Weiner, MS RDN CDE CDN. Thanksgiving is fast approaching. With that may come the anxiety of ‘what the heck’ do I do so I do not eat too much. Below […]
Of course there is no science to this and I may be way off base; but did you ever think that if anyone was to get diabetes; the correct child to get it…..got it. I mean no one ever really talks about this and I’m never one to be shy on matters no one talks […]
So it is around 2:00 am. I’m wondering how many other parents are up at this time; for the millionth time? I turn on the TV and there is a movie about the boy-band sensation, One Direction. I could use a little ‘fluff’ tonight. As I watch their incredible trip with stardom, I’m taken by […]
Bobby Kennedy once said, “Some men see things as they are and say why…….I dream things that never were and say why not.” Recently, with World Diabetes Day upon us, I had a conversation with someone who shared ‘how slow’ things seem to be going when it comes to diabetes, devices, and research. I disagreed. Certainly things […]
There is no room for the ‘F’ word in our world of diabetes. It’s enough that we do what we can, when we can, and the best way we can. The word ‘F’ailure need not apply yet we both hear it and use it all the time. Everything regarding diabetes, it seems, has a gauge. Whether […]