Okay; congratulations on your new job. You have been promoted to the role of Executive In-charge of Programming for a major network television and your first job is to pick up the option on your new show. Double congratulations; the newest show is about your family. You have offered your family millions of dollars and negotiated […]
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The title of today’s article was something my daughter said years ago in an interview. The reporter asked how it felt to have diabetes and without so much as a thought, Kaitlyn responded, “I have diabetes, diabetes is not who I am.” It was a phrase that has resonated with me any time I feel […]
I am not a firm believer in over-kill. Not just in diabetes, but in anything. That said, I am a firm believer in ‘back-up’. It’s well- known that you need to have back-up diabetes supply in your car. But does your spouse have a back-up supply and if your child is dating, does their boy/girl […]
How many times have you asked yourself if you are the reason your child has diabetes? I’m here today to tell you two things, one: you are the reason; two; there is nothing anyone could have done anything about stopping it. Now that I have sent you into a tail-spin of panic and utter guilt; […]
Someone recently responded to an article about her daughter who worked in a retail store and checked her blood sugar in her car before she left to drive home. It was late. It was dark. She was a bit low, ate something, and had to wait until her blood sugar numbers rose. It made me think of […]
So there is this movie making the rounds out in the diabetes community. My discussion today is not about that particular movie but, rather, the discussion that surrounded that topic. After reading many comments, it is clear that people have very strong feelings about it and had many comments about it. If anything, it is […]