Well Happy Halloween. In this day of frights and scares, I wanted to share a story with you that changed my life living with diabetes at the time (and now times two). I was once asked, what do you fear the most about your daughter having diabetes? After saying all of the obvious; going low, […]
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Education. We see it all the time. The outcry for better education in so many areas. Campaigns, ideas, thoughts, outreach, anything that can be tried is tried. As many creative ideas that take the turn where some get little attention and some get a lot of attention. Some are liked, some are controversial. Everyone looks […]
This weekend as Saturday moves into Sunday, we change our clocks back one hour. One Hour? What would you do if you could change back the hours of your clock? I have asked many people with diabetes this question and many times I’m told, most often, that they could not imagine who they would be […]
I wear glasses for reading. I hate them. I hate that my age caught up with me and those letters became fuzzier and fuzzier until the inevitable became the reality…..I got glasses. I hate wearing something on my body that was not born with me into this world. I’m sure you can see where this is […]
This week is Halloween. Halloween means so much to kids. Our kids with diabetes are no exception. I remember when Kaitlyn was younger and many neighbors bought stickers and toys for Kaitlyn; “…I did not know what to get for her.” People can surely be wonderful. We were discussing this weekend, over coffee, that each year there was […]
I have written, on many occasions, how an A1C should be used as a gauge in our children’s diabetes tool box (or for yourself if you live with it every day 🙁 sorry). I have constantly stated that it is a gauge to be watched and adjusted but not to live by the results and beat […]