With special apologies to Clement Moore. I present what has become an annual tradition……an updated, ‘Twas the Night Before D-Christmas for 2018 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The meters, CGMs, and supplies were put away with such care, In hopes that Santa […]
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As many of my readers know, I do not use these pages for advertising. If I find something that can help, solve a problem, and/or make diabetes life any easier, I share. To be clear: I have received no remuneration for this article, I’m sharing about this product because, quite frankly, it just does what […]
As many of you know, I rarely utilize this column for anything more than the articles to hopefully teach and inspire, But there is this incredible opportunity given to the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation that I’m sure hoping you will join in and help. The Sola Sweet company, from now until the end of November […]
I saw a picture this week, a child in a hospital and the person who posted it wrote that this was their life with diabetes, that no one knew what they went through, and this is their world every day, all of the time. As I read this story, I felt bad for two reasons……the […]
Here we are for our 27th Diabetes Awareness Month. Ahhhh November. The thing I always share with parents is the fact that no matter how much time we spend on this journey, whether diagnosed last week, or 26 years ago, it makes sense to look back to the beginning and realize just how much we […]
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Our Child’s Scariest First Dive
This 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 […]