DiabetesDadHow many times have you heard someone say that you have to look out after yourself? But do you hear that question……do you actually hear it? The simple truth of the matter is that you do no one any good, especially yourself, if you do not take the time to do something that you like to […]
It’s the week of Father’s Day. Dads seem to get a bad rap when it comes to diabetes. For many, many people; as you read their stories or the posts about their lives, the dads are almost non-existent. But they aren’t. They are there. Years ago I did a survey. It was a non-scientific survey. What […]
The late, great, film critic for Time Magazine, Richard Corliss; had a very prepared answer for anyone who would ask him, ‘Anything worth seeing lately?” To which his constant response was, “Everything is worth seeing.” The meaning is simple; the more you open yourself up to the world around you the more you will know. Even […]
M-I-C……..see that your blood sugar is not too low. K-E-Y…….Why? No one knows for sure but we’re here now. M-O-U-S-E…..Mickey Mouse………. With apologies to Disney, the play on the famous chant to the Mickey Mouse Club is only to prove a point……being part of a club is not always what we would have asked for…..but […]
“I’m such a horrible parent.” Never said that before….have you? Liar. LOL At some point we say to ourselves, “What was I thinking?” Our child’s blood sugar sky rockets; crashes; rebounds; what a mess. We made the wrong meal, played the diabetes police too hard, gave the wrong snack, gave milk instead of juice, bolused […]
When I write, I speak what’s on my mind and many times I relay what happens in my life being a diabetes dad. Sometimes it resonates with others and at other times, I’m sure, people ask themselves; “what planet was Tom on when he wrote that one.” But it’s what I do when it comes […]