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A LI 5-Year-Old Saves Her Mommy’s Life; She knew 9-1-1; She Knew Diabetes

What an incredible story about a 5 year old……Little Jillian Given from Long Island shows us all that one is never too young to learn how to help–just in case.  When asked by the reporter how she knew, this little cutie responded, “My mom taught me.”  One smart mom for teaching her child; one incredibly cute and […]

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Diaversary, Why Would Anyone want to Celebrate That??????

How many times do we hear (or read) when people inform us about a ‘diaversary’; the anniversary of the day someone was diagnosed with diabetes. It is a horrible thing to recognize, or celebrate, don’t you think? Well in truth, I don’t. Theodore Roosevelt said, “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.” We […]

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Does Diabetes have a Sound??????

Anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles.  Any fan of the holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, will tell you that Jimmy Stewart’s character, George Baily, states that those are the three best sounds in the world. I’m a little biased toward train whistles. Sounds.  All around us, but […]

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Diabetes…….Are People REALLY that Mean?

It happened again.  I was speaking with someone about what I do and why; and they proceeded to run down the entire list of what happened to their father, uncle, and grandfather in about as much unasked-for-details as you could imagine. When they left I started to think.  I thought of how many times this […]

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What Face of Diabetes Should We Show the World?

I saw a commercial recently that completely outraged me……you probably saw it and I am not going to share it again, you probably have seen it, and THAT commercial is not the point of today’s article. I started to think of what WOULD be the commercial I would create?   What would it look like?  And […]

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Two Women Who Will Make You Absolutely Laugh With Their Take on Diabetes

You would think there was a good size writing team that would compare to any top sitcom hit on television  You might even think their aspirations were to enter the movie industry or take on the stand-up comedy circuit.  You might even think there is a huge amount of people dancing around comedy central and dancing with ideas to […]