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Will the Fear Ever Leave Us??..Seeking Help from Experience (Adults w/T1 and others)

It’s scary once they are gone for good……outside. I have this friend of mine,  A very cerebral type of person.  About as realistic and level-headed person you will ever meet.  A parent of a child with diabetes.  We had this discussion yesterday and i have not been able to leave the topic since we discussed […]

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A Brother’s Christmas Wish for his Sister…..and an Answer that will Touch Your Heart.

I share this with you in the spirit of the Holiday Season.  It is just an incredible Holiday wish that came to me via a mom. Thirteen-year-old Jeremy asked his mother if he could talk to Dr. Ricordi in private.  Dr. Ricordi of The Diabetes Research Institute, as so many know, is one of the […]

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Good-bye to Blogging as We Know It??? I Surely Hope Not.

There is a very interesting article being circulated online, written by ‘NPR‘.  The article entitled: Social Media Help Diabetes Patients (And Drugmakers) Connect begins by stating how the diabetes community is connected but quickly turns to the fact that pharma companies are getting involved with many of the bloggers and that involvement needs to be regulated, or […]

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Sunday dHero….Santa’s Elves………WHAT!!!!!!

WHAT!!!!  Have I lost my mind?????   Santa’s Elves as Diabetesdad’s Sunday dHero?????? Well perhaps, but these are special elves with a special mission and they are here for your children.  They are those incredible volunteers working with Santa to send a personal letter to your child for the holidays. Those letters will even mention how well […]

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A Response from a Good Friend of a Broken Hearted Family—Will You Share and/or help this Story?

I have posted a reply to my post about Brian Doss from Tracy Brokmeier, who created the fund-raising page for his family.  Before you read it I would like to share with you that I have concluded that this is about numbers.  Hundreds of people read the blog, and the good news is that we have almost […]

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Your Child May Listen to These Folks….Even More Than They Listen to YOU!

Unless you are a parent of a child with diabetes and actually have diabetes, you do not know what it means to have it, and live with it, every second.  I have stated that many times.  Conversely, children who have diabetes do not know the pain we, as parents, feel. Today I am listing many […]