NOT a #firstworldproblem

February 13, 2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

Caution – I am not done typing but currently my word count is 683, if you would like to skip all the blah blah blah – go HERE, do what you know to be right and go on with your life. Tomorrow is Valentines Day. Some of you may have a special Valentine; a […]

Normies

July 28, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

Who is a ‘normie’? Basic answer – a person whose pancreas produces insulin AND their body knows how to use it. Based on this basic answer anyone who has Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes or LADA is not a normie. I’m a normie. I wish I wasn’t but only because I’d like to take […]

Roses are Red Violets are Blue You can Save a Child Too

February 4, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

Last year some very wise and humble members of the Diabetes Online Community (Kerri Sparling, Bennet Dunlap, Kelly Close, Manny Hernandez, Adam Brown, and Jeff Hitchcock) started something. It is called Spare a Rose, Save a Child. The campaign runs Feb 10th to Feb 16th and helps support the Life of a Child program sponsored by the […]

There Are No Strangers In The D World

January 19, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

Monday I discovered my little dog had a terrible infection on one of his rear legs. Required emergency surgery to remove dead and infected tissue. On Tuesday I needed to have Sugarboy in Palo Alto to start the second part of the study he is participating in. On Wednesday the kids and I were leaving […]

Not The One Where I Get Philosophical

August 6, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

I have a half-dozen drafts started regarding all kinds of crazy. Including the ‘green bracelet post’, one called ‘You Have my Sword’ regarding the DOC, and one about the theory of probability (where I get all philosophical). But this post is easy so I am posting now. Each year our family takes part in the […]