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Diabetes Thanksgiving???….Is There Really Anything to be Thankful About????

Happy Thanksgiving. One might think that there is not a whole lot to be thankful for when you have a child, and I have two, with T1 diabetes.  If you felt that way; you would be wrong. If you live that way, I hope you find a way to change it.   I have all of the […]

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Sound Familiar: “My Husband Does Nothing To Help!!” Uhm……Have You Asked?

Years ago, I organized this survey.  It was not scientific but certainly the results were very note-worthy.  Hundreds of people answered the questions and I learned a lot.  I have written about this before but it is always worthy to bring up again to begin a healthy discussion. Two questions of the survey had to do […]

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Holidays: Is the Right One STRESSED???? It Should NOT BE YOU!!!!

Continuing in our series of, He Said, She Said; I am again proud and honored to team up with Author, Lecturer, AADE’s Educator of the Year, Susan Weiner, MS RDN CDE CDN. Thanksgiving is fast approaching. With that may come the anxiety of ‘what the heck’ do I do so I do not eat too much. Below […]

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My Kids…..”If Anyone was to Get Diabetes, the Right One Did.” Really?????

Of course there is no science to this and I may be way off base; but did you ever think that if anyone was to get diabetes; the correct child to get it…..got it.  I mean no one ever really talks about this and I’m never one to be shy on matters no one talks […]

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Your Child Deserves a Rock Star in their Life……oh Wait…..They Have One!!!!

So it is around 2:00 am.  I’m wondering how many other parents are up at this time; for the millionth time?  I turn on the TV and there is a movie about the boy-band sensation, One Direction. I could use a little ‘fluff’ tonight. As I watch their incredible trip with stardom, I’m taken by […]

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Diabetes Discoveries! Not as Fast as We Like; BUT Faster than We Think!!!

Bobby Kennedy once said, “Some men see things as they are and say why…….I dream things that never were and say why not.”  Recently, with World Diabetes Day upon us, I had a conversation with someone who shared ‘how slow’ things seem to be going when it comes to diabetes, devices, and research. I disagreed. Certainly things […]