Recently I heard from someone I had not heard from in a long time. His son was in trouble. Deep trouble. “Do you remember the times you would ask me how ‘XYZ’ was doing? And I was telling you great?” “Yes?” “Well he wasn’t and I could use your help.” I did what I could […]
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Part of the ‘year-end-campaign’ for funding the Diabetes Research Institute and in recognition of Diabetes Awareness month, The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF) created this video which highlights the story of one of my most respected heroes in this diabetes fight: Michael Otten. Michael chooses to NOT do NOTHING. In addition to his huge generosity, his story […]
Why do I get so mad? There have been times that I have ‘flown off the handle’ (where is THAT phrase from?) when I have heard someone, seen someone, or some entity, ‘getting it wrong’ about diabetes. I’m the first one; sometimes the loudest; and sometimes immediately responding; when I have ‘seen this wrong’ done to […]
He was adopted. From the beginning, the cards were stacked against him. His mother left him at an orphanage at the age of two. He probably could have wallowed in what he was given as his lot in life, but he decided that feeling sorry for himself, just would not do. And it never did. Many […]
The choice to die. If you have never been by someone’s bedside as their life was ending, you may not fully understand ‘that’ choice. I have. For more times than I care to remember. Each time I walked away saying the same thing, ‘why do we have that humane treatment for animals but we, ourselves, […]
Well it’s here again. Diabetes Awareness month. Why bother, right? TV shows will still get it wrong, organizations will still fight to own the spotlight, friends and relatives will still get it wrong, pharma companies are still the big bad guys, and our kids will still battle this disease for another year…….what difference does it really […]