None of us, NONE; have all the answers. I’m the first one to say that each family/person needs to take control of their diabetes; and I will certainly push back when I need to when needed, but let’s be very clear about something; in as much as no one knows our children as much as we […]
Tag: #DSMA
“It’s been two years since my child was diagnosed and I cry every night, still.” “My school denied my child having a medical plan…..” “I am so upset from my last Endo’s meeting. She got mad at us because our A1C went up 1.5.” “I took my child out of school again. This is the […]
BREAST CANCER!!!!!! The words alone scream at the reader with instant images of horrified pain and suffering. But what does one know, when one does not know? In a new series of articles I am proud to team up with Author, Lecturer, AADE’s Educator of the Year, and a good friend, Susan Weiner. She and I […]
It happens, probably, somewhere in a household every hour……maybe even more. It’s diabetes. Hypoglycemic reactions, well, they come with the territory. No one wanted diabetes and no one certainly wants to deal with a low or a high……..but they happen. They do happen. And they will happen to you. My child had a severe low in […]
Why should the world stop and take notice of our kids with diabetes? Why should they accept any sort of education? Why should they care to learn anything more than “oh…the disease that Mary Tyler Moore has”? Why? First, one must start out by asking, “What did we know, or want to know, before our […]
There is something that needs to be in your diabetes tool box…..well…..it’s actually a phrase of just two words. These two words are crucial in so many different ways. Follow-up. Never assume that if you give something, send something, leave something, or email something that it is ‘a given’ that it will be taken care […]