Where were you a year ago? I ask this question especially to those who are fairly new at this ‘new normal’ called diabetes. After you go through a rough patch; you know 3 a.m. check; 425; no ketones; 4 a.m. 427; nothing you do works; finally asleep 4:10 a.m.; up for school 6:30…..and on and on. Think […]
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This commercial says so much. Rarely does one get it as perfect as this; stay with it—-I think it is one of the best holiday commercials this year. Just when you think we know our kids. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImlmVqH_5HM I am a diabetes dad. Please visit my Diabetes Dad FB Page and hit ‘like’
Dreams. What did you dream about when you were growing up? What did you want to become? Who did you want to be? I remember a discussion I heard that went something like this: “Mary wanted to be physician.” “How wonderful.” “It is so just much stress and work, with the diabetes, I keep trying […]
I have said it before; I have to do what I do. It’s a promise I MADE to my daughter and again, to my son. You probably made the same promise. Last week, I attended a dinner. Well not ‘just any dinner’ but the annual Empire Ball in New York City benefitting the Diabetes Research […]
I thought long and hard before I starting writing this column. I decided to write it for a few reasons. The first and foremost was/is that I am, or was, as guilty of the subject matter as anybody. I have written quite a few NEWSBREAKS dealing with the death of a child in the diabetes community. […]
Many of the things I choose to write about are inspired from a variety of sources; one being the online community. I see something that triggers something in my head and I’m off to the races as I question what it may or may not mean; and most importantly, how we all may learn from it. […]