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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 […]

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Someone Went Low….Someone Stepped in….Part 2!!!!!

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 […]

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Someone Went Low, Someone Had to Step In……Someone Else DID NOT Care……THAT was a Mistake!!

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 […]

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Sometimes, SIMPLE is the Most Powerful Message of ALL!!!!!

Holley Rothell Kitchen is a hero.  I don’t mean a hero with a cape or anything but a real, true, in-you-face, do-something-with-nothing hero.  She created a video.  If you watch it, you are compelled to share it……I am doing more than share on FB, I am dedicating space to it today in my column. The video […]

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What if Diabetes Was a Disaster of Catastrophic Proportions?????

I’ve got it. I have been looking for a way to educate others about diabetes; the differences between T1, T2, and other types; how it is not what it seems on the outside and that smiling active kids is just part of the story.  We need for diabetes to become a catastrophe. Whenever something big happens; […]