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Where Are These People…….Seriously????????????

I have no right to feel this way.  I want to get that right out in the open at the onset.  I mean what everyone does, they do because they can, do, or choose to do……or do they? I saw a name today, I do not want to mention where or how but they were speaking […]

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A Questions is Asked…..Diabetes Needs More? Do We? Your Thoughts Please.

On FB yesterday I read the following question from a parent: I am tired that everywhere I go there is a support this or support that except for our t1d children and families does anybody feel the same? In the world where we find products all turning pink or a telethon or paper Shamrocks being sold or […]

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It’s Your Fault Diabetes is in the House.

Why did this happen?  Did you ever ask yourself that question (or in my case, what day have I not asked that question)? “Well you know Tom, when God closes a door, he opens a window.”  What? or “Well you know Tom, God will never give you more than you can handle.”  The person who […]

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A Blue Flame that Should Never Be Lit……Your Input is Requested to Extinguish it.

I had just read about a 7-year-old child that was diagnosed with diabetes upon their death.  I was livid.  This just seems so unacceptable to me.  My experiences from hearing prior stories go something like this: flu-like symptoms take place, it gets worse, trip after trip happens to medical offices/hospitals, no one can figure exact […]

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Hello…..But Here’s the Question……..

Well the world did not end.  So we go on.  What will you do? Now that the world has decided to stick around—-we must continue in our fights.  Fight for a cure; fight for better management tools; fight for better education. Now more than ever we need to continue our voices….do not sit on the […]

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Tomorrow is…………Yeah, so What?

Tomorrow is Diabetes Awareness Day; November 14th, the birthday of Frederick Banting one of the few credited with the discovery of insulin.  At the time, the headlines stated insulin was a cure.  It wasn’t; still isn’t.   But when one has nothing, it surely was a great step in saving lives; still does.  November 14th, tomorrow, […]