Why should the world stop and take notice of our kids with diabetes? Why should they accept any sort of education? Why should they care to learn anything more than “oh…the disease that Mary Tyler Moore has”? Why? First, one must start out by asking, “What did we know, or want to know, before our […]
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There is something that needs to be in your diabetes tool box…..well…..it’s actually a phrase of just two words. These two words are crucial in so many different ways. Follow-up. Never assume that if you give something, send something, leave something, or email something that it is ‘a given’ that it will be taken care […]
Fasten your seatbelt. With the exception of taking off and landing, these words illuminated on a flight can begin the meter on anyone’s stress level. The implication is that there are turbulence, or some rough weather ahead. “Get ready; for your safety–buckle up.” In life; we do not always get those warnings, do we? We […]
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PENNY:……well as a waitress, sales was a big part of my job……and believe me I convinced a lot of very large customers who should not be eating cheese cake to have more cheese cake….and…. (giggle)…… one of those ‘chubbsters’ had an insulin pump. <Pause> <Pause> Man: I have an insulin pump……. To be clear, I’m […]
If you are any type of sports fan, this was a once in a lifetime weekend. If you are a mom, you know the feeling all too well. Derek Jeter’s retirement from baseball closes a chapter of a once-in-a-lifetime player. One our grandchildren will ask about. During all of the fanfare, since last Thursday’s storybook […]
It is almost to the minute that my beeper went off 22 years ago. On the screen were three numbers 9-1-1; something was very wrong at home. Our ‘code’ had been implemented. When created we, of course, thought it would never be needed, but there we were and the result would change our lives forever. […]