It’s the week of Father’s Day. Dads seem to get a bad rap when it comes to diabetes. For many, many people; as you read their stories or the posts about their lives, the dads are almost non-existent. But they aren’t. They are there. Years ago I did a survey. It was a non-scientific survey. What […]
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The late, great, film critic for Time Magazine, Richard Corliss; had a very prepared answer for anyone who would ask him, ‘Anything worth seeing lately?” To which his constant response was, “Everything is worth seeing.” The meaning is simple; the more you open yourself up to the world around you the more you will know. Even […]
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The Club No One Wanted to Join
M-I-C……..see that your blood sugar is not too low. K-E-Y…….Why? No one knows for sure but we’re here now. M-O-U-S-E…..Mickey Mouse………. With apologies to Disney, the play on the famous chant to the Mickey Mouse Club is only to prove a point……being part of a club is not always what we would have asked for…..but […]
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We are Such Horrible Parents!!!!!
“I’m such a horrible parent.” Never said that before….have you? Liar. LOL At some point we say to ourselves, “What was I thinking?” Our child’s blood sugar sky rockets; crashes; rebounds; what a mess. We made the wrong meal, played the diabetes police too hard, gave the wrong snack, gave milk instead of juice, bolused […]
When I write, I speak what’s on my mind and many times I relay what happens in my life being a diabetes dad. Sometimes it resonates with others and at other times, I’m sure, people ask themselves; “what planet was Tom on when he wrote that one.” But it’s what I do when it comes […]
If you looked at my FB page you would see that last night was time for a little fun in Boston. I’m here at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific sessions and it has been nonstop for three days. All good, but none stop busy none-the-less. Our friends at Dexcom hosted a party at Fenway last […]