The Diabetic Duo has been Featured!

Hey will you look at that! Leighann over at D-Mom Blog has featured The Diabetic Duo on her site. Pretty Cool!!! I invite you to read about Renata, and then visit her blog The Diabetic Duo. Not only is she an expat living in New Zealand, but she has two teenagers with type 1 diabetes. [...]

Mark Your Calendars!

We have a few events coming up soon in NZ that you should try to attend. Family Night June 23rd On June 23rd, DYA is hosting a Family Night. The evening will start with drinks and nibbles to allow you time to mix and mingle with other D Families. Then there will be two guest [...]

Teenage Rebellion

Or the teenage angst…usually followed with rampant mood swings, foot stomping and incessant eye rolls which then turn into the ever so lovely yelling of “I KNOW MOM” or “GOD” or “IT’S MY BUSINESS”. Payback. Every time I see one of my kids doing this…I think of my mother. “You wait until you have kids.” [...]

Families

I read two posts last week that made me both laugh and cry. I had been in similar situations as these and both situations were wrapped up neatly with a supportive family member. Meri over at Our Diabetic Life, litterally had me in stitches. I am pretty sure that wasn’t how it was intended, but I had [...]

“One Shot” Documentary

What is their goal? To get a T1 Diabetic into the Tour de France by 2012. Who are they? A cycling team with a few diabetics named “Team T1″ Greer Wilder, the films Executive Producer says, “One Shot” will help inspire those struggling with diabetes and educate those who are not aware of the extent [...]

Bad Hypo, does your teenager’s friends know what to do?

This is Kelsey and some of her friends. They came home around midnight to sleep at our house after going to a friends going away party. Which got me to thinking. The friend who is moving back to the US is the one who has been trained on how to test her blood sugar and [...]

Kids and Teens

I came across an Australian website that offers up useful information for Kids and Teenagers. Diabetes Kids and Teens breaks down information by specific ages that is helpful to both you and your child. It lists out the kinds of feelings and situations a child would go through, say for the ages of 5 to 7. Then [...]

Dating Tips

I read a post on The Poor Diabetic that I thought would be helpful to  teenagers and parents of those teens. As you have read in earlier posts my kids have always kept their diabetes management out in the open. I have encouraged them to never hide who they are and not to worry about [...]

Laser Tag=Nervous Mom

Marty was invited to an after school event today. A classmate is moving when the school year ends and his family is having a party for him to say goodbye. Kind of cool, actually. (Remember I am in New Zealand, the school year ends in December!!) Marty going to this event really isn’t that big of a [...]

Traveling with Diabetes

The Holidays are right around the corner and a lot of you will be traveling to go see friends and family.  I was reading an article from Diabetes News Hound about air travel and the pump. I have to say that most of the article is good and shows common sense…except for one part. The author recommends [...]

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