DiabetesDadThis may not be big news to anyone, but my little guy gave himself his own shot today. Point: This IS BIG NEWS to anyone who understands that our children, once diagnosed, not unlike us; face incredibly ‘firsts’. To me whether you are jumping off a cliff into water 80 feet below or taking an […]
I just arrived back home from vacation. Once a year I try to ‘get away’ as they say; because a battery drained is no use unless it is charged, this charges the batteries. While visiting the country of Jamaica, two things truly stick out in my mind. One was speaking to/with the hierarchy of where […]
Many have asked me to rerun this article—here it is with just minor changes. This month is Halloween. Halloween means so much to kids. Our kids with diabetes are no exception. I remember when Kaitlyn was younger and many neighbors bought stickers and toys for Kaitlyn; “…I did not know what to get for her”, was a common […]
By far, this is the hardest thing that I have been involved both in and with; on our diabetes journey and within our diabetes community. It is hard. It is sad. It is reality. And quite truthfully it just sucks. The number one thing that occurs when someone dies in our diabetes community, is the […]
The Diabetes Disaster Response Coalition was created after years and years of people wanting to do something, AND DOING SOMETHING, but without a cohesive effort so the entire diabetes community knows what to do in the time of disaster. This is the only time I will speak in general terms about this group…..moving forward, when […]
I’m sure there was a time when people were dealing with their diabetes; and were used to peeing in a cup, boiling water, dropping in tablets to match a color chart, and check the color of urine to see how much insulin was needed, they were content with the procedure because it was really the […]