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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #12 for D-Month. In College She Wanted to Change the World; upon Graduation she DID JUST THAT!!!!!!!

……..who is Christina Roth. She is a living example that just because someone is young, that they cannot make a big difference in this world.  Change begins by taking a first-step—that step became a leap, Make no mistake about it that Christina Roth is a major force within the diabetes community.  She is the CEO and […]

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #11 for D-Month: Veterans Day-A Hero as You have Never Met Before.

…..Who is Sergeant First Class Mark Thompson. For Veteran’s Day….this story just seemed to be a natural.  Enjoy the video of someone who was not only a hero dealing with diabetes; he was a hero on the battlefield. Happy Veterans Day. CLICK:  here for the video. For Diabetes Awareness Month: This month, I will be highlighting […]

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #10 for D-Awareness Month: The One Who SHOULD GET Most of the Credit; But Takes Little…..

….and the answer is who is; YOU As I started to write tonight’s jeopardy question, something very wonderful entered my head.  It was tens of thousands of individuals who do what they can with this thing called diabetes. We all have different thoughts on so many different aspects of this world of diabetes.  We support different […]

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“Where Do I Begin”…….a Small Step Can Start a Race.

For this month of diabetes awareness, I have been highlighting various individuals who were not satisfied with the norm.  What they had…..was not good enough; so they changed it.  They took a step forward to ‘do something’. I am asked many times how to get started.  How to get involved.  How to “Not do nothing”.  The truth; there […]

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #9 for D-Awareness Month—-His ‘Online Degree’ Could Save Your Life!!!

…..who is Gary Scheiner. If there is anyone on earth who has taken personal experienced and turned it into an ‘online’ university for diabetes, it is Gary Scheiner’s Integrated Diabetes Services where anyone, anywhere can be taught a better diabetes management style linking into his site.   No more diabetes police hounding away (parents……that’s us) but […]

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Do You Ever Dream that Diabetes IS NOT in Your Life????

It is not uncommon for me to dream that Kaitlyn does not, and never had, diabetes.  It is usually en event of some significance where we had to take her aside and check her blood glucose or stop what we are doing to give her an injection. I had another last night. It was a family gathering and […]