To this day, the BEST idea about how to handle Halloween still rests with our friends in Charles Schulz’s character-land of Peanuts. Agreed. Your kids can still eat some of the candy even with their diabetes. Agreed. There probably is not a time that Halloween did not come and go that our kids did not go […]
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I’m just a tad tired of seeing ‘that’ horror on the faces of those people who have no clue what bearing candy has in the life of those who have diabetes; honestly, the answer is that it has none. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING? You cannot have candy out on the table; you have two kids […]
Two friends are having lunch. A third person joins them and says, “Hey, did you see the clown out front?” One friend responds, “Was it a real clown or one dressed as one?” My point; people hear (or in this case, read) something but do not catch the full meaning. I posted something two days […]
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Diaversary……#20…….Really?
It’s today. Twenty years ago. Today. Sigh. It’s not ‘Happy’ Diaversary….it’s just there; a milestone. Twenty years today. As I think back to that September 26th 1992, when at the age of 2 Kaitlyn was whisked to Stony Brook Hospital; medical staff ran around tending to her; tubes were attached; pain was administered; tears were […]
I had the opportunity to hear Jeff Hitchcock present this weekend and he addressed night-time testing and the ‘thought’ that our kids wake up when they feel low. It is thought by many (us…..definitely) that should our kids start to feel low while they sleep they wake up. I know for me it was a […]
Are you living on life support? I’m amazed when I read or hear some of the stories people relay living life with their children and the ‘new’ normal of diabetes in the household. Some good, some not so good. But let’s focus on the good and see if it can help those who live with […]