DiabetesDadI read in a recent FB post about a parent who was filled with despair and absolute loss that their child was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. My column, this month’s column, is dedicated to you. Dear Parent to the Child Newly Diagnosed with T1D, Let me begin by saying how sorry I am that […]
I ‘m not quite sure why? Perhaps it ‘s the culture or the climate of late, but does anyone else sense there is a different feeling among posts on social media dealing with diabetes, and the management therein for one’s self or for their child? It’s as if the the number one rule of years […]
As we head into the final week of 2020, do you find yourself saying, as so many are saying, 2020 owes us an apology? What a year. We certainly have experienced loss in our circle from COVID, as so many have and it has not been an easy year for anyone. The impact of everything […]
How’s your year going? Been a long one, has it not? Quite frankly, before this year I do not remember using words like COVID, quarantined, and isolation so much. I also hope to never use them again, in the very near future, but we are not there yet. I’m not so sure, either, how something […]
How long have you been at this diabetes thing? I mean, maybe you are not REALLY in this fight, but are on the sidelines, does that sound familiar? Perhaps it’s because your child has this disease and you do not really have to do the battles, could that be it? There are always many others […]
Hard to believe that on September 26th, we passed 28 years fighting this beast called tye 1 diabetes (t1d). On the day my daughter was diagnosed I promised her that we would not give up until the day that a biological cure was found. When Barack Obama left the presidency, he was addressing congress when […]