What is that feeling when you feel for a moment, for an hour, or for a day everything is as it should be? We spend a good deal of time beating diabetes down in our household and I believe we do a good job in trying to move our lives forward. We are not blind. We […]
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It’s summertime. I guess you probably have noticed. School is over. You have gone to the nurses office and collected the 9 million things s/he utilized, ensuring your child would be safe through each and every school day. But now it’s done and there’s a new situation now and I seek your input to help […]
There has been much discussion about what happens with an insulin pump when going through security at airports. I caution those who say, “it’s okay, I just send it through…..so far…nothing has happened, so why worry.” I have heard others say one should not attempt that because it could damage the machinery. Now, granted, you can […]
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Diabetes Baseball
It was 1999. I had been active on the CWD chatrooms for a while. It was a great way to obtain information. During that time, back when, chats were more like a thread of sentences than anything else. One person would write something and someone else would add to it, and the conversation would grow. […]
The faces of kids are in Washington DC testifying before congressional meetings about diabetes. The faces of kids appear in ads about diabetes and how important it is to find a cure. The faces of kids with diabetes are bought to the front of the crowd at galas, walks, rides and other events. Their faces are […]
Seriously it is this phrase more than anything that gets under my skin. It is usually said, if I may add, by someone who has nothing to deal with on a day-to-day basis as far as any health issue in their children. Those of us who live with this every day also know that ANY […]