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What if Diabetes Was a Disaster of Catastrophic Proportions?????

I’ve got it. I have been looking for a way to educate others about diabetes; the differences between T1, T2, and other types; how it is not what it seems on the outside and that smiling active kids is just part of the story.  We need for diabetes to become a catastrophe. Whenever something big happens; […]

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Do You Hear……or Merely Listen??????

Who gets you really pissed off?  You know, the person you see coming and immediately the hair on your neck stands up.  Here they come.   Get ready. And why is it that in most cases those situations do not disappoint us?  It goes exactly as you thought…..they piss you off? Well if I had an […]

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As Bad as it Seems……Life REALLY is Good…….or it Can Be, Again.

Here it comes.  Be ready.  It’s here.  Oops, too late,.  Now it’s gone. The moment. There are so many things to remind us about so much that we fail to enjoy, in the now.  I thought having a child with diabetes was about as bad a curve-ball life could throw…….until a second child was diagnosed.  I […]

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Diabetes Needs a GREAT Spokesperson….Uhm, No…..It Needs You!!!

Today’s article is to make us all think a little bit.  Think and create some REAL and RATIONAL dialogue about the disease that either a loved one is living with or an individual is dealing with on a daily basis.  I was speaking to someone who said that the answer we seek/need is for a celebrity […]

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Do ‘Stuck’ Glucose Numbers Upset You? There May (M-A-Y) Be a Simpler Solution!!!

I remember speaking to a teenager a while back and she was quite clear how she found it so interesting what the ‘swings’ do to a parents’ mind.  She was very direct in how we, as parents, got/get so upset at the ‘trying to control’ factor involved with our kids’ diabetes.  “It’s diabetes, just deal […]

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CRYSTAL BOWERSOX-GREAT SONG: PLEASE READ and Share will give $2 to a Worthy Group

What started as a trip to American Idol has turned a career around for Crystal Bowersox.  Many times Crystal, a mega talent who so happens also has T1 diabetes, and I have worked together for diabetes causes and her song here sung at the Students with Diabetes Conference……..well…..something happened that no one could have ever predicted. […]