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A Family Needs our Help…..Please Respond and Share.

I received a message yesterday about a newly diagnosed child and the dad stated that his son felt he would not be able to do many things.  I disagreed. I was just wondering today——what is the single biggest accomplishment that you have succeeded at with diabetes? ….or in what has your child done successful with diabetes?  Do […]

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$116,000,000,000 You Pay….What Comes Back?

The American Diabetes Association estimates that when it comes to diabetes 116 billion dollars (with a “b”) is spent on everything out of lost time which is an additional 58 billion dollars. I believe there will be a solid advantage to the pharma world that is aligned with the place and/or organization that takes us closer to a […]

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Maybe it’s Your Attitude!!!!!

What’s next for your child?  Or what is next for you? I was with someone recently who stated that their lives were spent with endless trips to the hospital and missing school and endless trips to the doctor’s office.  Their lives were a mess.  A single mom, hard to find work, she blamed everyone.  “I […]

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This Christmas…..We Welcomed Back the ‘New Normal’.

It was a great Christmas.  It’s quiet in my house as I write today; much-needed rest for everyone.  I’m not sure if it is the joy of having a newly engaged couple in the house or the anticipation of good news or just having everyone around with ‘our new normal’. We have had so many years […]

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“D” ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

I wrote this a few years ago for my column on dLife….here it is slightly updated. Apologies still to Clement Moore, the original author—Merry Christmas  ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with  prayer, In hopes that Santa […]

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I Miss Diabetes…Don’t You?

I have always used this phrase I made up.  When something was in vogue, or was in the forefront of media attention, I would say the particular item/event was the ‘SoHo’ thing of the week.  Meaning it was the place to be as much as art is when unveiled in the ‘SoHo’ section of New York City.  The […]