Yesterday I discussed the missed-diagnosis of diabetes in adults and many were willing to share their stories. The one I share with you today really stuck in my mind. I share it as I received it with the exception, in fair disclosure, that there was medication mentioned and I deleted the type/name and indicated such in the […]
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Sometimes, when our focus is on something specific, we tend to have tunnel-vision for that one aspect. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I always have tried to stay open-minded to see outside the specificity of what has my focus. And recently, as I approach the various means to get the word out about the […]
Sure, I get it; after diagnosis our lives are never normal again. How could they be? This is an incredibly taxing disease, on us, our family, and most of all on our child newly diagnosed. It was in the middle of the thought process on how horrible our lives had become, and would continue; on […]
In the box below are the voices of those who have died from the missed diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Truth is……They don’t have one………will you give them yours? Don’t do nothing. Get involved….don’t know what to do??????………ask! I am a DiabetesDad. Please visit my Diabetes Dad FB Page and hit ‘like’.
The village kids call him ‘Alto’. The Spanish translation is tall. But Jesse is much taller than just to play basketball. Jesse is much taller because when many people might shy away from this type of opportunity, Jesse embraced it. Embraced it indeed. Being in a village called Juan Dolio is not exactly the quick pace […]
Kelly Close’s DiaTribe published a very interesting finding based on a recent study in Diabetes Care……it states (according to DiaTribe); “……..more US children and adolescents have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in recent years: the disease’s annual prevalence in a large, insured population increased 53% between 2002 and 2013, from 1.48 to 2.33 cases […]