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A Letter of Thanks from Little Reegan’s Mommy!

Before there was a “Reegan’s Rule”, there was a family.  A family, who had all of the dreams any family does.  They are a family of faith.  They are a family of love.  I have never been through anything like what they have been through, and am not sure how I would handle such a tragedy.  […]

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The World Series of Diabetes…….Are You Rooting for a Winner?????

I am a NY Mets Fan.  To say that statement is an absolute and complete understatement.  Anyone who knows me, knows that my blood has three colors running through it.  Green for the NY Jets, and Blue & Orange for my beloved Mets.  In 1973, my sister, brother, and I slept outside Shea Stadium to get […]

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Tried CGM? Pump?…and Went Off…..YOU FAILED!!!!!……..Hmmmmm Really?

I have a friend; let’s call her K.  K has a son, let’s call him Z.  I have known K for a very long time and she was an incredible actress.  I thought nothing could ever surpass her talent, but it did, it was K’s incredible and wonderful heart.  She is an incredible mom and her […]

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Insulin Pump? CGM? One Choice……What Do You Choose? A Needed Dialogue.

So, say you are speaking to a newly diagnosed parent.  They are slowly coming around to understanding this new thing called diabetes and the doctor starts to inform them that it’s time to start thinking of having their child consider an insulin pump.  The conversation and the plans begin. But is that an error? Well not […]

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Panic or Solve It—-How do You Handle Life’s Problems?

I enter an elevator.  Now four of us are standing there as the door closes.  Man #1 is dressed in a suit that I can only imagine the price and he is about sixty-ish.  Man #2 is in jeans, a t-shirt, and a backwards baseball cap say around late twenties.   Man #3 is in his […]

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Nothing that You Hear……Only Half of What you See.

Mama always taught me; ‘…….to believe nothing that you hear and only half of what you see…..”  The premise, quite simply, is that nothing is as it seems.   If someone is speaking, everything they say is as they see the world; and that “….it ain’t necessarily the way it is….”  It also may have influenced […]