In my extensive travel, lecturing and speaking with families I have found that the most forgotten group after diagnosis are the grandparents. Many grandparents share that their heart is often broken and they have to walk a fine line of learning about diabetes enough to care; but not enough to meddle in the middle of how […]
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Are There TOO MANY Diabetes Days?
I’m all for education and I have to admit that one would think that the more days having to do with diabetes, the more education there is about the disease…..right? Well maybe not. Diabetes Awareness Day, Diabetes Awareness Month, T1 Diabetes Awareness Day, Diabetes Blogger Day, Diabetes Alert Day, Diabetes Advocacy Day and actually the list goes […]
They are just like you and me. Many are parents to children with diabetes; many have diabetes; many know someone with diabetes. They give countless hours of their time offering advice and ‘running the show’ in every corner of the United States. They volunteer their time. They attend meetings, they reach out to the community […]
Hey God, it’s me again. I know we haven’t talked too much lately. I’m still a tad angry. The first child diagnosed with diabetes was heartbreaking, the second was just shattering. I’m also unsure how many of my friends who lost a child due to diabetes can even function. I’m told you have a […]
I have a good friend of mine. Let’s call her Marie. Actually that’s her name. Marie had this idea for an event to do in her home town in Connecticut. There is this incredible candy store in Ridgefield called Deborah Ann’s Chocolates. Many would call it a landmark in the community. The candy there is some of […]
Upon diagnosis, kids feel all alone. Now that they have diabetes, and if no one else in the family has it, it becomes a stark reality that they will go it all alone….right? Eli Lilly as partnered with Disney to create Coco. Coco is a monkey character and she has T1 Diabetes and she is […]