I am not a firm believer in over-kill. Not just in diabetes, but in anything. That said, I am a firm believer in ‘back-up’. It’s well- known that you need to have back-up diabetes supply in your car. But does your spouse have a back-up supply and if your child is dating, does their boy/girl […]
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How many times have you asked yourself if you are the reason your child has diabetes? I’m here today to tell you two things, one: you are the reason; two; there is nothing anyone could have done anything about stopping it. Now that I have sent you into a tail-spin of panic and utter guilt; […]
Someone recently responded to an article about her daughter who worked in a retail store and checked her blood sugar in her car before she left to drive home. It was late. It was dark. She was a bit low, ate something, and had to wait until her blood sugar numbers rose. It made me think of […]
So there is this movie making the rounds out in the diabetes community. My discussion today is not about that particular movie but, rather, the discussion that surrounded that topic. After reading many comments, it is clear that people have very strong feelings about it and had many comments about it. If anything, it is […]
No one starts out by saying; “Wow, this could change the world.” Usually, anyway. They start out by seeing something and saying that a particular ‘something’ is just not right…….and they go about trying to correct it. Something small. Something personal. If it’s unacceptable to you that your child has to ‘go through’ so much […]
Having a diagnosis of diabetes in the family is surely a huge kick in the gut-knock-the-wind-out-of-you moment. I have stated before how much I like the movie Shawshank Redemption. In the movie, the emotional state of a prisoner, is mentioned, during the moment the cell door closes behind them and they hear it lock for the […]