DiabetesDadI still have a hard time understanding where people go after being active in diabetes causes for so long….one day…….poof, done. “I am tired.” “I cannot ask my friends for money anymore.” “My kids are older now, let younger people take over.” “I got so tired from broken promises…..it is all just a waste of […]
Today, I saw the date in the lower corner of my computer. August 22, 2017. I started to reach for the phone because I knew, inherently, that the date was significant. I reacted because I had not yet called my dad to wish him a happy birthday. “Oh, I gotta call……..” But you see, I […]
This is the question I asked myself as I looked at the many attendees at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Annual Meeting who stopped in to the presentation of the incredibly knowledgeable Susan Weiner and myself at our missed diagnosis of T1D. People believe that speaking in front of a large crowd is […]
I find it absolutely astounding that when someone with T1D passes away…..from diabetes or something else, the questions begin about the cause as if someone has the right to know. Here is the hard truth…..you don’t. For whatever reason you think it is okay to soften; the ask, the question, or the statement…..it’s not, it’s […]
To this day it still happens. The phone rings and we’re informed by a friend/neighbor/colleague/friend-of-a-friend that someone new is diagnosed with T1D and can we find the time to speak to them and/or their family? Well the answer is…………………..always. But it’s a fine balance to let them know that they are not about to lay […]
I heard this statement from a person at the Children with Diabetes Friends for Life Conference in Orlando Florida this week. “I refuse to let diabetes dictate what I do”. I like that saying and I like it a lot. It sort of summed up what thousands of people heard this week at this, the 18th […]